The Long Grade | Union Pacific's Cascade Line | Part 1

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Taken from our 2015 release "Through the Oregon Cascades Part 1," follow UP trains as they depart Oregon's scenic Willamette Valley at Eugene, and enter the foothills of the Cascade Range.
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 Oakridge and Cascade Summit puts UP’s newest locomotives to the test and keeps train crews on their toes. The line wraps around horse shoe curves, crosses trestles, and disappears through numerous rock sheds and tunnels before reaching the top of the pass.
This program is available in its entirety (2 hours, 34 minutes) on DVD, HD Blu-ray and Digital Download with Vimeo on Demand. Visit 7ideaproductions.com to order!
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0:00 Intro
2:41 Map
5:06 Eugene Yard
9:14 Springfield Junction
11:52 Springfield
15:12 Natron
16:26 Dougren
19:15 Minnow
22:43 Hampton
28:11 Tunnel 24
30:28 Lookout
32:36 Tunnel 23 (Abandoned)
34:11 Westfir
37:30 Tunnel 22
38:28 Oakridge
47:32 Salmon Creek Bridge
49:47 Pryor
53:04 McCredie Springs
1:02:49 Heather
1:05:24 Salt Creek Trestle
1:15:28 Tunnel 20

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  • @AnontheGOAT
    @AnontheGOAT10 ай бұрын

    Worked a 12 hour shift today. Cracked open a brewski and enjoyed this latest video on my 4K HDR pj + 100inch screen. Oh ya brother!

  • @drkskyes

    @drkskyes

    9 ай бұрын

    I watched both parts on 75 inch and felt like I should be soaked from the rain and snow. Very special.

  • @arnoldbm7453

    @arnoldbm7453

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@drkskyes.nnbhhhh😮😮5

  • @dhenschel4
    @dhenschel45 ай бұрын

    Great addition to the video of the rail scraping procedure, something most of us will never witness.

  • @TheIcyWizard705
    @TheIcyWizard70510 ай бұрын

    It's always a treat to see some local railroads. Props to you guys for hiking out to the remote sections of track to get footage

  • @RockymountainRobert
    @RockymountainRobert10 ай бұрын

    I love the cascades, the air is so refreshing.

  • @4Score747
    @4Score74710 ай бұрын

    Just found this channel. Subscribed!! My Dad worked that line from 1946-1986. We we’re living in Klamath Falls. He use to bring home beautiful Christmas trees on the Caboose from sidings up on the mountain ❤ we lived next to the tracks off the highway and went he would go out and come in we would wave the railroad lantern he had at home, and he would wave his. Great childhood memories 🥰

  • @7ideaproductions

    @7ideaproductions

    10 ай бұрын

    That's an awesome story! Thanks for sharing.

  • @Oregontrailblazin
    @Oregontrailblazin10 ай бұрын

    I rode Amtrak 14 from SAC to EUG . AMAZING SCENIC View's. Never would get old everyday riding that route.

  • @hansellhill6638
    @hansellhill66385 ай бұрын

    Watching from Jamaica 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

  • @steverudder3321
    @steverudder332110 ай бұрын

    "DO'OH!!" The video ended right at the part that I was waiting for! In 2018, I camped at O'dell Lake for the first time. In the middle of the night, I was awakened by the sound of a train horn. I didn't know that there were tracks nearby. It's amazing how the forested mountains can make a train horn sound like a perfectly tuned symphony!🎵 These videos from 7idea Productions are of documentary quality, and I can't wait for part 2!! I ❤ the Cascades!😁👍

  • @roderickcampbell2105

    @roderickcampbell2105

    10 ай бұрын

    That's a cool story Steve. And the second part is coming right?

  • @7ideaproductions

    @7ideaproductions

    10 ай бұрын

    I agree there is nothing like the horn drifting through the forest. Part 2 will be out Friday. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment!

  • @BobSmith-mj7ik
    @BobSmith-mj7ik10 ай бұрын

    You knocked this one out of the park. Beautiful scenery, well filmed and professionally narrated. Can't wait for part two.

