DSC_1489 Flowing Creek on Iron Goat Trail

            As I was returning from Bellingham, WA, a couple of weeks ago, I decided to drive over Steven's Pass (SR 2). The steady rain had lightened to a misting so I decided I'd try to locate the Iron Goat Trail that connects to the site of the Wellington train disaster that killed 96 people on March 1, 1910. 

In short, a passenger train and a mail train departed from Spokane bound for Seattle and were stranded by a blizzard. The trains and passengers sat on the tracks for six days waiting out the storm when an avalanche a quarter mile wide roared down the Windy Mountain and swept the trains into a ravine below. There were 23 survivors. 

Snowsheds and tunnels were built in subsequent years but the line was ultimately abandoned and is now a hiking pathway along the deteriorating ruins. 

There are several trails, one of which makes a loop that is 6.7 miles long with one segment that involves an elevation gain of a bit over 700 feet in the course of a mile reaching an elevation of 2,800 feet.

Taken on: June 23, 2019

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Camera: Nikon D7500, f/5.6, 1/13 sec, 17mm (=25mm), ISO 250 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7500
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Aperture:	f/5.6
Exposure Time:	0.077 sec (1/13)
Focal Length:	17mm (35mm equivalent: 25mm)
ISO:	250
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Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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