UP 1988 and 2001 lead a generic brand SD70M on the eastbound bird as it swings around the wye headed for Canal St. Yd.

An eastbound bird blasts through Ashton on a sleepy Sunday morning.

Eastbound headed out of Yuba Pass towards Shed 10 on Donner Pass

Deep into Troy is the eastbound z-train crossing the lower cascade bridge. What a view!

UP 5092 leads the Z-train eastbound just after crossing under I-80 at Yuba Gap.

Rounding the final curve before the famed grade crossing, here's UP 5092 leading the short Z-train approaching Soda Springs eastbound.

UP 5092 and another SD70M lead the day's only eastbound Z-train up Donner Pass at around 7:30am, passing the old railroad facility at Emigrant Gap, complete with boxcar station (far right).

Eastbound over Donner