Heading out of the summit tunnel heading west, remnants from the prior days storm can be seen. The "core"(amount of snow accumulated between the rails) is getting pretty deep!
What is this!!! Amtrak is stopped for an auto train! Well luckily for me that is how things worked out. Notice the glare of the yellow winged nose on the side of the Amtrak lead unit?
UP 5728 seeing the light of day after nearly 2 miles of darkness. The shed at East Norden covers the switch at the entrance to the 10,325' Tunnel 41.
My first flagged unit while home on leave from my 1st year in Korea
A pose by the Colfax helpers while cutting out near the summit
Full winged at Norden clearing the rails for the next storm
An answer to the SP 8444 shot at Norden, here is what it is today
A shot that soon, or maybe even today cannot be replicated due to the
From inside of Norden shed as the UP 6732 eastbound grain train approaches
Southern Pacific SD40 8409 leads SP SD45 9123 and UP SD40-2 3189 out of the snowsheds at Norden, the summit of California's grueling Donner Pass.
Amtrak #6 The California Zephyr gets a Highball to enter the shed at Norden
EMD SD45X, a 4,200-horsepower testbed, leads a westbound merchandise train at Norden in January 1975.
Amtrak No. 6 emerges from a snowshed at Norden with ex-SP FP7A 6461 acting as lead helper over Donner.
Pentax H1a; Agfachrome
Pentax H1a; Kodachrome
