Skykomish News

"In the time since the I-5/Skagit Bridge was built to 1955 standards, the state's population has nearly tripled.

Saturday marked the grand opening of Skykomish's new Great Northern and Cascade Railway, and it was a perfect day for a train ride.

The Miller River cuts through the Old Cascade Highway, a result of a 2011 flood that cut off access to the historic Miller River Bridge, . The road would be too expensive to repair, and there aren't sufficient funds to maintain the 1921 bridge either, according to King County officials.

A group of volunteers spent their months full of live long days building, and now the new Great Northern & Cascade Railroad is rolling down the tracks in hopes of picking up tourists along the way.