Winter on Donner Pass
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
- Originally released in 2018 on DVD.
Journey high into California’s Sierra Nevada Mountains for a stunning look at winter operations over Donner Pass. As Pacific storms dump heavy snow, Union Pacific battles to keep trains rolling.
Get a taste of what it is like to be trackside in the midst of winter’s fury. Long stack trains, heavy manifests, and Amtrak’s California Zephyr share the rails with an army of snow fighting equipment including flangers, spreaders, and the mighty rotaries.
Beginning at Colfax, trains climb toward the snow zone at Blue Cañon, then on to Truckee on rails once covered almost completely by snow sheds. Extra time is spent near the summit at Soda Springs and Norden where man and machine are put to the test against the elements. This is mountain railroading and snow fighting rolled into one exciting presentation!
Shot over four separate winters including the big snow of 2011, this is your front-row seat to “Winter on Donner Pass!”
This program is available on DVD, Blu-ray, streaming and download with Vimeo on Demand by visiting 7ideaproductions.com. www.7ideaproductions.com/prod...
0:00 Intro
2:12 Map
3:57 Colfax
8:25 The Leslie Type Rotary Snow Plow
10:51 Blue Canyon
15:22 Emigrant Gap
17:44 Switch 9
18:25 Yuba Pass
29:26 Tunnel 27
31:21 Crystal Lake
33:11 Shed 10
37:59 Cisco
41:15 Troy Cut
47:41 Troy
55:25 A "Herd of Dozers" Milepost 189
1:00:37 Soda Springs
1:12:34 Norden
1:26:07 Testing the SPMW 207 Rotary
1:37:08 Tunnel 41 "The Big Hole"
1:41:55 Shed 47
1:44:23 Andover
1:52:03 Truckee
1:59:53 Closing - Авто та транспорт
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Who's watching from the comfort of their warm couches or beds, with their favorite blanket all warm?
In front of the fireplace snowing where I’m at
Under 10 cats here…
Warm and purring…
Me. With popcorn.
With a cold beer.
One of my great uncles, returning from a business trip, rode the train. It snowed so hard the train was halted for several days before the snow equipment could reach them. The tore wood from inside to feed fire heaters to keep warm. This happened in the late 1940s.
Maybe 1952 city of San Francisco train.
OOPS forgot to thank the “voice” that narrates these fine videos ❤️👍
I lived in Trukee for about 5 years!! When I first arrived our first winter was about 18 feet of snow and we managed to get out duem to some wonerful snow plow drivers!! Trukee is very dear to my heart! I lived across from the train tracks but where I worked I could watch all the trains coming and going!! They were a wonderful sight to see!! There next stop for some would bee Reno, Nv. Then Sparks and then onto where ever!! I road the Amtark Train many times both nice and bad weather and the tracks were always plodded!! Such a beautiful trip!!!
Is the old style silver diner still in Truckee?
Lol
It's awesome that you guys are making the 'older' videos like this available on youtube, and you have my sincerest gratitude and thanks. 👍
That’s cause they are redoing this with 8K equipment now
I thought that this was about the snow this year. I have a disdain for people that reposts just to get more views on the same video. I call this lazy, and greedy. Thumbs down on this greedy ass crap.
Man, I literally just got off my Flanger in Truckee after working the mountain and I open You Tube up to this, frickin awesome! For a little context on some things from the operation side, we have a DPU pool that specifically works only between Roseville and Sparks and back which are 100%DPU compliant both ways and have computer software that makes them wistand the heat in the tunnels. We call them 'Sierra Dups' and orginal they were the 5200 series c45s that you see in this video but since have become more open to other engine types but still have to comply. Manned helpers are still used out of Colfax and sometimes Truckee when the Canyon closes or other reroutes make more then normal amount of trains over the line, most of the time in the winter
I did not know that about the DPU pool. Thanks for the info!
Wow! Dude you got one big set of cojones!!! I heard about that area over the years from truckers heading for the valley.....NOT ME..LMAO! Greetings from Greenville, NC.
@@highwayroadrunner206Greenville NC represented in the comments! I'm a lifelong resident here in Pitt County.
Ah, so you are a native, that's cool. I'm a transplant. Moved here from north east NJ 7 years ago. Love it here, the people are nice and the climate is great !@@j_rainsgoat3929
@@7ideaproductions - Any idea what that contraption is on top of the flanger unit being pullled by UP 602?
Videos and narrating are the best, #1 on my list keep up the good work 👍💯
Thank you!
Those rotary plows are absolutely epic! This was one of the best snow removal productions I have seen! Great job!
This is Great Footage! Most people do not associate California and Donner Pass together. In Winter... White , Beautiful , Cold and sometimes DEADLY. THANKS FOR SHARING...will be watching this MANY vid times.
