‘SNO ESCAPE! UNION PACIFIC Tackles the Cascades with Helper operations 

Awesome work. Thank you for giving us a chance to railfan 1000s of miles away.

great video and commentary! thanks so much! the details (train lengths, use of helpers, track grades, etc. etc) you provide in your commentary are rarely produced in other railfan vids. Great work.

Spectacular! Thanks so much!

Some of the best rail fanning video I have ever seen!

Thank you. Really enjoy watching here in Kansas. My grandson is a engineer on BNSF between Wellington Ks. And Amarillo Tx. 👍👍

That was epic loved the narrative and of course your.knowledge of what was happening thx

Outstanding... Love your channel!!

Just found your channel, thanks for posting details of the trains.

Thanks for your efforts. Not only was this entertaining, your video and commentary answered a lot of questions I had about how they cut in and out the helpers over this sub. I drive 58 from Bend over to the valley a few times a year, and I look high up on those mountainsides and see the snowsheds, and wonder what it's like "up there". Now I know!

Fantastic video.

Thank you for a wonderful movie. I have wanted to find out about that area's trains for a long time.

That railfan is Jeremy who has been working with Union Pacific for many moons. He is a great voice for the awesome scenery, perfect I think!

You've out done yourself, wonderful journey.

You do a good job

We (me and the kids) used to camp at Odell Lake up next to the tracks, that was when SP was running. Good times. Thanks for the video, brought back some great memories.

Excellent capture thanks for sharing

Stunning video! Your added verbal color was appreciated, i find it interesting to learn where things are moving from and to.

Great video on this operation. As a native Oregonian, I appreciate you sharing this!

That was brilliant mate thoroughly enjoyed this one. 👌

That was really terrific !! The scenery was spectacular. Thanks for sharing it. James.

Excellent coverage. I love that personal touch given to the trip. He mentions Highway 58 in his info. That's odd as I just finished looking at some Tehachapi tapes and their main Highway there is also Highway 58. Neat. Thanks for your trip and hope to see more of you in the future. Jim Hatboro, PA

Great video, I really appreciate all of your hard work and perseverance, thanks for sharing...😁👍🍻

Thank you for taking the time & trouble to film, edit & post it was very much appreciated I’ve L&S to your channel

great work, thanks.

Thank you so much for this. Great scenery, a lot of interesting shots here, really enjoyed it. This is super work!

Awesome and spectacular. Brings back fond memories from 20 years ago on this subdivision. Great job dude.

I recognize the dispatcher voice. That's ASG that dispatches down in Roseville also. Pretty cool stuff.

Ugh. I grew up in K-Falls, OR in the 70’s-80’s and the snow on the Cascades is a wet and heavy type that’s just miserable to deal with and worse when it freezes over. We always kept an eye on what altitude the “snow line” was at so we knew when we’re about to get hammered with nasty snow. It all depended on which way the storm was mainly coming from and they’d let you know if it was a light fluffy type or the gnarly type. My dad worked for SP/UP from 65-2008 and worked the Shasta, Cascade and even the Modoc line. He hated the cascade runs in the winter since if something happened, it was often by the many tunnels and he’d have to walk the train to get to the problem and walking on track ballast that’s at a 45 degree tilt, is murder on your ankles. But it is beautiful up there, I enjoyed going to the ski resort at Diamond Lake and go tubing with friends.

Excellent

Outstanding. Great job. I really enjoyed the trip.

That was nice, I like your style of narration/commentary. Hope to see more videos like this in the future (whatever Stardate that may be) ;)

Beautiful Coverage!

One of the best,awesome work!

Brought back memories! I have spent some time around Oakridge, Salt Creek trestle or bridge, Heather, Wicopee I think it's called and Fields. Love the Cascades and all the scenery and former SP, now UP. Certainly one interesting and challenging railroad. I had worked out of Coos Bay for the railroad for awhile. Thanks for the video. I hope to return to at least visit the Oregon area someday. Would certainly visit that area of the Cascades and Coos Bay area, North Bend and Myrtle Point as I have friends there. Jeff Aumand locomotive engineer (ret.)

Really awesome!

This was beautifully done, and thank you! I wouldn't do it now as I am old, but I used to relish getting out there in challenging weather. Made for the best photos! Never got to do it in the mountains back then...jealous.

