The hot ZG2LT races up Donner along the Truckee as it goes through Boca, which holds the record for the cold place in California.

A down hill empty ethanol train glides down Donner Pass pass Boca.

Crossing the Truckee River, a behemoth SD9043MAC has a heavy Roper, UT to Roseville, CA manifest on the drawbars making a snails pace up Donner Pass. It'd be another four hours before they'd reach... (more)

Amtrak's San Francisco Zephyr hustles through pouring rain along the Truckee River just west of Boca. Amtrak often used an ex-SP FP7 or SD40/45 as lead helper on this train, but not on this partic... (more)

100 empty grain cars roar down Donner Pass with four General Electric locomotives in control as the sounds of dynamic breaks echo through the mountain air. With a good few inches snow, Boca holds ... (more)

The eastbound Zephyr works down the hill along the banks of the Truckee River.

The DPU of an eastbound empty grain shuttle helps its 100 car down the pass for Sparks, NV.

A westbound Z Train rolls passed the site of the long gone town of Boca.

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

I used an 70-200 zoom lens set at 200mm to frame up this UP staker at Boca , CA, as it rounds the bend with fresh snow on the ground. Stack trains over Donner Pass in the snow, boy it‘s a beau... (more)

The sun just peeked out in time for this UP Pacer stack train to be sun lit at Boca, CA. This is one of my first photos of an UP stack train battling Donner Pass, and it‘s my favorite one of th... (more)

Working up grade, UP 844, UP 1996, and UP 1983, lead a Special under the old SP signal bridge at Boca. The sun is out on Donner Pass, and so are boatloads of rail fans to see this historic steame... (more)

Along the Truckee on the bank opposite from Interstate 80

With the Winter sun still up, even at 3:30PM, Amtrak #6 rounds the curve skirting the Truckee River at Boca. Canon Rebel XS.

One can see the rafters in the river below as they float downstream with this eastbound manifest, as it heads toward Sparks NV, on the Roseville Sub. We stayed at a cool campground in the RV acros... (more)