SP Track One over Donner Pass, the original Central Pacific route, dramaticaly showed what the CP was up against when it built over Donner in 1866 with hand tools and black powder. But being on a... (more)

Truckee Helper #7550 has helped a freight to the top of Donner Pass and has cut off at Norden and will return to Truckee light engine. The large structure with the truss on the roof houses the tur... (more)

With only a few seconds of afternoon sunlight to spare. I captured the Truckee spreader working westbound from the Norden snowshed clearing the tracks after a heavy Christmas day snow storm the da... (more)

The sun has been down for five or ten minutes at the summit of Donner Pass, but the lighted sky is glowing off the nose of new GEVO, 7779. This was the maiden run for the three new GEVOs.

A going away shot of the flanger as it kicks up snow just East of the Norden Shed.

A westbound manifest approaches the Norden shed....those trees are covered in snow and look magnificent.

The spreader works westbound at Norden.

California Zephyr # 5 west waits for California Zephyr # 6 to clear at Norden, CA

Pacific Locomotive Association's "Truckee Limited" would be the last chartered excursion operated by the SP. It is seen passing the snowshed complex at Norden on the way East. The following Saturd... (more)

Tough day for the crew of 5571. 1st a stop in Truckee for a problem with an MU unit, and then 2 broken knuckles in Tunnel 41. Only the 4 lead units were out of the tunnel when this was shot, the 4... (more)

Amtrak's E units did not last long on Donner Pass. They were not liked by SP crews or shop personnel. E8 #326 (formerly UP 929A) is pulling out of the East end of the long wooden snow shed at Nord... (more)

December of 1971, during Amtrak's first Winter, FP7 #6446 leads the San Francisco Zephyr out of the summit tunnel and protecting snow shed. This section of the original Central Pacific line was re... (more)

It was Amtrak's first winter on Donner Pass. The biggest change had been SP FP7 units displacing the newer SDP45's on the trans Sierra and Overland run. In this shot the San Francisco Zephyr is ap... (more)

Amtral 111, Westbound with the Reno Fun Train at Norden. This would turn out to be the last all F-unit train to cross Donner Pass