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)

Espee heritage on the hill. UP 1996 leads its 3 car OLS special out of the west portal of the "big hole" (tunnel 41) just east of Norden.

The sounds of four Union Pacific locomotives echo inside tunnel 41. Then finally, after its 2 mile up hill grind, UP 8613 exist the tunnel.

Opened on November 30, 1867, after two years of blasting, Tunnel 6 at Donner Pass was used continuously for 130 years by the trains of the Central Pacific, and Southern Pacific. The Chinese worked... (more)

With four inches of Sierra Cement already on the ground, more snow continues to fall while a Westbound stack train prepares to emerge from the ten thousand foot Tunnel 41.

UP 1996 blasts out of the Big Hole at Norden with its 3 car special heading for Fresno, CA. The consist includes UP 1996, UPP 5483, UPP 7015, & UPP 114.

UP 5109 pokes it's nose out of Tunnel 41, the big hole as it drags it's westbound stack train towards the summit. This impressive Tunnel stands at 10,325' long.

Smoke 'em if you got em! 12,700 horsepower put on a smoke show after exiting the ten thousand foot Tunnel number 41, with 5300 tons of double stacks behind. It'll be all downhill for the ne... (more)

Sorry, it's not Moffat! The DRGW unit got lost somewhere in Utah and has kept rolling West on the SP, and exits the massive ten thousand foot Tunnel 41, atop Donner Pass.

Opened on November 30, 1867, after two years of blasting, Tunnel 8 at Donner Pass was used continuously for 130 years by the trains of the Central Pacific, and Southern Pacific. The Chinese worked... (more)

Up 1989, the Rio Grande heritage unit, leads a short Z-Train out of the "Big Hole" tunnel on the famous Donner Pass

UP 1989 leads the Z-CSLT over the "hill" on a perfect summer day. Thiis train has just exited the snow shed at Norden with ski lifts above sitting idle in the warm July sun.