Three of UP's finest SD70M's roll downgrade into Tunnel 13 leading the Warm Springs, CA to North Platte, NE auto train.

After a two mile hike and a hour worth of climbing a mountainside, we were finally rewarded with a Westbound exiting Tunnel 42 on a July morning. Donner Lake rests in the background, and behind th... (more)

Approaching Tunnel 13, UP 7405 leads a trio of brand new ES44ACs and a single stack intermodal train up the grade and out of Coldstream Canyon.

California Zephyr #5 is about to enter Tunnel 13 as it climbs slowly out of Coldstream Canyon. The winter's snowfall is still holding strong in the distant Sierra mountain range on this beautiful... (more)

With the Sierra Mountain Range lurking high above, Amtrak #5 heads West through a s-curve after climbing through Coldstream Canyon.

UP flanger (still lettered SP 320) clears Shed 47 for Amtrak 5, the California Zephyr.

For 2009, UP finally blessed us NorCal railfans with a return of Steam to Donner. It has been 10 years since UP Steam last crossed over SP's High Sierra route and today was a great example of a ni... (more)

In the early morning a westbound auto rack train grinds up the grade toward Donner.

The big SDP40F's were new and just coming online as #587 climbs out of Coldstream Canyon at Andover above Donner Lake. Cold Sream Canyon was the route of the successful Stevens-Townsend-Murphy par... (more)

BNSF 736 West charges the 'S' curves at Andover on Donner Pass.