The short lived Transcisco Passenger train ran between San Jose, CA to Reno NV for maybe a year. It was a luxury private train operated with 35 on-board service personel with Amtrak crews operatin... (more)

Considered by some to be the ugliest train to ever cross Donner Pass. the Sierra '49er Express replaced the fun train for the 1990-91 season. Transisco went bankrupt in April of '91. The locomotiv... (more)