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.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Day of the Union Pacific 844

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Whilst at the ocean enjoying my 3rd anniversary this week, I chanced upon a CF card from my Sony A300. I hadn't used this card in awhil...
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Thursday, January 14, 2010

Advantages of a Train:

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Cribbed from RailsNW: Train Blog : NINE UNEXPECTED BENEFITS OF TAKING A TRAIN : 1. No wait, no security. Amtrak asks passengers to be at th...
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Monday, January 4, 2010

Roseville Yard: When Nose Units Were Plentiful

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Above, an EMD SD-40 in final Southern Pacific speed lettering, littered with itinerant Mexi-graffiti and affixed with an afterthought UP n...
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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...
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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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