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Viewing Album:  Donner Pass
 
By:Matthew Rhodes
Dates:9/1/2007 - 2/1/2009
Album Info:A collection of photos taken on Donner Summit from Newcastle to Truckee.
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Alta
Title:  Alta
Description:  Slowly descending Donner Pass towards Roseville.
Photo Date:  9/1/2007  Upload Date: 9/26/2007 10:59:16 PM
Location:  Alta, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Transit,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8403(SD70ACe)
Views:  465   Comments: 1
Westbound
Title:  Westbound
Description:  Heading west to Loomis before sunset.
Photo Date:  9/15/2007  Upload Date: 9/26/2007 10:57:37 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Transit
Locomotives:  UP 5557(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  575   Comments: 0
Newcastle
Title:  Newcastle
Description:  An eastbound waits for=Amtrak #6 to pass before it will climb Donner
Photo Date:  12/1/2007  Upload Date: 12/2/2007 11:02:05 AM
Location:  Newcastle, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5573(AC44CWCTE) UP 4147(SD70M) UP 3797(SD70M)
Views:  747   Comments: 2
Newcastle
Title:  Newcastle
Description:  Dn eastbound waits for Amtrak #6 to pass before it will climb Donner
Photo Date:  12/1/2007  Upload Date: 12/2/2007 11:02:28 AM
Location:  Newcastle, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5573(AC44CWCTE) UP 4147(SD70M) UP 3797(SD70M)
Views:  606   Comments: 1
Newcastle
Title:  Newcastle
Description:  An eastbound waits for Amtrak #6 to pass before it will climb Donner. The no-longer-used lead into Newcastle is in the foreground.
Photo Date:  12/1/2007  Upload Date: 12/2/2007 11:03:35 AM
Location:  Newcastle, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5573(AC44CWCTE) UP 4147(SD70M) UP 3797(SD70M)
Views:  755   Comments: 0
DPUs
Title:  DPUs
Description:  Having just decended through Cape Horn, a couple of DPUs help slow a westbound into Colfax
Photo Date:  12/23/2007  Upload Date: 12/31/2007 12:37:50 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  UP 5465(AC45CCTE)
Views:  355   Comments: 0
Westbound
Title:  Westbound
Description:  A westbound heads down through Applegate on its way to Roseville.
Photo Date:  12/23/2007  Upload Date: 9/26/2007 11:00:04 PM
Location:  Applegate, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge,Transit,Action
Locomotives:  UP 4886(SD70M)
Views:  453   Comments: 0
Amtrak
Title:  Amtrak
Description:  190 leads the Ca Zepher west through Nyack.
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 3:55:32 PM
Location:  Emigrant Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  271   Comments: 0
Nyack
Title:  Nyack
Description:  Descending Donner through Emigrant Gap
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 4:06:19 PM
Location:  Emigrant Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  335   Comments: 1
Nyack
Title:  Nyack
Description:  Descending Donner through Emigrant Gap
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 4:06:50 PM
Location:  Emigrant Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  313   Comments: 0
Nyack
Title:  Nyack
Description:  Descending Donner through Emigrant Gap
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 4:05:06 PM
Location:  Emigrant Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  292   Comments: 0
Cape Horn
Title:  Cape Horn
Description:  A consist of 6 head east on Donner Pass.
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 4:09:04 PM
Location:  Cape Horn, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  459135   Comments: 1
West into Colfax
Title:  West into Colfax
Description:  Its just crossed Hwy!80 and drops into Colfax.
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 4:10:18 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  503   Comments: 0
West into Colfax
Title:  West into Colfax
Description:  Its just crossed Hwy 80 and drops into Colfax.
Photo Date:  5/17/2008  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 4:11:09 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  617   Comments: 0
Cape Horn
Title:  Cape Horn
Description:  A consist of 6 head east on Donner Pass.
