John Aleman

Dispatches from close observation

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Washington · September 18, 2026 · revision 1

Night Trains Through the Cascades

A field report from the last sleeper service still crossing the pass.

The observation car goes quiet after Wenatchee. Pines replace station lights, the river keeps pace with the tracks, and every window becomes a moving landscape study.