I’ve yet to “drive U.S. 40 but was told by some old timers that it can be an adventure . Someday I’ll make it out there in my pickup, as I’m retired from Semi after 38 yrs. Thank You for your efforts to bring it home to my 65” TV. 👍🙏😃❤️
I live near here. I have always loved the Sierras, and the same for trains. So this is special. Two hours well spent.
I'm from Australia and I think all of your content is fantastic and so informative. Keep up the great work 👍
You all are just the BEST!!! thank you so much.
Winter train videos are the best!
As a railroader in Chicago, I thought our winters were rough. The blizzard of 2011 hit us bad too. I worked that whole week and man did it suck- nothing worked right. Thank you for uploading this video here. It’s another excellent presentation!
Even keeping the crossing gates and signals working in those conditions must be a herculean task! So glad I got to see this area in person a few times...epic railroading!
I used to have a VHS tape of Pentrex' "Across Donner Summit" with much footage taken around 1991-1992. This is like a much updated version with better resolution. Thank you for posting!
That is still a great video being in the Southern Pacific era and Richard Steinheimer as a guide.
There's channels on here of train hoppers sneaking through Donner's pass in freight cars, seems a little stupid to me, but hoboing has a niche on UA-cam now
@@shable1436 It has been for some time, actually.
Das beste Video für winter imprisonen on World in railroad. Danke. Greetings von Germany Rhein side Düsseldorf ❤
Thank you very much.
What a way to spend a couple of hours sitting on my couch in S. Texas in Feb ….. I learned a lot 👍
We’re getting more snow tomorrow! Bring out the rotary snow blowers. I can watch them all day.
The the video’s of the past! Your creativity of the UP is totally amazing/awesome!! Thanks for sharing them to all of us! Love the UNION PACIFIC!!
Great video. I can't get enough of those rotary shots in the fresh snow. What a location....
Those 567 sound so good
my grandfather worked for the SP, retiring around 1962. lived in Roseville from about 1929. he used to have lots of stories about going over the hill.
What absolutely amazing scenery this is. It looks like something out of the movies
This is remarkable footage….🙏
This is AWESOME!!! Love Trains. If I was younger I would 'try' to be a railroad engineer.
What a beautiful production. Thank you so much for sharing with us.
This video was amazing!
Love This. Thank You. Love Trains. ❤❤
Fantastic footage. I have the VHS video “Battle for Donner Pass”. Your footage is just has good and the narrative is very informative. Thank you.
Thank you! I will argue that "Battle for Donner Pass" is the best train video ever made.
I love watching these snow fighting videos..keep them coming please..
I grew up at Tahoe from 1959. I spent a lot of time in Truckee including living in Truckee just yards away from the railroad tracks on the second floor above the cafe. I was there when the train derailed through the middle of town with a horrible sound and woke me up from from my nap. I also helped dig out the train that got stuck outside of the snow sheds on Donner pass. I forget what year it was but it was an amazing experience. I'm glad to see The other comments from people watching the UA-cam video. I can remember living on the west end of Donner lake for one winter and we had to shovel a path to the door through about 18 ft of snow, so it was basically a tunnel just to get to the door. We couldn't park either one of the vehicles on that little cul-de-sac so we had to park down at the boat ramp parking lot on the west end of Donner lake and then walk to the cabin from there. I have no idea who was doing the narration for this video, but whoever it was to mostly a good job, except for the fact that in the Blue canyon portion of the video canyon was not spelled in Spanish but rather in English!
Great video. I took the Zephyr last year and saw some of those great sites.
That old rotory whistle is just soooo haunting.
If i ever see a ghost train that would be the whistle id expect to hear.
And this was well documented very good job guys. This truly reflects men working
A steam whistle on the rotary plow?! That's fantastic!!! Keeping the sound of steam alive in the mountains. Wouldn't surprise me if people think that a steam locomotive is coming down the line when they hear it.
We have those same exact engines that come up into SW Montana. Up here they are the Union Pacific railroad,I didn’t know they were tied in with Southern Pacific. Great video!!
Thank you for your VERY DIFFICULT work.
Thank you for sharing this great video!
Awesome ! Just got notification of this new video & before I watch it on my TV I already know I'll love everything about it.... been through Donners Pass on Amtrak in winter, love the narration, the length of the videos.... ! Making the popcorn now and snuggle with the cat to watch another 7idea hit !
A definite masterpiece 👌
We had to chain up our truck last winter (2022-2023) three times - we only went on Donner 4 times that year! It was a record breaking winter on Donner!
4 of us went as a convoy up and over the top --it was fun and SCARY
Epic footage, just epic. Thankyou!!
Hopeing bigtime my trip on Zephyr looks similar.
Regards from Australia.
Interesting/informative/entertaining. Excellent photography job enabling viewers to better understand what the orator is describing. Making this presentation more authentic and possible. Enjoying this presentation from the warmth/comfort of my computer room. Along the " Space Coast " of Florida 🐊🐊🐊 ( 2-17-24 ) wishing viewers a safe/healthy/prosperous ( 2024 ) 🌈🎉😉.