Photo Date:  5/18/2008  Upload Date: 5/18/2008 4:08:25 PM
Location:  Cape Horn, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  362   Comments: 0
BNSF 7783
Title:  BNSF 7783
Description:  Exiting Tunnel 35 on its way west.
Photo Date:  8/29/2008  Upload Date: 8/30/2008 1:56:50 AM
Location:  Yuba Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  BNSF 7783(ES44DC) BNSF 4868(C44-9W)
Views:  806   Comments: 1
BNSF 7783
Title:  BNSF 7783
Description:  Exiting Tunnel 35 on its way west.
Photo Date:  8/29/2008  Upload Date: 8/30/2008 1:57:15 AM
Location:  Yuba Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  BNSF 7783(ES44DC) BNSF 4868(C44-9W) BNSF 1012(C44-9W)
Views:  668   Comments: 1
BNSF 7783
Title:  BNSF 7783
Description:  Exiting Tunnel 35 on its way west.
Photo Date:  8/29/2008  Upload Date: 8/30/2008 1:56:13 AM
Location:  Yuba Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Tunnel
Locomotives:  BNSF 7783(ES44DC)
Views:  388   Comments: 1
UP 5580
Title:  UP 5580
Description:  A single DPU pushes the train into Norden.
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/20/2008 12:02:47 PM
Location:  Soda Springs, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  UP 5580(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  319   Comments: 0
Soda Springs
Title:  Soda Springs
Description:  Heading east on the approach to Norden
Photo Date:  9/16/2008  Upload Date: 9/20/2008 12:02:03 PM
Location:  Soda Springs, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives:  UP 7841(AC45CCTE) UP 4881(SD70M)
Views:  411   Comments: 0
Amtrak #5
Title:  Amtrak #5
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 10/19/2008 11:34:13 PM
Location:  Yuba Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  173   Comments: 2
UP 5771
Title:  UP 5771
Description:  Westbound Grain train
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 10/19/2008 11:26:17 PM
Location:  Yuba Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  175   Comments: 0
UP 5571
Title:  UP 5571
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 10/19/2008 11:28:09 PM
Location:  Yuba Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  129   Comments: 0
UP 5571
Title:  UP 5571
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 10/19/2008 11:30:48 PM
Location:  Yuba Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  167   Comments: 0
UP 5571
Title:  UP 5571
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 10/19/2008 11:32:21 PM
Location:  Yuba Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  133   Comments: 0
Westbound UP
Title:  Westbound UP
Description:  Just exiting Shed 10.
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 10/19/2008 11:36:56 PM
Location:  Yuba Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  198   Comments: 1
Westbound UP
Title:  Westbound UP
Description:  Helper unit on a westbound.
Photo Date:  10/19/2008  Upload Date: 10/19/2008 11:37:58 PM
Location:  Yuba Gap, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Scenic,Bridge
Locomotives: 
Views:  152   Comments: 0
Amtrak #5
Title:  Amtrak #5
Description:  The westbound #5 idles momentarily in Colfax as passengers (far left) disembark.
Photo Date:  1/2/2009  Upload Date: 1/5/2009 12:45:51 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Winter,Station,Passenger
Locomotives:  AMTK 151(P42DC) AMTK 132(P42DC)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
Fog
Title:  Fog
Description:  Rain, wind and fog. At 21mph it still only became visible 8 seconds before I snapped the photo.
Photo Date:  1/2/2009  Upload Date: 1/3/2009 12:50:22 AM
Location:  Applegate, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Tunnel,Winter
Locomotives:  UP 5493(AC45CCTE)
Views:  333   Comments: 2
Slow in the rain
Title:  Slow in the rain
Description:  Heading east into Alta
Photo Date:  1/2/2009  Upload Date: 1/3/2009 12:51:56 AM
Location:  Alta, CA
Author:  Matthew Rhodes
Categories:  Winter
Locomotives:  UP 5493(AC45CCTE)
Views:  307   Comments: 1

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