Icycles dangling from the frozen number boards of UP 589 pose while UP 604 waits for its next flip over Donner Pass in Truckee, CA.

A westbound manifest decends the west slope of Donner Summit passing over the Upper Cascade Bridge near Troy, CA. In a view not possible on foot, the Kidd Lake is in the photo.

Amtrak #5 travels through the beautiful snow covered Sierra Nevadas.

It snowed alot! This was the first day of a back to back atorm that dumped a substantial amount of snow on Donner. After heavy snow all day, a lull came through creating a very clear and scenic vi... (more)

UP 8563 glides west near milepost 188/West Soda Springs, CA on the UP Roseville sub.

2010 and 2011 were disappointing winters for me in terms of my typical Donner trips. In 2012 I was stationed at Langley AFB and I was blessed with the birth of my two sons in that time. All of the... (more)

In 2009 I had a series of good trips up to Donner Pass that resulted in heavy snow and a numerous opportunities capturing the flanger doing its thing and helping keeping the rails open. Here the 5... (more)

UP 4965 leads a westbound z train through the s-curve east of the Soda Springs road crossing while a quick break in the snow highlights the landscape.

First light and (at the time) a newer UP locomotive grinds uphill at Troy, CA in the typical winterwonderland on Donner Pass.

After a few days of snow, the sun breaks out brightening the beautiful snow covered terrain. Here UP 4374 leads an eastbound auto train through Troy, CA.

2016 was a good year for me on Donner. In fact, it had been the first time I was able to shoot Winter there since 2010. We had a lot of trains, a lot of snow and heck the rotary even came out for ... (more)

UP 8904 is eastbound at Troy, CA during a brief break in the heavy snowfall.

UP 580 works on some light snow heading east just west of the crossing at Soda Springs, CA.

UP 574 and 589 provide the power for today's spreader operations. After plowing west to Shed 10, the spreader is now working east pushing snow off of the ROW over the Lower Cascade Bridge at Troy,... (more)

UP 602 leads the flanger eastbound blasting through deep snow at Soda Springs, CA on the UP Roseville sub over Donner Pass.