  • @BrianHanscom0790
    @BrianHanscom079010 ай бұрын

    Another amazing channel who films in this area is I think @Pacific Rail Productions. He does a lot of good work up here 👍👌😎🇺🇲

  • @51hankyspanky7
    @51hankyspanky710 ай бұрын

    Years ago I recall taping these episodes on VHS. They were the best of the best, and It is so great to see them again on KZread. Thanks much to 7idea Productions for sharing these special treats!

  • @jimrawls5509
    @jimrawls550910 ай бұрын

    I used to work in these areas. I'm a little surprised you didn't get me on video. 😁 Great job! I'm looking forward to part 2.

  • @BrianHanscom0790
    @BrianHanscom079010 ай бұрын

    Another amazing upload, thank you so much!!! Watching from Pahrump Nevada 🇺🇲

  • @7ideaproductions

    @7ideaproductions

    10 ай бұрын

    Hello Pahrump! Been through there a few times.

  • @BrianHanscom0790

    @BrianHanscom0790

    10 ай бұрын

    @@7ideaproductions I wish we had trains out here lol only got the UP in Las Vegas that I get to see for my train fix 😂 lol

  • @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan
    @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan10 ай бұрын

    I remember the first cascade subdivision part one and part two DVDs I remember seeing part 2 that featured a Dash 8 locomotive a flame off the stack as well as a glimpse of P32 number 509 leading the northbound Coast Starlight in phase 4 Striping

  • @7ideaproductions

    @7ideaproductions

    10 ай бұрын

    Yes those were my first DVD programs from 2006. Originally released separately, then later I combined them into a two disc set.

  • @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan

    @TexasRailfan21-RailfanRyan

    9 ай бұрын

    @@7ideaproductions wow that is very cool

  • @franzhaller1710
    @franzhaller171010 ай бұрын

    thanks for your great videos, greetings from austria👍

  • @PaulB19677
    @PaulB1967710 ай бұрын

    I thoroughly enjoyed watching these incredible trains passing through beautiful countryside. Thank you.

  • @20molecula
    @20molecula10 ай бұрын

    A great video! Enjoy it very much.

  • @googlypal
    @googlypal10 ай бұрын

    The sound is superb, I recommend headphones!

  • @RollerCoasterLineProductions
    @RollerCoasterLineProductions10 ай бұрын

    Hate to sound repetitive but FANTASTIC work again as always. That had to be sketchy going up in those woods with bears, bigfeet, and mountain lions possibly around every corner

  • @7ideaproductions

    @7ideaproductions

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you! I don't know about bigfoot, but I've seen cougar.

  • @BrucePerkins-mc3hp

    @BrucePerkins-mc3hp

    9 ай бұрын

    They exist but their solitary creatures

  • @rickpawl
    @rickpawl10 ай бұрын

    Another awesome video of a gorgeous area. I especially love seeing Coast Starlight’s 11 and 14 since I have done them both many times.

  • @7ideaproductions

    @7ideaproductions

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you! Yes it is a great ride.

  • @rickpawl

    @rickpawl

    10 ай бұрын

    @@7ideaproductions I also meant to say how much I love seeing the rail grinder. You’re right, it looks like something out of an apocalyptic future. I was sound asleep on the Empire Builder one night and woke up to strange sounds, and bright light bleeding in around the curtains of my roommette. Half asleep, I pulled the curtain aside to see some kind of train straight out of Hell and it was right next to us. It was moving slow and it looked like the whole thing was ablaze with sparks and fire and smoke and noise. I didn’t know about rail grinders then and I had no idea what I was looking at. It was a very surreal Dante’s infernoesque sight to see. The next morning it almost seemed like a dream, or maybe a nightmare, lol. Thank you again for all these videos.

  • @dinopulizzi8481
    @dinopulizzi848110 ай бұрын

    Wonderful video !

