UP 5532 is leading an eastbound intermodal train down Donner Pass.

Amtrak P42DC 152 and 182 leading the California Zephyr Train AMTK 5 over the Donner Pass.

Amtrak P42DC 816 and 29 leading the three hours delayed California Zephyr Train AMTK 5 over the Donner Pass.

An Eastbound empty oil train is seen climbing up to Donner Pass as it passes through Emigrant Gap with an original Union Pacific AC44 on the point.

An Eastbound manifest freight is seen after rounding the double horseshoe curve near Blue Canyon on the steep climb to Donner Summit.

A westbound Union Pacific manifest drops downgrade through Emigrant Gap, CA on the Roseville Subdivision. At right is I-80 and at left...the Sierras.

On a crisp winter morning along Donner Pass, SPMW 4032 leads a single spreader set west at Emigrant Gap, California. In the days prior, the mountains of Northern California were battered by severa... (more)

On a cold winter evening, the railroad has sprung to life. An eastbound grain train has pulled up to Switch 9 to wait for the passing MNPRV. Tucked in the middle of all this action is the rotary s... (more)

Rotaries Return to Donner Pass! After a record year for precipitation in Northern California, the rotaries have returned to Donner Pass. SPMW 207, a rebuilt rotary snow fighter, holds the... (more)

The Union Pacific Jordan Spreaders, huge in their own right, are dwarfed by the sheer size of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. This spreader set will work down to Fulda, where it will take the balloon... (more)

A 116-car QRVNPP grinds up the western slope of the Donner Pass Route near Emigrant Gap, California. This train made slow progress between Colfax and Switch 9, where it was held for the westbound ... (more)

After receiving a few inches of fresh powder overnight, the Bear River Valley has been transformed into a winter wonderland. Passengers aboard Amtrak's California Zephyr get to take in these beaut... (more)

California Zephyr #5 rolls down the west slope of the Sierras, about to pass underneath Interstate 80 in Emigrant Gap.

97 ethanol empties from East Oakland, CA to Shamrock, KS charge up Donner Pass, which has seen more snow this season then the pass did all of last season! El Nino sure is promising for the Califor... (more)

UP 5817 leads a IOAOGX-16 through Emigrant Gap as it starts its decent down the west slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains