After being in the part for two miles, UP 4968 pulls it westbound "Fruit Box" up and over Donner Pass as it now heads down hill as the sound of dynamics breaks the silence of the Sierra Nevada.
UP 3787 charges west at the headend of a mixed manifest train as in blasts into Norden Snowshed on California's Donner Pass Route. Fun times on "The Hill," indeed! www.alexramosphoto.com
Running at least 5-1/2 hours late, the westbound California Zephyr exits the "Big Hole" at the summit of Donner Pass. Quite a bit of snow lingers at this elevation; a testament to the heavy winter... (more)