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.

Ah! The light! For the past two miles, UP 5000 has been seeing the tunnel walls of the Big Hole, UP's 10K foot tunnel over the summit of Donner Pass. It has finally exited at the West Porta... (more)

UP's 4-8-4 emerges from the 10,325 foot Tunnel 41 aka the "Big Hole", after cresting 1.80% grade inside the tunnel. They'll soon stop to take water at Soda Springs, and continue the journey West t... (more)

The California Zephyr. Note hikers high up.

eastbound Amtrak train #6 City of San Fransico, Norden, CA

With an SD45 added for "the Hill" the Reno Fun Train is dropping downgrade on the now removed #1 track toward the snow sheds at Norden. This was part of the original Central Pacific grade and was ... (more)