This was inspired by UP1996's post in the Side Tracked forum about night shots. I took these on the night of 2-25-07 in Truckee Ca.

Flanger heading out

Flanger 572

Approaching Stanford Flat - MP200.5 Roseville Sub

Wow! Talk about a blizzard!

wow. Amazing pics.

Thanks guys! Coast you have some great pics as well. especially some of the ones you have manged to get in print in that newspaper.

For those of you who are involved with Myspace I have a group on there:
Myspace Group - Railroad Photography

Man with winter setting in Eric those pictures put a chill down my spine

Well here is another one that is a bit fuzzy from the same night. The one digging is Brakeman Stapp and the other is a MoP

Thanks!

My good buddie is an Amtrak engineer out of Reno. On occasions when the eastbound Zephyr is hours late he has to go out and dog catch it. He had to go up to Truckee to get it earlier this year and take it to Reno. He showed me the pics he took and literly the entire cab was covered in snow. It was quite a site to see. Again yet a nice night shot pic.

Kinda makes me wonder about that job app I just put in for conductor in Roseville Kidding , I wish I was up in the snow for a change, it NEVER snows down here enough to play with

I would not apply for the RR at this time

Check out these pics; they kind of go along with the snow theme of this thread. They were taken by my good amtrak engineer friend. The Amtrak crew that was takeing the eastbound Zephyr over Doner Pass into Reno ran out of hours so my friend had to go up to Truckee to rescue the train and bring it down to Reno. This all took place in a rageing blizzard. The Zephyr did not make it off of Donner Pass into Reno, Nevada untill well after midnight (like 8 or so hours late). Once my friend brought the Zephyr into reno he took these two pics and E-mailed them to me. This is the zephyr at the Reno Amtrak station during the snow storm.


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Pic 2:

I am guessing this is one of the times last year that the flanger or spreader went on the ground.

It was either December 2006 or January 2007. I think around Jan 2007. I would have to check to be sure on the dates.

WoW.

awsome pictures the bottom pic can you see the loco smilling heh that means that, that loco was having fun in the snow on its way down into Reno.

great pics dude.

-sierra38-

Yea, lol. It was my friend that took the pics not me.

Donner is AWSOME for me ( probably not for the guys that work it )!!! Thats where I want to work, love the snow mountains, and the senery !!!

Thanks, trainmaster55!!!