I think I read about that accident in a book several times back in my freshmen year, but hearing that there are spirits lurking about in the area made it even scarier.
Woah, 3.4 meters of snow… that's some serious snow that is! Thank you for translating into metric measurements, I'm always lost when everything is just in feet and miles.
I've been to both portals of the old cascade tunnel and the site of the town of Wellington. It was spooky af, especially with the sun going behind the mountain and no one else being there on the overgrown, abandoned line, with a massive concrete snowshed where the avalanche happened. there was a very spooky air about the place. Makes me shiver even now
Hearing "Mail and Passenger" kept making me think it was "Male and Passenger" Passenger coaches were typically female in T&F so i guess you could call them "Male and Female" trains. 😛
Even over a century ago people were saying “I don’t get paid enough to do this shit.” Who would have thought there was something in common with us today and people back then.
I went hiking with my family in Hawaii, and we came across the rusty carcass of an old car next to the trail, sitting upright without any indication of damage from an accident. Even though all that remained were the chassis, engine, and tires, what was left seemed to be in relatively pristine condition, slowly being reclaimed by the forest.
Also, if you go hiking without any friends, make friends with a ghost!
What an incredible story of the deadliest avalanche in US history! I find it odd I never knew about this before today. It really must’ve been a tragedy because there is that picture of the remains of a rotary snowplow sticking out of the snow.
I've heard this story before. That 2nd tunnel you mentioned in the video is the Cascade Tunnel, the longest railroad tunnel in the United States at 7.8 Miles long. Today it has a ventilation system that blows out all the exhaust every time a train passes through. The eastern portal for the tunnel even has a door to keep the airflow moving west.
Once you're done with the spooky stories, I think the second Cascade Tunnel and the history behind it (opened 1929, partly due to this avalanche) would make for a good video.
I think this reminds me of the Thomas and friends episode, where Thomas got stuck in the snow, but if that episode would be realistic adaptation to this reference.
Yes
I love this series so much!
It’s so interesting learning about all of these ghost story’s and legends, to bad it’ll end in November.
That's absolutely wild that lightning did all that
Great series
oh its the less cool great northern railway….
the land's revenge for the colonials
Mother Nature is a cruel, heartless b*tch.
I think I read about that accident in a book several times back in my freshmen year, but hearing that there are spirits lurking about in the area made it even scarier.
This is a good one! 👍🎃
great ghost story 👍👻😮
This just goes to show the power of lightning and avalanches. Also, would go there once after dark but it would just be one time.
Woah, 3.4 meters of snow… that's some serious snow that is! Thank you for translating into metric measurements, I'm always lost when everything is just in feet and miles.
I've been to both portals of the old cascade tunnel and the site of the town of Wellington. It was spooky af, especially with the sun going behind the mountain and no one else being there on the overgrown, abandoned line, with a massive concrete snowshed where the avalanche happened. there was a very spooky air about the place. Makes me shiver even now
I read an I Survived book like a month ago about this very accident, and i had got it at a book fair lol
I imagine that the ghosts are those of the passengers who wanted the train moved into the tunnel, as if that happened, they would be fine.
Hearing "Mail and Passenger" kept making me think it was "Male and Passenger"
Passenger coaches were typically female in T&F so i guess you could call them "Male and Female" trains. 😛
Train train
Even over a century ago people were saying “I don’t get paid enough to do this shit.” Who would have thought there was something in common with us today and people back then.
There's the remains of a locomotives cylinder still at the site I believe.
Well I'm going camping on the iron goat trail why how about why not
Nature can be an utter bitch
I went hiking with my family in Hawaii, and we came across the rusty carcass of an old car next to the trail, sitting upright without any indication of damage from an accident. Even though all that remained were the chassis, engine, and tires, what was left seemed to be in relatively pristine condition, slowly being reclaimed by the forest.
Also, if you go hiking without any friends, make friends with a ghost!
What an incredible story of the deadliest avalanche in US history! I find it odd I never knew about this before today. It really must’ve been a tragedy because there is that picture of the remains of a rotary snowplow sticking out of the snow.
The Channel History in the Dark did a video about the rail disaster.
Now THAT was creepy!
Who's trying to go ghost hunting with me?
I've heard this story before. That 2nd tunnel you mentioned in the video is the Cascade Tunnel, the longest railroad tunnel in the United States at 7.8 Miles long. Today it has a ventilation system that blows out all the exhaust every time a train passes through. The eastern portal for the tunnel even has a door to keep the airflow moving west.
Once you're done with the spooky stories, I think the second Cascade Tunnel and the history behind it (opened 1929, partly due to this avalanche) would make for a good video.
I find it funny that this happened just a few hours from where I live and it hardly snows here
You included 61 of the 96 deaths
I think this reminds me of the Thomas and friends episode, where Thomas got stuck in the snow, but if that episode would be realistic adaptation to this reference.
Snow storms, wind and rain with a hint of lightning storm… and a wildfire… You couldn't make it up!