  • @johnrockstone
    @johnrockstone10 ай бұрын

    FANtastic video!🙂🙂🙂

  • @davidholder3207
    @davidholder320710 ай бұрын

    Stunning photography that captures the wild yet wonderful scenery of the Cascades. I would have loved to see a picture of Salmon Creek waterfall in the winter.

  • @joshjones3408
    @joshjones34087 ай бұрын

    Man you really put down the work for these videos I thank you for them there great video's...👍👍👍

  • @robingilmore1444
    @robingilmore144410 ай бұрын

    Another great one man. Thank you

  • @cameroneller2990
    @cameroneller299010 ай бұрын

    Great video I love the scenery and the description and details you provide

  • @7ideaproductions

    @7ideaproductions

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @boerje8154

    @boerje8154

    10 ай бұрын

    Agree. Good with the descriptions when following along on Google Maps. Found the Lookout sidings and the tunnels. Lucky I found 7idea Productions. 😀👍

  • @seongmoolee1509
    @seongmoolee1509Ай бұрын

    My heart is pounding when I hear the engine of the train.🇰🇷👍

  • @user-zk4xf1mp9e
    @user-zk4xf1mp9e10 ай бұрын

    I love the cascades, the air is so refreshing.. Another amazing upload, thank you so much!!! Watching from Pahrump Nevada .

  • @RTWest-kn5fr
    @RTWest-kn5fr10 ай бұрын

    I'll bet that there have been and still are some amazing Bigfoot sightings along this route. Gracias por tu video. RT sends, envía, Colonia Centro Histórico, Puebla, México...

  • @ofSlime
    @ofSlime10 ай бұрын

    This is incredible. Thank you so much for posting it.

  • @CoSpringer
    @CoSpringer10 ай бұрын

    great video!

  • @pauljung7611
    @pauljung761110 ай бұрын

    Wow another train video.

  • @robingilmore1444

    @robingilmore1444

    10 ай бұрын

    Maybe, just maybe a smart person who doesn't like trains,might not get on a train video site. Just an idea.

  • @royzug2847
    @royzug284710 ай бұрын

    Great video. The scenery on this line is really extraordinary. The shot through the covered bridge opening was special.

  • @centeroftheearthmining4095
    @centeroftheearthmining409510 ай бұрын

    Absolutely amazing!

  • @danielkennedy1524
    @danielkennedy15249 ай бұрын

    An outstanding job! Nicely done!

  • @echohunter4199
    @echohunter41995 ай бұрын

    Thank you very much!

  • @tshay27
    @tshay2710 ай бұрын

    Thank you for making this video, I loved it

  • @Brad-.-.-.-.howitzer
    @Brad-.-.-.-.howitzer10 ай бұрын

    Excellent video graphy.!¡Thank you for sharing it 😊😁😁😁😎😎😎😄😄😀

  • @michaelskidmore5086
    @michaelskidmore508610 ай бұрын

    Can you do the full video of “coal trains of the powder River basin” please?

  • @asullivan4047
    @asullivan40475 ай бұрын

    Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Enjoying this presentation from the comfort of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast "🚀of Florida 🐊🐊. Wishing viewers/R.R. Employees a safe/healthy/prosperous (2024)🌈🎉😉. Locations maps added to the information.

  • @NGH99999
    @NGH9999910 ай бұрын

    Back in 2001, I was working in a small design studio located in the east end of the Eugene Amtrak station. I got used to all kinds of trains running literally 6-8 feet away. One day, I hear this awful grinding sound coming from the tracks. I look out the window to see that rail grinder slowly passing by in all its flaming, sparking glory. As I'd not known such a contraption existed, I had no idea what I was looking at. Between the fire and smoke, it looked like a train straight out of Hell. lol Any chance you'll one day cover the Siskiyou Line?

  • @drkskyes
    @drkskyes9 ай бұрын

    Probably the best railroad video I've ever watched. My dad worked on the SP Signal Gang all over this line in the first 5 years of the 1940s. He bid on the Signal Maintainer job at Glendale on the Siskyou Line in 1946, got it and never left until he retired in 1979. He and my mom lived in an Outfit Car at all of these sidings from Springfield to Cascade Summit and Crescent Lake.

