UP 6080 is gliding down the West slope as the engineer exchanges waves with myself and Kevin Dorn. The train is crossing the upper cascade bridge at Troy, CA.

The "Snow Wake" In the foreground is the accumulated snow being cleared off the rails off the nose/wing plow. The spreader is paused to refuel the heavy equipment. The bulldozers, contract... (more)

Hiked 2 miles in the snow.... Only one way was uphill. Snowshoeing uphill is challenge with train photography. When you get to the spot you are hot and sweaty. Then you have to sit out in... (more)

Valentine’s Day 2009, Mother Nature brought some snowfall as did the Union Pacific. Donner has always been an obsession of mine since I was 18 when someone said " you don't want to go the... (more)

The two "cascade" bridges at Troy have always been a favorite of mine on Donner. Most of my time is spent in blizzards but occasionally it works out where I catch a break in the clouds. ... (more)

It can be difficult to comprehend the size of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Trains, massive in their own right, seem to to be dwarfed by the endless snow covered peaks of the Donner Pass Route. Uni... (more)

The legendary rotary snowplows have returned to Donner Pass. California has been hammered with numerous storms this winter. All of these storms have wreaked havoc across the Donner Pass Route. Fro... (more)

As yet another winter storm moves across the High Sierra, bringing with it several additional inches of 'Sierra Cement', the sound of tonnage assaulting the western slope of the Sierra pierces the... (more)

The ZG2LT rolls through Troy in the early afternoon on a beautiful summer day. Looking above the dynamic brake fan of the lead unit, part of the train can be seen crossing the Lower Cascade Bridge... (more)

The Boy Scout Unit leads a day late KLTG2 under the signal bridge at Troy on Donner Pass. The day before, the train set off the high wide detector at Rocklin and had to back down to Roseville to b... (more)

Tank cars glint as the head end passes the abandoned tunnel/realignment at Troy.

Lower cascade flanging action.

Having two kids with me, and my dad. I dropped them off at a little park at a school near Troy Rd. Then I had to haul A&# up to the tracks, then run about 1 mile or so to catch this shot. I had li... (more)

Four motors chug downgrade while leading a train of mixed freight over Donner Pass on a beautiful summer afternoon.

"It's all downhill from here!" After its long journey across the Great Plains and two mountain ranges, California Zephyr #5 is on the final leg of its trip en route to the San Francisco Bay area.... (more)