The dispatcher has put Extra 1147 East, a peddler, in the hole at Cashmere in advance the Empire Builder and several manifest freights.
Due to the lenght of its consist, it is fouling the Cascade Northern crossing.
Next, manifest freight train number 402 arrives. It has reduced speed as it passes through the east side Cashmere.
The big mountain with its bell ringing is a rare sight on a freight but was called at the last minute when the assigned locomotive developed a compressor problem.
Caboose X-419 brings up the markers on the first section of freight 402.
In the distance can be seen the meager engine facilities of the Cascade Northern.
The buildings are actually HO models I built about 30 years ago and create distance through a forced perspective.
10 minutes later, the second section of freight 402 passes through Cashmere, at a restricted speed.
On the point is GN 3144, on O-1 mike, whose bell is ringing loudly but the workers on both sides of the track do not even look up.
The caboose of the third section crosses Main Street or Hwy 2, in an era when the road had far less traffic.
The semi-finished area in the foreground is the site of the to-be-built depot.
Finally, the third section crosses Old Olds Road on the east end of town. Olds is a wide spot in the road between Wenatchee and Cashmere.
The gravel road as well as the paved Main Street above are new additions this month to the pike.
