The sotrms have passed, and with nothing else in the forecast all of the flanger sets returned to Roseville.

Side shot of the spreader plowing at Norden.

The 5823 is headed east as it is moments from entering into Shed 10.

Side shot of the spreader plowingfull winged at Soda Springs, CA.

Spreading westward through Norden

Again- while waiting for the spreader, a westbound heads through Soda Springs, CA

While waiting for the spreader, this westbound winds through Norden headed towards tunnel #41 on Donner Pass.

Eastbound train about to enter Shed 10 through a snowy terrain. All of todays pictures were very difficult, a long hike uphill in fresh snow.

An Eastbound train glides through Truckee in the early morning through the fresh snow.

Idling in low temperatures the locomotives pose for my first shots after a long drive and only 2 hours of sleep

Westbound heading out of Shed 10 over a trestle on the west slope of Donner Pass. The hike to get to this photo was nothing that a pain in the A%!. The snow was fresh, even with snow shoes I was s... (more)

A very grueling hike after a long day/night of snowfall yields this spectacular view high in the terrain west of Donner summit

An SD-40-2 closeup of the engineers control stand while it waits for a crew at Bakersfield, CA

This easbound z-train begins its climb towards Dragoon as it just dipped down and passed through Benson, AZ

Just before sunrise this westbound BNSF climbs towards Goff, CA on BNSF's Needles sub.