  • @VlakynaSlovensku
    @VlakynaSlovensku10 ай бұрын

    Awesome train compilation!!

  • @7ideaproductions

    @7ideaproductions

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @johnnyjones2255
    @johnnyjones225510 ай бұрын

    The Oregon Eastern mentioned did not build the old grade up the Willamette R. That was further north on a different river. This one was SP built. The Army built the new grade across the lake, when the dams were put in.

  • @7ideaproductions

    @7ideaproductions

    10 ай бұрын

    Is that what I said? I'll have to go back and look.

  • @johnnyjones2255

    @johnnyjones2255

    10 ай бұрын

    @@7ideaproductions well I think so, but my wife tells me I don’t listen very well.

  • @johnnyjones2255

    @johnnyjones2255

    10 ай бұрын

    @@7ideaproductions tell me if I was wrong.

  • @johnnyjones2255

    @johnnyjones2255

    10 ай бұрын

    Maybe it was Oregon Pacific I heard. Now I don’t know!

  • @user-vw9jq1ko5b

    @user-vw9jq1ko5b

    10 ай бұрын

    @@johnnyjones2255as I understand it, the Oregon Eastern built the line from Natron to Oakridge in 1912. The plan was to build over the Cascades and on to Ontario in eastern Oregon to meet the UP. This never happened. Later, the SP (being separated from the UP - both had been controlled by EH Harriman) finished the line over the mountains and on to Kirk in 1926. There is a lot more to the story but that is the jest of it.

  • @Oregontrailblazin
    @Oregontrailblazin10 ай бұрын

    You did not mention that those cabins is now a Bat Homes hence the upper windows .

  • @donnellivy7632
    @donnellivy763210 ай бұрын

    Good Videos♥️👏🏾👍🏾

  • @denisetindall1487
    @denisetindall14872 ай бұрын

    I like train videos on KZread 👍

  • @StonewallTitlow
    @StonewallTitlow10 ай бұрын

    You guys really need to do some of the lines out East.. would like to see that.

  • @StonewallTitlow

    @StonewallTitlow

    7 ай бұрын

    We got the Clinchfield Loops in North Carolina, lots of tunnels in the Appalachians, and some fast running areas.

  • @FEROMODELISTAS
    @FEROMODELISTAS10 ай бұрын

    Excelent video from Argentina

  • @rafaelfernandez8311
    @rafaelfernandez83119 ай бұрын

    Muy bien y buen vídeo, gracias

  • @kullamannensverkstad
    @kullamannensverkstadАй бұрын

    Top notch!

  • @marklestico
    @marklestico5 ай бұрын

    Another awesome video Aaron! Yes, I'm still kicking. Mark Lestico is moving to Tennessee soon. Just retired. April and I miss you and Joel. Is he still working the Brooklyn Sub? Great memories. God bless you and your family.

  • @joshjones3408
    @joshjones34087 ай бұрын

    35:44 I seen the lumber in the white an green raper

  • @BrucePerkins-mc3hp
    @BrucePerkins-mc3hp9 ай бұрын

    DPU, i see you

  • @mikehanks1399
    @mikehanks13996 ай бұрын

    As good as it gets.

  • @wilmot0
    @wilmot06 ай бұрын

    I absolutely love all of your productions. How do you find out what model number engine is used?

  • @TheTokyomatt
    @TheTokyomatt6 ай бұрын

    Divorce Courts got you by the Balls.

  • @alex.k3166
    @alex.k31669 ай бұрын

    u gotta make a decision better fuel milage but risk getting stuck on a hill or worse milage but able to make it up the grade and if all six axels have power its less stress on the 4 with power

  • @RaulGonzalez-jg8ks
    @RaulGonzalez-jg8ks10 ай бұрын

    Please traslación yo Spanish. Subtitule

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