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WinterFest is kicking off tomorrow, and we thought we’d give you a preview of the massive Rail Jam apparatus that has been erected across from the Les Schwab Amphitheater. Check out the video below for a look at the progress that has been made so far. The structure should be done soon and ready to go when things go live tomorrow.

Also, check out a video of last year’s WinterFest by Source calendar editor Anne Pick:

This article appears in Feb 12-18, 2009.

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Insanely, Incredibly, Ridiculously Enormous Rail Jam Apparatus

by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon
February 12, 2009

<h1>Insanely, Incredibly, Ridiculously Enormous Rail Jam Apparatus</h1> <p class="byline">by The Source Staff, The Source - Bend, Oregon <br />February 12, 2009</p> <p>WinterFest is kicking off tomorrow, and we thought we&#039;d give you a preview of the massive Rail Jam apparatus that has been erected across from the Les Schwab Amphitheater. Check out the video below for a look at the progress that has been made so far. The structure should be done soon and ready to go when things go live tomorrow. </p> <p> <object></object></p> <p> Also, check out a video of last year&#039;s WinterFest by Source calendar editor Anne Pick:</p> <p> <object></object></p> <p> </p> <figure class="wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio"> <div class="wp-block-embed__wrapper"> http://www.youtube.com/v/Vb1PDfcPvWk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1 </div> </figure> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/insanely-incredibly-ridiculously-enormous-rail-jam-apparatus-2132852/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com&quot;&gt;The Source - Bend, Oregon&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/www.bendsource.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/cropped-Untitled-design-4.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://www.bendsource.com/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=16441&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://www.bendsource.com/news/insanely-incredibly-ridiculously-enormous-rail-jam-apparatus-2132852/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/bendsource.com/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

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