Login · Sign Up 

 
Union Pacific 'Pride of the Sierras'
California is home to some of the most rugged mountains in America.
Photo Album By: Amtrakdavis22
 
Link to this album:
https://www.railpictures.net/album/18/
 

This photo album contains 181 photos, sorted by
displaying .

« 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 »

  « Previous Page · New Search · Next Page »

Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 561949

As I snowshoed through this winter wonderland, I began to think of the Donner Party. The inhospitable temperatures and constant snow storms made them legends in American history. Cold storms brewi... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE AC4400CW
Location: Andover, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 6478
Train ID: UP GSFOC4 8
Photo Date: January 09, 2016


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Jan 13, 2016

Views: 3,245
Comments: 1

Favorited: 15
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 557811

Amtrak's California Zephyr tackles the snow covered Sierra Nevada Mountains as it rolls along the frigid Truckee River at Boca. The high temperature on Donner Pass was in the mid 20s.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Boca, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 8427
Train ID: AMT 5 25
Photo Date: November 27, 2015


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Dec 10, 2015

Views: 3,987
Comments: 1

Favorited: 19
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 556680

Fresh snow has blanketed the Sierra Nevada Mountains a little early this year. With the temperature hovering around twenty degrees, the frigid Truckee River trickles by as a westbound stack train ... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Glenshire, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 8218
Train ID: UP ZNPOA 25
Photo Date: February 27, 2015


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Dec 01, 2015

Views: 2,972
Comments: 0

Favorited: 7
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 554908

The Southern Pacific searchlight signals seem to be falling faster than the golden brown leaves along the Shasta Route. Signal replacement gangs have continued to push north towards Conant. Once t... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Delta, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 8003
Train ID: UP ZBRLC 13
Photo Date: November 14, 2015


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Nov 17, 2015

Views: 2,186
Comments: 0

Favorited: 3
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 541994

The loud horn of UP 7765 echoes throughout the Feather River Canyon as it leads a grain train across the bridge at Tobin.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Tobin, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 7765
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: March 25, 2015


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Aug 10, 2015

Views: 1,822
Comments: 0

Favorited: 5


Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 539170

The Zephyr Returns. On Father's Day of 2015, a recreation of the famous California Zephyr traveled roundtrip from Oakland to Portola. The train consisted of four stainless steal rail cars,... (more)

Railroad: Amtrak
Locomotive: n/a
Location: Rock Creek Trestle, California, USA
Locomotive #: n/a
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 21, 2015


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Jul 20, 2015

Views: 8,991
Comments: 2

Favorited: 23
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 536326

A detoured manifest winds its way out of the Sierra Nevada Mountains and into the foothills near James, California. The bridge off to the left supports both rail and automobile traffic over Lake O... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: James, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 7345
Train ID: UP MRORV 25
Photo Date: March 26, 2015


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Jun 27, 2015

Views: 2,490
Comments: 0

Favorited: 3
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 536322

Union Pacific 5390 leads a hot Z train past the south switch of the Silverthorn Siding near Redding, California. The searchlight signal which stands nearby will soon be removed, and replaced by PT... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: GE ES44AC
Location: Redding, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 5390
Train ID: UP ZBRLC 13
Photo Date: February 14, 2015


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Jun 27, 2015

Views: 3,003
Comments: 1

Favorited: 4
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 523976

On a chilly winter night, a full moon illuminates the rock walls around Pulga, California as a BNSF train crawls through the depths of the Feather River Canyon. The impressive bridges keep trains ... (more)

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Pulga, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4996
Train ID: H PASBAK1 28A
Photo Date: March 02, 2015


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Mar 21, 2015

Views: 3,597
Comments: 1

Favorited: 11
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 523592

Union Pacific 1983 rolls past the Keddie Wye as it helps guide a detoured intermodal train down the Feather River Canyon. An increasingly rare searchlight stands on the trestle just outside of Tun... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Keddie, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 1983
Train ID: UP KMNOA 10
Photo Date: March 13, 2015


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Mar 18, 2015

Views: 8,525
Comments: 3

Favorited: 39


Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 523277

WP in the Feather River Canyon. Well kind of... UP 1983, the Western Pacific heritage unit, winds its way through the jagged rock walls of the Feather River Canyon as it guides a detoured s... (more)

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: EMD SD70ACe
Location: Serpentine Canyon, California, USA
Locomotive #: UP 1983
Train ID: UP KMNOA 10
Photo Date: March 13, 2015


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Mar 16, 2015

Views: 4,039
Comments: 0

Favorited: 12
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 507767

On a cold rainy day, a BNSF baretable train bound for Tacoma, Washington exits Tunnel 32 and crosses the world famous Keddie Wye. The old searchlights currently protect the wye are soon to be repl... (more)

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE ES44DC
Location: Keddie, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 7496
Train ID: BNSF B OIGTAC5 20A
Photo Date: November 21, 2014


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Nov 23, 2014

Views: 4,575
Comments: 0

Favorited: 22
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 487146

A loaded crude oil train from the Bakken Fields of North Dakota traverses the Feather River Route as it winds its way through Poe, California. A warbonnet and executive mac are working hard on the... (more)

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Poe, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 728
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 05, 2014


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Jun 26, 2014

Views: 2,302
Comments: 0

Favorited: 3
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 485410

BNSF 728 and 9717 work hard as they serve as the rear DPUs of a crude oil train in the Feather River Canyon. Here at the Honeymoon Tunnels, the Bakken Crude Oil rolls precariously close to the wat... (more)

Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Honeymoon Tunnels, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 728
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: June 05, 2014


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Jun 12, 2014

Views: 3,173
Comments: 0

Favorited: 9
Click Here to see the photo!

Photo ID: 479277

One of Union Pacific's prized dome cars, the "Harriman", trails UP 844 as it heads west down Donner Pass near Emigrant Gap, California.

Railroad: Union Pacific
Locomotive: n/a
Location: Emigrant Gap, California, USA
Locomotive #: UPP 9004
Train ID: UP SSPRV 27
Photo Date: September 27, 2012


Subscribe · Profile · Add to Favorites · Add to Album

By: Jake Miille

Added: Apr 26, 2014

Views: 4,543
Comments: 0

Favorited: 10
« 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 »

  « Previous Page · New Search · Next Page »



Copyright © 2002-2022 RailPictures.Net
Do Not Sell My Personal Information