After a couple of minutes of taking in the vista, the train whistles off, and continues it's journey north. After crossing the river the tracks start to climb higher up the mountain, and locomotive pounds away at the grade. Rocking along on the twisting trackage, the train plunges into the first of a two tunnels. The tunnel takes you thru a spur of the mountain that juts out into the valley. The forest grows dense around the train and wildlife abounds.
Deer stand aside the tracks awaiting the train's passing.
The railroad has been here for several decades, and the train fits into the surroundings without a second thought. Soon the train crests the grade and begins it's decent to Metaline Falls. The track descends quickly and plunges thru a bore burrowed through a rocky knoll. On the far side of knoll, the mountainside grows steep, and a number of wooden trestles span the numerous gulches and gullies in the mountains. Soon you are above the river and coasting into the town of Metaline Falls.