A great train to end a good weekend on Donner
Eastbound over Donner
Westbound at Yuba Pass
Approaching Shed 10...notice the nice little hole on the front of the 162??
UP 4290 leads a short WB trailer train through the dramatic scenery of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
UP 4441 is leading an EB on the single track section between Switch 9 and Shed 10. Though the equipment and cargo have changed, it's doing what's been done here for over 136 years.
UP 5807 is still pushing, as it will until the summit 17 miles from here. The grade at Yuba Pass has eased to only 1.7%, not as bad as the sustained 2% or greater most of the way up from Colfax.
After a week of several intense snow storms, UP 572 and 566 head downhill out of Tunnel 35 with flanger back to Colfax after clearing the main track to Donner Summit.
An old Southern Pacific flanger still in hard use today!
UP 5807 westbound auto train leads with 1 dead engine of the 3 #3051 over Yuba Pass.