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Viewing Album:  BNSF over Donner Pass
 
By:Clark Gillis
Dates:5/19/2015 - 5/19/2015
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Westbound BNSF approaching Colfax Depot
Title:  Westbound BNSF approaching Colfax Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2012  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 9:39:23 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5839(AC44CW)
Views:  302   Comments: 2
Westbound BNSF train meeting UP work train
Title:  Westbound BNSF train meeting UP work train
Description:  recent concrete ties, note the slight downhill that eastbound trains used to get a little momentum for the climb towards Cape Horn
Photo Date:  3/9/2012  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 9:34:51 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
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Views:  166   Comments: 0
Rear DPU on same train
Title:  Rear DPU on same train
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/9/2012  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 9:36:29 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
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Views:  149   Comments: 0
Eastbound BNSF going through downtown Truckee
Title:  Eastbound BNSF going through downtown Truckee
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2013  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 9:27:00 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Action
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Views:  247   Comments: 0
Meeting westbound UP auto rack train at Truckee yard.
Title:  Meeting westbound UP auto rack train at Truckee yard.
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/11/2013  Upload Date: 5/19/2015 9:28:38 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 8549(SD90MAC-H2) BNSF 755(C44-9W) BNSF 6638(ES44C4) BNSF 7503(ES44DC)
Views:  446   Comments: 1
BNSF 7013 East at Soda Springs.
Title:  BNSF 7013 East at Soda Springs.
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/25/2013  Upload Date: 12/21/2015 12:04:17 PM
Location:  Soda Springs, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7013(ES44C4) BNSF 4430(C44-9W) BNSF 4489(C44-9W)
Views:  258   Comments: 0
Eastbound passing former site of covered turntable.
Title:  Eastbound passing former site of covered turntable.
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/8/2015  Upload Date: 3/13/2016 4:28:52 PM
Location:  Norden, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  84   Comments: 2
Eastbound at Norden
Title:  Eastbound at Norden
Description:  Eastbound at Norden passing area of former covered roundhouse torn down.
Photo Date:  7/8/2015  Upload Date: 8/7/2015 9:49:53 AM
Location:  Norden, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7364(ES44DC) BNSF 4796(C44-9W)
Views:  417   Comments: 1
BNSF 5466
Title:  BNSF 5466
Description:  Eastbound through Truckee River canyon. will cross Nevada State line in about 5 minutes
Photo Date:  11/30/2015  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 12:50:47 PM
Location:  Floriston, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5466(C44-9W)
Views:  139   Comments: 0
Eastbound heading towards Reno at Floriston
Title:  Eastbound heading towards Reno at Floriston
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/30/2015  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 12:51:35 PM
Location:  Floriston, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 5466(C44-9W)
Views:  121   Comments: 0
BNSF 5466 east approaching downtown Truckee.
Title:  BNSF 5466 east approaching downtown Truckee.
Description: 
Photo Date:  11/30/2015  Upload Date: 12/2/2015 12:49:30 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5466(C44-9W)
Views:  132   Comments: 1
BNSF 6316 east passing work crew at Hirchdale
Title:  BNSF 6316 east passing work crew at Hirchdale
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/2016  Upload Date: 2/3/2016 2:48:57 PM
Location:  Hirschdale, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6316(ES44AC) BNSF 7909(ES44DC) BNSF 7620(ES44DC)
Views:  231   Comments: 0
BNSF 6316 eastbound approaching downtown Truckee
Title:  BNSF 6316 eastbound approaching downtown Truckee
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/2016  Upload Date: 2/3/2016 2:46:36 PM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6316(ES44AC) BNSF 7909(ES44DC) BNSF 7620(ES44DC)
Views:  298   Comments: 1
BNSF 5402 Westbound at Emigrant Gap
Title:  BNSF 5402 Westbound at Emigrant Gap
Description:  Emigrant Gap used to be a site of turntable and small yard. This is just past switch 9 where the single track returns to double track since 1993 when track was removed from here to shed 10.
Photo Date:  4/6/2016  Upload Date: 4/9/2016 12:53:51 PM
Location:  Emigrant Gap, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5402(C44-9W)
Views:  140   Comments: 0
Rear DPU units dropping downgrade near the site of Emigrant Gap turntable.
Title:  Rear DPU units dropping downgrade near the site of Emigrant Gap turntable.
Description:  Not real common to see distributed power on BNSF trains going over Donner Pass. Most of them are short and rarely have more than 3 units at the point.
Photo Date:  4/6/2016  Upload Date: 4/9/2016 12:54:39 PM
Location:  Emigrant Gap, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5415(C44-9W) BNSF 4927(C44-9W)
Views:  152   Comments: 0
Dropping down the Truckee river canyon towards Reno
Title:  Dropping down the Truckee river canyon towards Reno
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2016  Upload Date: 8/5/2016 12:38:56 PM
Location:  Hirschdale, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 6607(ES44C4) BNSF 7501(ES44DC) BNSF 7652(ES44DC)
Views:  147   Comments: 1
BNSF 7652 Eastbound along the Truckee river
Title:  BNSF 7652 Eastbound along the Truckee river
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/25/2016  Upload Date: 8/5/2016 12:37:42 PM
Location:  Hirschdale, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 7652(ES44DC) BNSF 6607(ES44C4) BNSF 7501(ES44DC)
Views:  130   Comments: 1
Westbound at Gold Run
Title:  Westbound at Gold Run
Description: 
Photo Date:  3/23/2017  Upload Date: 3/30/2017 11:14:49 PM
Location:  Gold Run, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  193   Comments: 2
Westbound approaching Colfax
Title:  Westbound approaching Colfax
Description:  Just crossed over the Long Ravine trestle that goes over Highway 80. Many years earlier the Nevada Count Narrow Gauge passed underneath until 1942.
Photo Date:  3/23/2017  Upload Date: 3/30/2017 11:15:36 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 6523(ES44C4) BNSF 6678(ES44C4)
Views:  272   Comments: 1
Eastbound with a couple of GP-60s still in Warbonnet colors.
Title:  Eastbound with a couple of GP-60s still in Warbonnet colors.
Description: 
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 5/25/2017 10:29:50 AM
Location:  Glenshire, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5501(C44-9W) BNSF 4908(C44-9W) BNSF 4891(C44-9W) BNSF 180(GP60) BNSF 181(GP60)
Views:  457   Comments: 0
Eastbound preparing to drop into Truckee River canyon towards Reno.
Title:  Eastbound preparing to drop into Truckee River canyon towards Reno.
Description:  Probably going to set out the Geeps for a local assignment, maybe in Fernley??
Photo Date:  5/15/2017  Upload Date: 5/25/2017 10:30:56 AM
Location:  Glenshire, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  BNSF 5501(C44-9W) BNSF 4908(C44-9W) BNSF 4891(C44-9W) BNSF 180(GP60) BNSF 181(GP60)
Views:  572   Comments: 0
BNSF 7586 Westbound at Verdi
Title:  BNSF 7586 Westbound at Verdi
Description:  don't see many END units on the BNSF out here.
Photo Date:  4/8/2023  Upload Date: 5/18/2023 2:55:44 PM
Location:  Verdi-Sierra Pines, CA
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  43   Comments: 0
Westbound BNSF at Verdi
Title:  Westbound BNSF at Verdi
Description:  Pretty rare to catch any BNSF train with trackage rights during the daytime
Photo Date:  4/8/2023  Upload Date: 5/18/2023 2:48:22 PM
Location:  Verdi, NV
Author:  Clark Gillis
Categories: 
Locomotives:  BNSF 7586(ES44DC)
Views:  42   Comments: 0

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