UP 5267 leads a North Platte, NE to Oakland, CA Z-train through newly installed CTC signals as it heads downgrade through Dutch Flat
A UP Mobile Laboratory car trails on the back end of Amtrak 5 and is bound for Roseville
Late in the day, an eastbound SP manifest headed for Ogden, UT, climbs past the grade crossing in front of us.
Late evening at Dutch Flat shows this Roseville to North Platte manifest grinding up the stiff grade at 9mph per the detector at mile 148.8
Having passed Gold Run, The Reno Snow train is approaching the town of Dutch Flat led by Amtrak 112 equipped with a clean Fun Bear. It was at Dutch Flat that the Big Four swindled Theodore Judah o... (more)
The Westbound San Francisco Zephyr (as it was then known) has an SP SD40 added due to adverse weather on the Donner Pass. Seen just after passing thru Dutch Flat, one of SP's home built dome cars ... (more)
With the flanger by them and #6 on the move, The Reno Fun Train is approaching the town of Dutch Flat. Dutch Flat was the site of one of the biggest swindles in the American West as the "Big Four"... (more)
With both the Zephyr and the Reno Fun Train held at Gold Run and Colfax, UP 604 and 574 have flanger #SPMW 324 in tow at Dutch Flat and heading up the mountain to clear some snow problems so both ... (more)
In an unseasonable, pouring rainstorm, Amtrak No. 5 rounds a curve at Dutch Flat in the gold country of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
UP SD40 lugs uphill in heavy fog, towards Magra.
UP freights wait on No. 2 track and the siding at Dutch Flat to allow Amtrak's California Zephyr to continue east on No. 1.
Amtrak's eastbound San Francisco Zephyr passes a wig-wag at Dutch Flat as it grinds up the Donner grade.