With icecicle breaker raised and wire grill on windshields over nose, SP GP38-2 4839 rests between Flanger runs over Donner Pass at Truckee, CA on January 4, 1987.
UP 5647 drags the MRORV 17 the "Roper" up the hill and into Truckee. The train will soon stop to allow the KG1LT to pass & will the follow it up the hill. Note UP 2001 is second back.
A crew member of a snow removal train looks on as an UP westbound, and Amtrak #6 meet at Truckee, CA. After these two trains pass the flanger set will take over the main line and work west.
I had just complete a trip from Sacramento on the Eastbound Zephyr. As i was leaving to visit friends at Sqwa Valley this freight appreared with unusual power.