With the beautiful pine trees of the Sierra Nevada's at it's back UP 6680 leads an eastbound empty grain train up the hill & into Colfax right behind UP 5523 east.

UP 5523 drags it's eastbound stack train into Colfax, CA in the morning light. After passing Colfax the tracks will swing to the right, cross I 80 at Long Ravine & climb up into Cape Horn.

Amtrak's Westbound California Zephyr pulls into Colfax for its afternoon station stop.

Train 5 arrived into Colfax, CA on times on a sunny January day.

After a brief stop in Colfax, the Special continues west on it way to Roseville.

Dynamics screaming, the smell of brake smoke is what makes Donner Pass. This monstrous grain train descends the hill, rolling through historic Old Colfax at a mere 15MPH. Canon Rebel XS.

SP 8360 has just come down from Cape Horn and crossed Long Ravine Trestle and is seen on the fill heading toward Colfax.

The short lived Transcisco Passenger train ran between San Jose, CA to Reno NV for maybe a year. It was a luxury private train operated with 35 on-board service personel with Amtrak crews operatin... (more)

A westbound behind two new SP ACs drops down from Colfax into the Sierra Nevada foothills.

Westbound auto train passing the SP depot in Colfax, CA. The depot sits at an angle to the mainline, as the track had been realigned during the improvements to Donner Pass in the 1920's.

The third weekend in March of 1976 and Amtrak SDP40F #542 is leading the Westbound Reno Fun Train past Long Ravine. The previous weekend FP7 #111 had led and never again would an all F-unit cross ... (more)

The last Reno Snow Train of the season is on the fill at the West end of the Long Ravine Trestle. The Sacramento trestle fire has resulted in the cancellation of the last two weekend Fun Trains. P... (more)

After a long delay, the Snow Train is finally on the move at Long Ravine. It is 3:30 PM today and the train is due in Emeryville at 4 PM. The UP was single tracking from Colfax to Bowman and it wa... (more)

At least 3 hours late, #379 is arriving in Colfax with the Westbound "California Zephyr". The sun has almost set and the snow on the nose of the locomotive gives mute testimony to the weather acro... (more)