Well I had a lot of enjoyment joining the trip to the Cascades. Video was nicely done like Distant Signal Quality. So I've subscribed making this channel my West coast channel. Now I have a CSX Line , Union Pacific , BNSF. Rail fanning is Fantastic.

Great video. Thanks for the serious commitment being out in that weather for us. Liked and Subscribed...

This is about as good as photography gets. You're camera is better than my 69 yr old eyes. The commentary, train dispatch, was amazing. Thank you brother.

I really enjoyed this. Very well made video. Thank you.

Nice Star Trek style intro

Wonderful video! Back in July 2018, I camped at O'Dell Lake. I found out that there were tracks nearby and found myself drawn to explore. I was unaware of the Cascade Summit and of the nearby tunnel. I keep hoping that someone will show a video of that beautiful area, and I think that this video comes the closest. However, one of my favorite videos is of 2 guys that hid in the tunnel as a slow freight was coming. The audio in that tunnel is AWESOME with the right speakers! I'd like to return some day if my now fixed income will let me. I'm originally from WA, and I dearly love the PNW. Thanks for the great video, and I am now a new follower! 😊👍 UPDATE: I just found your video on Tunnel #3! 😁👍

Nice horn salute from the UP engineer. You can sure tell there are a lot of sawmills in that area!

Killer video again man and the movie quotes is funny as hell too man go get em

Great video. I live in Albany and have made several trips on the Coast Starlight over the years so I know that mountain area. I used to live in LA and would go up to Tehachapi and a once to the Keddiie Y. I grew up in NY and rode the NY Central into NY City but that's a whole different world from the mountains of the west. The Southern Pacific was my favorite in LA because it was a real work horse company and the engines were always dirty. On the other hand there was a lot of Santa Fe stuff that looked like it had just been washed and waxed. When I moved to Oregon I found out that UP rules the roost in this area. I did a lot of skiing in Utah and camping in the Sierras so I know how driving in the mountains can be a real gamble weather wise in the winter. Looks like your gamble paid off in some great video!

Your Vids are great! Keep up the good work.

I lost track of the🎉narrative. Saw the helpers hook up and push,then they were gone and now they are back.

There was an interesting article in Trains last year called ""anatomy of a freight train" which showed a southbound freighter being assembled in Vancouver BC's Thornton yard (CN/BNSF) the cover shot looks like salt creek bridge .....

awesome work

Absolutely stunning scenery in this video, beautiful blue skies against the pure white snow and then introduce the UP livery ........ what a perfect combination of colors. Your photography skills are awesome my friend and so is your narration, many thanks for this brilliant journey. Kindest regards tones1957 (New Zealand)

The SP days where the Best all that thunder on the hill . but you did not get all the cars at hampton , lol they have been their for 5 years. good stuff.

In order to avoid a misunderstanding of the time of day we use hundreds time in the military. their is only one 0500 and their is only one 1700 .May I remind you that even thought it's Union Pacific it's still a gov. agency. I thank you for driving where you drove to get those shots.

He sure has those dogs a screaming! Sounds like he has the throttle wide open!

Awesome

I really enjoyed this video! You definitely did a great job with the camera… the shot of the manifest crossing the salt creek bridge was stunning, nicely framed as well (I’ve done a few train videos myself, so I can spot a nicely framed shot when I see it). Great job overall… will sub to your channel as soon as I finish this text, keep up the great work. 👍😉

Beautiful content

Gr8 content and information👍🏻☺️

You might see the Union Pacific Big Boy 4014 going through there this year

I used to live right there in that area youre filming at! Right across from the glue factory. I used to play down there as a kid all the time! This was 35-40 years ago. I always used to go down to watch the switching operations for the factory. Now I live in stupid California, in the stupid desert. 😁😁😂😂 Anyways, thank you for the memories! Subbed!!!!

Enjoyed this: Was that an old Milwaukee Road approach signal? To me, that's a great catch at Dexter siding, you called it out at 604.8

My question is: Why didn't the two crews set up the helpers units as DPU's instead?

Wonder how you and buddy handle a nice person walks up asking to visit with you ? Just a thought from somewere in Peoria sub part or close to Galesburg. Lol

Great video. 👍👍 just subscribed too

Southern Pacific tackled the Sierras better. SP was such a great railroad to work for. We even had system seniority. No other carrier did. I retired from SP as a freight conductor in 1996.

