A challenging hike high into the hills gave me a bird's eye view of the big curve at Troy. A short time later, 184 and its brother came along, belching out exhaust as they worked hard to pull the... (more)

While snowshoeing back to the cascade bridges, this westbound flanger snuck up on me in the very early morning hours.

UP 7604 passes under the signal bridge at MP 185.3 near Troy

A SD9043MAC cruises West downgrade through Troy.

The DPU of a Westbound manifest screams in dynamic braking as they coast downgrade through Troy.

On a brisk July morning, an Eastbound trackage rights train with a sweet trio of H2 Dash 9's heads towards the low rising sun at Troy.

Just moments after sunrise, an Eastbound mixed manifest led by a brand new SD70ACe grinds upgrade under the signal bridge at Troy, MP 185.

Eastbound autos march up the west slope of Donner past abandoned tunnel #40 west of Troy.

As the spreader makes a stop to refuel the cats at Troy, a wide angle shot reveals a not seldom view of the spreader

UP 5095 rounds the curve around abandoned tunnel 40 headed east with the S. Yuba River canyon in the background.

UP 5059 with SP SD-45 unit 8666 in original paint and NO reassigned numbering, along with UP 5812 pull the 1st eastbound autotrain across the Lower Cascade Bridge at MP 186. It's great to see an o... (more)

UP 5593 on the front pulling a long grain train around the west entrance to tunnel 40 on the right.

UP 8035 passes the concrete shed entrance to the west end of tunnel 40 (abandoned).

A very dirty UP 5824, probably from DPU use, makes the curve just past the Troy Rd crossing at MP 185.75.

A very late westbound California Zephyr glides downgrade at Troy, California on Donner Pass.