The race is on! The spreaders spent all morning tidying up the Donner Pass Route. With both main tracks out of service for hours on end, Dispatcher 74 had a back log of trains he needed to ... (more)

Another cold day in the High Sierras draws to a close but the action is just beginning for the Union Pacific Railroad. Throughout the day, the Truckee-based Jordan Spreaders were working to clear ... (more)

A break in the weather spells good luck for Union Pacific. Earlier in the week, snow measured by the foot fell across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. With major washouts on the Feather River Route, i... (more)

The railroad never takes a day off. Day and night, no matter the weather, trains need to move. There is the legend of the Polar Express, a train that operates through the cold, snowy night, en rou... (more)

Union Pacific 8181 tugs a lengthy northbound manifest across the Dry Creek Trestle near Hotlum, California. With a ballast train doing work at Kegg, this would be one of only three trains to pass ... (more)

A 116-car QRVNPP grinds up the western slope of the Donner Pass Route near Emigrant Gap, California. This train made slow progress between Colfax and Switch 9, where it was held for the westbound ... (more)

After receiving a few inches of fresh powder overnight, the Bear River Valley has been transformed into a winter wonderland. Passengers aboard Amtrak's California Zephyr get to take in these beaut... (more)

Union Pacific 602 hustles an eastbound flanger into Truckee, California, just as the sun begins to set across the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Dispatcher 74 took a chance having the flangers follow th... (more)

As Bear Grylls would say, "water follows the path of least resistance". It is for this reason railroad tracks often follow rivers through the mountains. Rivers carve out a narrow path through the ... (more)

The Upper Sacramento River brings life to these mountains. Many deciduous trees grow along the riverbed, bringing life and color to these forests during the month of October. The sound of a gentl... (more)

The effects of the California Drought are still being felt throughout much of the state. Near Lakehead, California, a Union Pacific manifest crosses the northern section of Lake Shasta, a critical... (more)

A Union Pacific grain train clings to the cliffs of the Feather River Canyon as it passes through Elephant Butte, California. This image highlights just how treacherous the Feather River Route is.... (more)

A Herzog ballast train exits Tunnel 11 as it heads north along the Shasta Route. Between Lakehead and Dunsmuir, the route follows the Upper Sacramento River. Make sure you bring a fishing pole!

The Amtrak California Zephyr snakes along the banks of the Truckee River on a frigid winter morning. A winter day on Donner Pass is the only obstacle standing between this train and it's final sta... (more)

Skiers and snowboarders are enjoying a sunny winter day as the Union Pacific ZG2LT exits the snowshed at Norden, California.