The last CZ Special shot of the day (with to the boss calling me back to Oakland) is at Soda Springs.
The lowest elevation snow still present from this past winter's storms is seen at just above the mainline at Emigrant Gap as the CZ special grinds uphill towards Donner.
WP806A is digging into the curve between Secret Town and Magra that turns under the I-80 highway.
The WP806A with CA Zephyr Special at uphill maximum track speed comes out into filtered overcast light at Clipper Gap.
The WP806A with the Trains Unlimited CA Zephyr Special is seen through a tunnel at Clipper Gap ascending the foothills to the Sierra Mountains.
The WP806A leading the Trains Unlinited CA Zephyr Special passes a UP work train occupying the Newcastle high track (right). The train is headed eastward up towards Donner.
The Trains Unlinited CA Zephyr Recreation special highballs Roseville Station. A few railfans are caught in action doing their thing on the station platform.
Cab view from WP 806-A on our return westbound trip over Donner Pass as we approach Shed 47.
WP GP35 3013 pulls a loaded train of export coal past the Stockton Amtrak depot on the Santa Fe toward the Port of Stockton.
WP 3004 West enters Stockton Yard, passing a string of F7s in the engine facility.
WP U30B and a sister idle at the Stockton engine facility at night.
A WP eastbound climbs through the Sierra forests at Spring Garden in the Upper Feather River Canyon.
WP GP40 leads the Overland Mail East over the SP as it climbs toward the summit of Altamont Pass.
WP 3001 East climbs through an s-curve toward the summit of Altamont Pass in the Coast Range.
A quartet of WP U23Bs fill the air with smoke as they accelerate at El Pinal.