THROUGH THE OREGON CASCADES - PART 1: THE LONG GRADE Format:Blu-ray Southern Pacific’s Golden Empire 1954-1958

Southern Pacific’s Golden Empire 1954-1958 features the photography of John Hungerford and Harold Stewart

The Sandhills Region of Nebraska

terminal and transfer railway that interchanges traffic with all Twin Cities railroads

Posted March 18

This DVD was designed to portray SP in its finest days from 1942 to 1975

THROUGH THE OREGON CASCADES - PART 1: THE LONG GRADE Format:Blu-ray Southern Pacific’s Golden Empire 1954-1958Through the Oregon Cascades Part 1 The Cascade Mountains of western Oregon are thick with tall timber growing along steep slopes broken by waterfalls and streams. This is the setting for a mountain railroad that climbs from deep within the Willamette Valley to nearly 5,000 feet above sea level at Cascade Summit. Part 1: The Long Grade, begins at Eugene Yard and heads railroad south into the foothills of the Cascades. A forty mile 1. 8% grade between