The San Francisco Peaks tower over the scene as a westbound BNSF train snakes through the Northern AZ terrain between Maine and Chalendar.

UP 572 pauses near the grade crossing at Truckee as the moon peers through light clouds.

A full moon decends on the horizon, about 10 minutes after a westbound train passed.

A westbound UP auto decends Donner Pass and exits Shed 10.

A change of pace in locomotives as CSXT 8757 snakes through Vail on the #2 track paralleling Cienega Creek

I thought this scene was very busy, and it definitely stood out.

Last year was a slow year on Donner for me. My timing was way off, I had to bump my time off by a week in which case proved to be a mistake. I missed some fairly large storms. However on this day ... (more)

A flanger enters the east end of the Norden Shed before crossing over to the #1 track to help keep the tracks clear.

The flanger passes #5 at Truckee to clear the rails atop the "snowy" summit

Kind of nice seeing red and silver leading. But those units paint sure seems to be fading quickly. Too bad it wasnt a solid warbonnet set, but 2 out of 4 aint too bad.

The second trip.......when they were brand new.

UP 585 still clinging to SP paint glides past the signal bridge at 189.1/3 as the sun barely peeks out near the tail end of the storm. All the major plow work had already been done, but the flange... (more)

Lighting!

With very wet snow falling the flanger moves west on the #1 track at Soda Springs. That large plume covered me as the flanger passed....It forced snow into almost every pocket I had. Nothing new t... (more)

Look at the nose of the UP 600...Its frozen solid!