AMTK 97 & 42 Train #6 the "California Zephyr" Donner Pass  Contributor's Pick!       
Only a couple of miles from the Donner Pass summit tunnel, Amtrak Train #6, the "California Zephyr" toils upgrade on the Union Pacific Roseville (Donner Pass) Subdivision through the Sierra Nevada. The journey from San Francisco to Chicago takes 51 hours and 20 minutes, several hours of which is spent traversing these beautiful mountains and numerious tunnels and snow sheds. Soda Springs Road, 1356 hours.
Date: 11/28/2011 Location: Soda Springs, CA   Map Show Soda Springs on a rail map Views: 264 Collection Of:   Kim Piersol
Locomotives: AMTK 97(P42DC) AMTK 42(P42DC)    Author:  Kim Piersol
AMTK 97 & 42 Train #6 the "California Zephyr" Donner Pass
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Chris S General This might be the first snow shot of 2011; nice catch, Kim 12/3/2011 10:53:35 PM

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