Eastbound California Zephyr, No. 6, charges up the west slope of Donner Pass in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, to the Summit at Norden.

Amtrak train No. 6, the California Zephyr, climbs eastbound up the western side of the Sierra Nevada Range on its way to the summit at Donner.

AMTK 134 leads the California Zephyr around the bend at Baxter under a light snowfall.

Empty grain train from Traver CA to Kearney NE blasts uphill on its way up Donner Pass.

Finally reaching the lower fringes of the snow line, AMTK 146, still wearing the Western Pacific decal from last years "Feather River Express" on which it was the lead unit, is Baxter and heading ... (more)