Soaring high above the Bear River valley on the rocky outcrops of Yuba Gap, UP 5414 catches some early evening sunlight as it tries to traverse Donner Pass with a long stack train.

The whine of EMDs dragging a long Z train echos throughout Coldstream Canyon as the UP 8701 rumbles through Andover on the famous Donner Pass Route.

Pick Your Road. Union Pacific 1983 leads the "Family Days" special down the Roseville Subdivision right next to Interstate 80. Often trains will fly by the cars which are stopped due to hea... (more)

On a very warm summer afternoon, an eastbound grain train flies up the #2 track of the Roseville Subdivision as UP 1983 brings the "Family Days" passenger special through Rocklin, California.

A clean BNSF SD70ACe, making a rare appearance on a California bound manifest, pokes out of Tunnel 18 at Newcastle, California on the famous Donner Pass Route.

Miss Katy and two other units roar as they bring a long intermodal train up the grade of track two and across the impressive Auburn Trestle.

Rotaries on the Move! A rare glimpse inside the Roseville Yard reveals the preparations for the "Rotary Train" just minutes before it departed Roseville. SPMW 207 will be taken across the c... (more)

On a beautiful winter day, Union Pacific 7617 gracefully brings a long manifest down track 1 of the Roseville Subdivision in Penryn, CA. The train has left the mountains behind and is now travelin... (more)

Union Pacific 1989 is descending Donner Pass and is leading an auto train through Colfax, CA on the Roseville Subdivision. The light is getting low and will soon be gone behind the surrounding mou... (more)

As the sun begins to set over the huge American River Canyon, UP 1989 leads a westbound auto train through Casa Loma, CA. This train is slowly working it's way off Donner Pass as the day roles on.

On a beautiful day in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, Union Pacific 1989 (D&RGW heritage) leads an auto train westbound over Donner Gap. Here the train passes through Emigrant Gap with I-80 on it's l... (more)

No, it's not the Moffat Route. But it is Donner Pass. UP 1989, the Denver and Rio Grande Western Heritage unit leads a westbound auto train over the hill. Some extra power added in Sparks b... (more)

"Can I give you a hand?" The departing crew gets the remainder of their gear of the UP 5248 just before the new crew boards and takes this long loaded wind train down to Roseville. Newcastle is no... (more)

As we travel down the steep grade from the Feather River Canyon to the California Valley, we get a glimpse of our lead motor, Western Pacific 2001. Western Pacific 2001 has done a great job taking... (more)

Union Pacific 2234 waits for the Feather River Express to backup from the museum area before it heads out to do it's work. The Feather River Express was suppose to be out of their way at 8am, but ... (more)