The Westbound California Zephyr is seen at the American River Canyon in Casa Loma, CA on the way down the “The Hill” from Donner Summit.

An Eastbound Union Pacific manifest freight is seen pulling up the steep grade Donner Pass through the snowsheds at Norden. This is a legendary location on the former Southern Pacific. The searchl... (more)

An Eastbound Union Pacific manifest freight is seen pulling up the steep grade Donner Pass through the snowsheds at Norden. This is a legendary location on the former Southern Pacific. The searchl... (more)

An Eastbound manifest train is seen crossing the Truckee River and approaching a rural crossing at Verdi, Nevada.

An Eastbound manifest train is seen crossing the Truckee River at Fleish, near Verdi, Nevada just after crossing the state line from California.

An Eastbound manifest train is seen at Boca, just east of Truckee, California. Boca is a recreation area along the Truckee River.

An Eastbound manifest train is seen passing the Southern Pacific depot in downtown Truckee, CA on a clear summer morning. The depot now serves as an Amtrak stop for the California Zephyr.

A Westbound Union Pacific global Z train is seen exiting the snow sheds at Norden and passing under the Southern Pacific searchlight signals. The signals are on borrowed time as their replacements... (more)

The Westbound California Zephyr is seen coming down from Donner Summit at Norden. The air is thick with smoke from the ongoing wildfires in the Pacific Northwest.

An Eastbound Union Pacific intermodal is seen pulling up the steep grade Donner Pass through the snowsheds at Norden. This is a legendary location on the former Southern Pacific. The searchlight s... (more)

An Eastbound Union Pacific Z train is seen rounding the curves in Casa Loma above the American River Canyon. The smoke is thick in the air from the ongoing wildfires in the area, including the Dix... (more)

An Eastbound intermodal train is seen passing Gold Run on the way up to Donner Pass. The smoke from the Dixie Fire was thick causing the air to be hazy.

Colfax, California is a railroad town to the core, a legendary town first serviced by the Central Pacific Railroad and later the Southern Pacific. The railroad was also the southern terminus of th... (more)

An Eastbound manifest is seen grinding up the steep grade through Casa Loma toward Donner Summit.

A Westbound hotshot intermodal is seen passing through the railroad town of Colfax, CA.