UP's Global 3 to Oakland Stacker battling the harsh conditions near Donner Summit. Notice the last active searchlight bridge on Donner Pass in the background. Brrrrrr!
A dirty ACe leads an empty sand train west past the North Lake sand pit. There's evidence that the NorthWestern used to serve the pit by rail, but I'm not totally sure. This train would soon go... (more)
An EMD charges hard across the high desert on the Cajon Sub with its North Platte, NE manifest over the famous Frost Crossover.
The Red Flowers of Scarlet Bugler at Davis Road – How you can tell it is May in the Cajon Pass, the red blooms of Penstemon centranthifolius line the ROW near Davis Road as an Eastboun... (more)
Rear DPU on eastbound stack. If you look closely, you may notice the small notches cut into tunnel 36 to accomodate stack trains on Donner. The roadbed was lowered a bit through the tunnels to a... (more)
An Ace and 70M round the super-elevated curve as they make their way into Loachapoka on the first Saturday of college football.
Ex DRGW 5384.