Milepost 154: A Train Blog

Dedicated to all the hard-working railroaders who have ever hogged an engine, thrown a switch, walked a train, welded a rail, pulled a tie, fixed a circuit, replaced a knuckle, poured fuel or sand, repaired, hostled, cleaned or cursed at a locomotive or a car in the dead of night, in the rain, in the snow, in the glazing heat. You keep America moving, now more than ever.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Winter Photos Over Donner Pass

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A small respite from a serious snowstorm.  Here, under breaking blue skies, a downhill UP consist has just cleared the Big Hole and meanders...
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Monday, December 14, 2009

Farewell to Double Stack Trains Over the Feather River Route?

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Union Pacific recently opened the Donner Pass route (otherwise known as the Number 1 and Number 2 tracks) from Roseville, California to Spar...
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Saturday, December 5, 2009

Double Stack Trains Over Donner Pass!

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Southern Pacific had a problem at first. Then, when SP was bought out (actually owned by DRGW's Philip Anschutz ) by Union Pacific on, o...
Monday, November 23, 2009

Older Power Up The Hill

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An extremely rare sight and consist indeed. Recently, I caught a mixed manifest train running through Gold Run and past Casa Loma Road towar...
Monday, December 15, 2008

First Major Snow

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This afternoon I heard the roar of engines approaching a local crossing, so I unholstered my trusty Sony and caught UP 8369 ( EMD SD-70ACe ...
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Friday, December 12, 2008

UP's Z-Train

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In Union Pacific parlance, a "Z-train" historically means a priority train consisting of time-sensitive commodities, usually TOFC ...
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Thursday, June 19, 2008

A Train Meet: New Power On The Hill

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Whilst in Gold Run today, I happened upon a "train meet" between UP 7834, a brand new Union Pacific General Electric ES44AC (the ...
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Sierra Nevada Mountains, California, United States
I am a political junkie who works in the capital of California, and cannot wait to leave the daily bedlam of the valley for my rustic cabin at the 4,000-foot elevation in the Sierra Nevada mountains. My interest in railroads has led to a rekindled interest in photography, video and history. Few things are as impressive as having 15,000+ horsepower pass by my home in Run 8, hence my interest in the Central, Southern and Union Pacific Railroads. One of the purposes of this blog is to display my photographic documentation of the Roseville Sub, specifically the Donner Pass area, as it exists now and in the past. My current challenge is to provide you with views, photos and videos that few people would dare to proffer, placing me in frequent danger. On the other hand, after 6 decades, I'm ready for each and every challenge. Unless otherwise credited, all photographs are copyright (c) 2014 by the blog author.
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