Absolute chaos... A Jim Dobbas employee races to move timber under the tracks of one of Dobbas's massive cranes that is being utilized to clean up the mess from the derailment of the IG3OA in the... (more)

Westbound doublestacks roll through the Cape Horn area in the lower reaches of Donner Pass.

8530 leads the MNPRV into Colfax in the late evening.

Westbound tonnage decends the grade off Donner Summit between Long Ravine and Colfax.

A two-unit lead helper prepares to couple onto an eastbound freight at Colfax.

Workers take a mid-day break while replacing track at the crossing in downtown Colfax.

Union Pacific 1989 is descending Donner Pass and is leading an auto train through Colfax, CA on the Roseville Subdivision. The light is getting low and will soon be gone behind the surrounding mou... (more)

The eastbound California Zephyr highballs Colfax as it crosses the I-80 over the famous bridges along the pass. The two GE P42's start to charge up to speed as they will start to tackle Donner Pas... (more)

westbound Amtrak train #5 approaching Colfax, CA on Donner Pass

Union Pacific 5720 and a long empty ore train charge up the hill at Weimar, CA. This train will soon be in Colfax and battling spontaneous thunderstorms which are common in the afternoons around D... (more)

The westbound California Zephyr makes its way down Donner Pass at it makes a stop at the Amtrak station at Colfax.

Amtrak California Zephyr slows down as it rounds the curve at Colfax.

Union Pacific 7401 leads the KMNOA down Donner Pass at a steady 23 mph and into the small town of Colfax, CA. Colfax was part of the original transcontinental route.

RP contributor Steven Welch grabs a shot of 8548 as it leads a stack train down the west slope of Donner Pass and through Colfax. Fortunately he obeyed the sign to his right and didn't catch the ... (more)

The SSPLA lead by UP 7400 roles through the small town of Colfax in the Sierra Nevada Mountains.