were killed in the Rogers Pass avalanche nearby in British Columbia. Aftermath Wellington was quietly renamed "Tye" during October because of the unpleasant associations of the old name. In the same month, the Great Northern Railway began construction of concrete snow sheds to shelter the nearby tracks. The depot was closed when the second Cascade Tunnel was completed in 1929; the town was then abandoned and it eventually burned. The old track and snow sheds remain and have been preserved as part of the Iron Goat Trail, which is accessible easily from U.S. Highway 2 near Stevens Pass or near Scenic, east of Everett. See also 1910 Rogers Pass avalanche Frank Slide References Martin Burwash,Vis Major Railroad Men, an Act of God--White Death at Wellington iUniverse, 2009 Cascade Division: A Pictorial Essay of the Burlington Northern and Milwaukee Road in the Washington Cascades, Fox Publications, 1995 Lee Davis, Encyclopedia of Natural Disasters, Headline, 1992 Gary Krist, The White Cascade: The Great Northern Railway Disaster and America's Deadliest Avalanche, Holt, 2007 T. Gary Sherman, Conquest and Catastrophe, The Triumph and Tragedy of the Great Northern Railway Through Stevens Pass, AuthorHouse, 2004. External links Contemporary photographs Iron Goat Trail website The White Cascade (book about the avalanche) website Wellington Disaster THE GREAT WELLINGTON TRAIN DISASTER IN THE SKY VALLEY 100 Years Ago (Sky Valley Chronicle) 1893 establishments in Washington (state) 1929 disestablishments in Washington (state) Ghost towns in King County, Washington Populated places disestablished in 1929 Populated places established in 1893 Unincorporated communities in King County, Washington 1910 Unincorporated communities in Washington (state) 20th-century avalanches Natural disaster ghost towns