Amtrak 5 departs the small mountain town of Truckee, CA with fresh snow on the ground. It will be a nice sunny trip over the mountain with plenty of snow from a recent storm.
A Union Pacific manifest snakes through the depths of the Feather River Canyon as it crosses the Feather River Bridge at Pulga, CA on this beautiful summer day.
"The Sierras are getting pounded! All eastbound traffic is stopped." -Dispatcher 57 and 74.
That's what we were listening to all day over the radio. A large storm was dumping feet of snow up ... (more)
Union Pacific 3840 is seen poking out of a tunnel at Switch 9 (which goes under I-80) while the rest of the train snakes through Emigrant Gap. The Bear River Valley and snow capped peaks are seen ... (more)