Returning to California after a display date in Reno, the Freedom Train with the 4449 on the head end arrives in Truckee CA, on Thanksgiving Day 1975. Cold and snowy but still met by a large crowd... (more)

All is quiet on the Pass tonight. SP MW Spreader #4030, stands on call, still free of UP markings and greets me on this cool Winter night in January. This soldier has greeted many railfans in t... (more)

Jordan Snow Plows rest on the house track as A Heavy grain train climbs through truckee

On the return trip of a break in run on Amtrak's California Zephyr, 3207 is fresh from the shops and soon to pull a special to that years Super Bowl

A DPU helps push a manifest as it rolls through Truckee.

The flanger has just stopped after crossing Donner. A new crew will take over, turn the equipment on the balloon and head back over Donner Pass.

Winterized SD9 3822 with one of SP's flangers. Later rebuilt as #4450, the unit has been preserved and currently on its way to the museum in Portola, CA.

Westbound manifest climbing out of Truckee

Amtrak train #5, The San Francisco Zephyr, departing Truckee. The air temp was hovering around zero. Note the ice around the filler for the boiler water.

Crew members assigned to flanger duty work diligently with several tools, including a flare to dig out/clear the switch at the west end of Truckee

Three AC4400's lead a coal train over Donner in the last few days of SP operation.

DRGW 5508 W has been waiting for the SP 8008 to arrive off the mountain, to give them a shove to Donner Summit. The SD50 and B39-8 are good examples of Hi Tech power from the 1980's.

Heading east from Truckee, UP 5826 has won the battle of Donner Pass, and in a short time the crew will tie up in Spark's, Nv.

The flanger awaits the next crew on the balloon track in Truckee, CA