Two EMD's drag 4506 feet of autos in Run 8 towards the 10 thousand foot Tunnel 41, which is aptly named the "Big Hole".\

A second generation SD70ACe exits Shed 10, with its dynamics softly whining, echoing off of the mountainside.

Rolling alongside the Truckee River, a stack train charges Westbound up the grade with a SD9043MAC on the point.

With the setting sun about to duck behind Mount Judah, a manifest led by a sweet SD9043MAC claws its way up the steep grade of Donner Pass.

Stacks quietly drift down Donner Pass after exiting Shed 10.

Smashing! An Eastbound stack train exits Tunnel 41, which is known as the "Big Hole", and begins its descent down Donner Pass towards Sparks.

Stacks roll West through a Winter Wonderland just East of Truckee.

Empty grain for the Midwest drifts downgrade through Boca, which holds the record for coldest temperature recorded in California... Minus 45!

Six hundred seconds of awesomeness has elapsed while an Eastbound crawls up the 2.24% of Donner Pass on a cool Winter night.

An ontime #5 battles up the backside of Donner Pass, nearing the California border after departing Reno.

Downed power lines on the tracks ahead has brought the Eastbound California Zephyr to a stop in the small hamlet of Gold Run. Thirty minutes later #6 was back on the move with RP contributor Mark ... (more)

The first snowfall of the 2010 snow season pretties up Eder, while the Westbound Zephyr barks towards the summit of Donner Pass. In just a few hours, this shot will be unaccessible without the hel... (more)

Opened on November 30, 1867, after two years of blasting, Tunnel 6 at Donner Pass was used continuously for 130 years by the trains of the Central Pacific, and Southern Pacific. The Chinese worked... (more)

A tardy #5 blasts through the snow through the small hamlet of Gold Run.

UP's snow fighting equipment heads West after battling Sierra Cement over Summit.