It's The Milwaukee Road right of way Pacific Expansion. It was electrified from Othello Wa to Tacoma and Montana had a electric section . My opinion is turning this right of way into a. Hiking trail is terrible use a waste tracks should relaid for third rail corador through the Cascades . There are plenty hiking trails already . But this is an example a Democrat Governor Dixie Lee Ray was short sighted not see the financial benefit of keeping the rail line . Democrats are good spending money just have no clue how make it ,look at California right now .