The spreader rolls down track #2 keeping the rails clear over Donner.
A westbound BNSF train exerices trackage rights . As for me, I am way above the tracks, a nice little hike!
Westbound at Yuba Pass, passing the spot the City of San Francisco became stranded.
A westbound UP auto exits Shed 10 on Donner Pass
The UP 600 flies through Soda Springs slinging snow everywhere....what a sight!
The flanger awaits the next crew on the balloon track in Truckee, CA
A flanger enters the east end of the Norden Shed before crossing over to the #1 track to help keep the tracks clear.
For some reason, I decided to point my camera towards the clearing in the trees as the eastbound train headed towards the Soda Springs grade crossing, as luck would have it the westbound came at t... (more)
The red light from the flanger lights up the nose of the frigid locomotive
Snow fighters!! Just The spreader begins to work west on track #1 while the eastbound flanger waits. Those tracks in the foreground were from me, it was about mid thigh deep-with snow shoes.
About 1 track mile west of the Soda Springs crossing the westbound auto begins its decent towards Roseville
Look at the nose of the UP 600...Its frozen solid!
A close up of the blade of a flanger as it sits in Truckee, CA
The flanger power gets refueled during a light snow as the sun peaks through the clouds
One of my favorite snow shots, I love how the ice and snow has covered both units!
