Switchback on the Great Northern Railway, Washington State
A switchback section of the Great Northern Railway in the Cascade Mountains. It consists of a series of zigzags up the mountainside. At the end of each leg, the points are switched and the engine is reversed to climb the next leg
Picture No
11012536
Media ID
48544463
Size
5995px x 4781px
(8.8MB)
Credit
© Mary Evans/Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed printed photograph from The English-Speaking World', 1896
Date
circa 1895
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Cascade Climb Consists Mountainside Points Reversed Switchback Switched
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