An empty unit coal train, I believe from Richmond, CA, is cresting the climb from the San Francisco Bay to the top of Donner Pass at CPRV 192 East Norden. As it crests the summit of Donner just sh... (more)

Eastbound freight emerges from the wooden snowshed at Norden.

A sudden blizzard occured just when SP 8566 emerged from the wooden snowshed at Norden.

Emerging from the wooden snowshed at Norden.

The Westbound California Zephyr is about to cross Old Donner Summit Road after emerging from Tunnel 41, the "Big Hole".

On 26 Oct of 2003 it was common to get a surprise when out photographing trains. I had to check my eyes here at this scene as the bright yellow erupted the late afternoon shadows. Here train ZCSL... (more)

Meet on the mountain. Union Pacific 8842 drags a heavy Roseville to North Platte manifest up the #2 track of the Roseville Subdivision at Norden. On the #1 track, a Stockton-bound pipe trai... (more)

Every once in a while they bring out a ballast regulator to do some light cleaning. Most of the time the regulator helps clean up Truckee MOW Yard as the snow gets too heavy up on top. On this d... (more)

On March 15th Union Pacific brought out the refurbished/upgraded rotary for some testing. The Truckee MoW employees loaded up the #1 track with snow from East Norden up to the 'Big Hole'. The weat... (more)

Popping out of the Norden snowshed into the late afternoon sun, a westbound intermodal train has crested Donner Pass and will soon battle gravity for the 40-odd mile descent to the California lowl... (more)

Passing beneath the last Southern Pacific searchlight signal bridge on the Sacramento Division, a westbound intermodal train has crested Donner Pass and will soon battle gravity for the 40-odd mil... (more)

Running a bit late on its eastbound trip across Donner Pass, Amtrak's California Zephyr is about to duck into the snowshed at Norden. Trailing is Budd observation car "Dagny Taggart", formerly NYC... (more)

Exiting the brief dark of the Norden snowshed, Amtrak's westbound California Zephyr (with a heritage unit trailing) continues its westbound trek after the long climb out of Truckee.

Uncle Pete's fleet of GEVOs isn't just limited to the head end of trains- here we see #5275 trailing as DPU on a westbound stack train over Donner Pass. The unit is ducking under the last Souther... (more)

"Bricks", "Bongas", "Espee Heritage Units"... Call them what you will, but Union Pacific's dirty fleet of ES44ACs has certainly proved its worth. Here #5256 leads two more ES44ACs and two SD70s o... (more)