What a great video! Donner Pass is always beautiful in the snow but it sure looks like a headache to keep plowed. They nailed all the perfect HD angles in this one! 🤩
Hats off to the camera crew, excellent footage. Rode amtrak from Reno to Sacramento a couple winters ago. Fun experience. 😊
Looking forward to seeing video of the epic February-March 2024 storm!
Wonder if they could even get up there to film!
I imagine they have had their hands full with the storms this winter.
It is AWESOME! A couple of days ago I watched a video shot at Steven Pass, I must say that one needs to push his or her physical strength to crazy limits to work in these frigid temperatures.
Thanks for this great content I love it
Those crafty Canadians! I love my frostback sister's and brother's!
Absolutely loving this!
I really appreciate the writing style in both this video and all your others. This is how journalism used to be taught in the era before clarity was tossed in deference to outrage and clicks. I know UA-cam wasn't in your original business plan, but I genuinely hope it ends up being more lucrative for you than selling discs. Either way you get a salute from me for posting.
For me , seeing the Jordan spreader at work is fascinating. Built several of these in Ludington, Michigan.
Nice I can’t wait to waste some time in school watching this masterpiece!!
This is a fantastic documentary about trains I love it ❤
Epic piece of geography
Love the snowstorms!
It's cool to see an old B unit still in use.
So cool to get to see this
The video quality is stunning.
Great video thank you
This is awesome i grew up in roseville and many friends fathers worked for southern pacific.
Another incredible video from 7idea!
I think I was one when it happened. I've driven across between Sacramento and Reno and drive through an open top tunnel 20 to 25 feet deep each side of the road. Thanks for the date. Uncle Don passed before high school.
enjoy seeing the older steam rotaryplow, my dad used to run the up steam rotary plow up till 2010
Gabriel, loved your show Saturday night, it was just a bummer that I couldn't sit and fully enjoy it due to a few obnoxious women around me, constantly yelling out at you and the other directly behind me coughing and literally spitting on me and my wife all during the show. Needless to say, my wife is now sick from it and I'm on my way. But thank you for coming back to good old Spokompton! Glad you got to experience the "activities" downtown while you were here.
not really a train guy, but I thoroughly enjoyed this whole episode. At the start , figured no way could I sit thru 2 hours but the great footage and no BS narration kept me entertained. " Just the facts" wonderful!. Wondering if, with the more recent double stackers coming on the scene, if all the tunnels had to have their opening height increased, or were the tunnels already tall enough? Greetings from Alberta, Canada.
Hello Alberta! To answer your question, the tunnels had to be notched in order to fit the doublestacks. This was done back in 2009. During that time, I filmed a program on the Feather River Canyon which was the route for stack trains then.
I found this film amazing!! Thanks for posting.
Thanks for all the information you give, very interesting video
Great capture really shows you the work needed here.
God made us a beautiful place to live.
Very well done, gents! Thank you.
I'M loving this ❤️.
this is a fantastic video very well filmed and narrated this now is my favorite site to watch please keep up the good work i am looking forward to seeing more new videos thank you
I am not a true railroad person but this is an interesting video. Just happened on it after watching a blizzard on I80
Awsome!😊
Am currently re-reading Stephen Ambrose's book on the building of the Trans-Continental and it is wonderful to be able to see some of those incredible locations here. Thank you- this is fantastic!
GREAT VIDEO! Thank you for creating it.
This is a very Awesome Ride..👌👌👌👌😉😉👍👍
Nice to see the famous 8444 train number working the hill.
What a great Documentary! Thanks for showing this!
Absolutely amazing
Thanks for the great video , I love trains in snow
What a great video!!! Thank you
Amazing
Absolutely love this video! We have watched a few others but as far as quality and content, this one is amazing! Can't wait for the new version to come out! There had to be plenty of Rotary Action recorded winter of 22-23. At least that's what the news was saying about the Sierras anyway... Thank you for posting this to UA-cam.
lOVE YOUR VIDEOS SIR
Agree, greatly appreciated😊
Great video thank you.
VERY WELL DONE!
Must be so cool taking the Amtrak through Donner Pass!
That's got to be America's most scenic rail line! The change in altitude is amazing!
Must've been quite a job building that! That giant rotary plow is incredible! Just a huge electric motor, powered by juice from the diesel-electrics?
Those rotary pusher engines are brand new
Great footage! Impressive! 👍👍👍
Awesome video these are amazing trains and snow removal equipment
Great Video!! I took Amtrak from Sacramento to Reno many years back. We had just sat down in the dining car when we reached the snow line. It started snowing and it was so beautiful. We had no issues getting to Reno.
Hi I like snow by it's just too much lol love your videos jay
Amazing !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am surprised that a feature motion picture has not been made about the 1952 snowbound train...
Yes that was front-page news back in the day and quite a dramatic story.