Excellent video, I never have seen a segment where you see the hook up of the helpers and the termination. How do you find out the information about how many loads, empties and weight of the train? Your radio reception seems to work very well, I have trouble whenever I have hills or mountains nearby, maybe my antennae is the problem. Keep up the good work, liked the Apollo 13 reference at the end.

💚💚💚💚 Tom from Hungary.

When I’m in charge, which could be any day I hear UP is looking for a new CEO, that train will never stop. That under motivated, high dollar helper crew can just catch up, knuckle in and start pushing. PSR for the win!

when the helpers are connected does the head end automatically take control of the helpers ?

Kool

So tell me if those 5 tankers are going to prineville, why take them all the way to klamath, when they can drop them in chemault ?? And what happened to the other empties from the back of the train? Is the crossing at hwy 58 past the high point!!

Anyone catch the graffiti at 4:11 ? Haha. Is it just me or does the snow seem to absorb much of the noise of the train in those scenes..

Great video, thanks for sharing!

Ok two different trains or one going south and one going north!??

Where are the helpers at 23:26?

The helper crew knew there was a train coming they were going to be assisting, so why did they wait until that train completely passed before even walking over to their locomotives? Shouldn't they have been getting ready earlier than that?

My daughter loves seeing trains, so I film them often as I can. I go to the pass between Pendleton and LA Grande, to catch Union Pacifics pulling trains up the grade, and seen as many as 13 locomotives at a time. Often times, about every 20 minutes, another train will come along.

8% grade? Wowsers.

Need a cameraman south of Junction City? I'm available.👍👍👀👀

BNSF>UP

The graffiti on the bridge and cars is such a shame. Resolution is awesome.

A nice video that was ruined by incessant commercials. I’m giving this a downvote.

Oregon is so beautiful. My step daughter lived in Eugene for a few years and I really enjoy going out there. I live in WI, which is kinda boring.

this is my 1st time here and this is a wonderful vid. thank you.

Nice video! very beautiful landscape. BRGS from Germany

One empty ... Let me guess; the lonely cement hopper.

Wow incredible scenery and railfan footage!!

Thank you!! I always wanted a shot of a train going over Salt creek bridge, now I know how to access it,

Briliant rail movie! Awesome images with trains, lovely places and landscapes! Good work, mater! MEGA Thumbs Up & Subscribe Greetings from Ireland Andrew

Excellent!

Great video. Love the snow scene but hate the snow. Thanks for making and sharing.

Awesome... Great video and spectacular scenery 👍 I love this location as a railfan 😃

Excellent video. I love goin g to Oakridge to railfan, and up and down Hwy 58. I model the Brooklyn and Cascades subdivision locations in more or less the 90s using mainly SP. I do have some UP locos for more modern trains, including Amtraks 11 and 14. I have subbed. Scott

Thank you for sharing, it's been 40 years since I was on that pass, and all the times, never saw a train on that bridge. We always talked about stopping and taking pictures of the falls by the tunnel, but never did.

Except for the [ pm ] that was a good video.

I'm so glad people like you are videoing such beautiful scenery these days. I've learned the hard way how quick this beauty can be lost at the blink of an eye, or even an elder passing on and taking their memories with them, never to be seen again by anyone. The historic type videos of such things like a store front in the olden days, 60's for me, as simple as an old Sears catalog that someone saved, can just be lost forever if nobody records it before the bulldozers come and take it away forever in a single day. To be able to look back on such beauty as this because someone like you decided to preserve it for hopefully generations to come is greatly appreciated by many, including myself. My Mother's side of the family has less than a handfull of pictures of my childhood and around that time, lost, just nonexistent. On the other hand, my Father's side has boxes and boxed of Kodak pictures, boxes of rolls of 8mm film... all proof that my sister and I did have a childhood, and things as simple as this is a treasure in so many ways, and it's appreciated. : )

beautifully shot and professional commentary, congratulations

What a great day and video....

La Historia de los Ferrocarriles Norteamericanos es Gloriosa, gracias.

Excellent!!!! Thank you so much!!!

My best friend, Super! Looked, very interesting! I liked your work! I enjoyed watch your video. Thanks