UP 8811 leads a large manifest train west over a snowy Donner Pass on a 60 degree spring-like day.

Amtrak train 5, the tri-weekly westbound San Francisco Zephyr, crosses the snow-covered Sierra Nevada Mountains as it heads west from Chicago to Oakland … but, oddly, not to its namesake ... (more)

On the Roseville subdivision, eastbound ES44AC no. 7478, rounds into Soda Springs with a string of empty hoppers.

Westbound BNSF C44-9W no. 4685 exits the 10365 ft Tunnel 41, The Big Hole, at the Summit of Donner Pass. Some of the equipment for Sugar Bowl Ski Area can be seen at the mouth of the tunnel .

SPMW 207 is seen plowing the #2 Track at Soda Springs, California. A once in a lifetime event for some to see the most powerful pieces of snowfighting equipment ever devised by man in action.

The Rotaries have just finished plowing Track 2 at Soda Springs and after a brief stop will proceed east towards Truckee.

Heavy snow and strong wind moved into the Sierra Nevada's early on the 10th. The wind was miserable, otherwise the day was exceptional for capturing railroads in the snow. Here UP 585 leads a flan... (more)

UP 8717 is leading an eastbound intermodal train down Donner Pass.

UP 8425 is leading a westbound intermodal train over Donner Pass.

Donner. On July 26, 2020, Webb Rail's former New York Central Railroad Budd built Pullman obs/diner/sleeper "Babbling Brook" (WEBX 800007) and former Northern Pacific Railway Budd... (more)

The rotaries throttle up while plowing the #1 Track in Soda Springs on UP's Roseville Subdivision. Well known photographer Dick Dorn can be seen riding on the trailing locomotive.

Union Pacific train MGRRV has crested Donner Summit and is now working downhill as it passes through Soda Springs.

Donner Pass Shed 10 Snowshed s once lined almost the entire distance from Yuba Gap to Donner Summit. This intensive use of sheds led to severe smoke problems, and as snow fighting tech... (more)

Donner Pass Shed 10 Climbing the granite Sierra Nevada Mountains is a battle that has existed since 1869. Chinese immigrant laborers hand chiseled this railroad to open America. The rail... (more)

.Amtrak No. 5 the westbound California Zephyr is lead by a clean Union Pacific SD70AH, no. 8849. The Zephyr is down by 6 Hours and 55 minutes at Truckee Ca. No. 5 slides down the western Slope of ... (more)