Fun to watch. Two trains at 9:00, six engines at 12:00, snow plow caboose at 14:00 and five engines at 14:50. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video! Love the snow! Tremendous shots and I love the crew that came out to stand on the front of the cab, awesome. And UP leading Amtrak too just awesome.

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+UnionPacific18 Thanks Daniel! Very nice to hear from you again. Railfanning Donner in the winter has become an annual tradition for me train-wise, and it's always a fun time. I look forward to it each year. The UP ACe on the Zephyr was actually a total surprise. By the time I got wind of it, it was already 50-ish miles out. Thanks for viewing!

I love watching these Trains GREAT Videos thanks again.

@Alwaystrains

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Barbara. Happy to provide.

Beautiful scenery! Nice shots!

Great video and congratulations for their perseverance in remaining under the snow and the snow to make this video! Well done.

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+Nicola636128 Thank you Nicola! It wasn't all that bad since I had the proper snow equipment. It definitely wouldn't have been possible without snowshoes. Thanks for viewing!

Looks like that fella missed his train. LOL. I totally enjoyed watching this video. EXCELLENT WORK!!!!!

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+iusetano Thanks! Who missed their train?

@iusetano

8 жыл бұрын

+AlwaysTrainsHD The guy running.

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+iusetano Oh yeah, now I see him. The guy running after the UP-led Amtrak. Yeah he was part of our railfan group that was out shooting trackside that day. We were all making some kind of effort to get back to our cars quickly to get to another spot.

Des remerciements à ce courageux photographe qui a bravé les frimas, pour un beau reportage hivernal !

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Merci pour les compliments. J'espère que vous pouvez pardonner le fait que j'ai utilisé google translate.

I sure hope they have good cab heating lol,thanks for the great video.

Terrific video. One of the best snow train videos.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Michael! I appreciate the sentiments. Glad you like it.

Awesome movie, very picturesque winter locations. Best regards! :)

definitely good video of trains..lots of snow too..love it

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jamie! Indeed there was a lot of snow, enough to make the trails impassible without snowshoes.

Fantastic footage. Thanks!

Nice video, audio, locations and a willingness to get out in the weather. Just Nice.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you! It was a fun weekend for sure.

I have such a new appreciation for rail fans now. I grew up loving trains, like a lot of people do. I just moved back to Pennsylvania recently and tried it myself for my last video...all I can say is...cold. Hah! Lots of respect for people putting out content like you are. Great stuff and thank you!

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Dan! Railfanning definitely teaches one the virtue of patience.

Awesome catches dude!!! Looks like the best of places to railfan!!!!

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! It's one of my favorite rail lines to visit.

@TrainsNStuff

7 жыл бұрын

I would get that...

@TrainsNStuff

7 жыл бұрын

No problem!!!

@mentallyilldarkjeroid5378

5 жыл бұрын

The person could've built a snowman on the rails and watched the train disintegrate it.

Donner pass in winter! Amazing video man.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

thanks for a good video; loved the snow. Thanks

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks John!

Wonderful shots!

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+riogrande5636 Thanks!

Lovely videos!

@Alwaystrains

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

i always look forward to your postings...pls keep 'em coming!

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+Ms A Thanks a bunch! I do have more. Next one on the list is one from territory I've never explored before.

@lydmik

8 жыл бұрын

+AlwaysTrainsHD great...i'll look forward to it!!

Great job. In the past I have seen lots of videos of Donner pass but nothing this year. Living in the desert I have to use KZread to see trains in the snow. Thanks for doing this video. I Sub

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+MrMark85044 Thank you! For years it has been tradition in my family to visit the Sierra every year during the winter for our dose of snow-sports. When I started railfanning, I took up my own tradition of doing just that for railfanning purposes. This season was no exception. Glad to bring you a dose of winter excitement.

JUst subscribed!!! Great video buddy!!!

Tolle Aufnahmen Danke für die schöne bilder you a good 🎥man

I like your shadow on the snow my friend !!!

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Steven.

outstanding video; loved seeing the snow

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+John Moore Thanks John! It comes as a thrill to even those who live here to see so much of it at once nowadays.

@johnmoore8016

8 жыл бұрын

+AlwaysTrainsHD Thanks I live on the Mississippi gulf coast about 7 miles not of the Gulf of Mexico don't see to much snow, we see a lot of rain and get a lot of wind.

Great video, I enjoyed it!

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear it! Thanks for tuning in!

One of the best train videos I have seen here on YT. I just pressed the "SUB" button Cheers Adam (from Denmark)

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Adam! Glad to have you on board. Greetings from the United States.

There's nothing like camping at Donner State Park, and lessoning to the train come by.

very good pictures in the winter time.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ron!

hi from the u.k. one of the best vids I've seen in years if your not you should be a professional!! love this!!!!! 😊 will be following your future output regards

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+Dominic Hetherington Thank you very much Dominic! Glad to hear you enjoy the content. I'll be posting more content in the near future, but professional? Nah. I'm no professional. Though I take it as a compliment that you think I am.

Stills of this video would make some beautiful Christmas cards!

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+WikdSeafood That can be arranged. I have a bunch of still pics from this trip. Thanks for viewing.

Very nice. Especially liked the shots around Cisco.

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+Coxy's Railroading Thanks. Glad to hear that, considering the hike I had to do to get up there.

@coxsj

8 жыл бұрын

+AlwaysTrainsHD Yeah, I was wondering how you did that! I imagine you had to leave your car a fair distance away?

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+Coxy's Railroading Yup you got it. I parked the car about a mile and a half down the hill in a gas station parking lot, and hiked up the road behind the gas station with permission from the owner. My friends and I made our way up with snowshoes.

@coxsj

8 жыл бұрын

+AlwaysTrainsHD Good plan. I've driven 80 many times in the winter but never had the chance to hike in and take some pics. Thanks again, the results are well worth it!

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+Coxy's Railroading Thank you sir! Glad you think so

It's amazing how they can come down those steep mountains with all that weight in the snow and not lose control

@Alwaystrains

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed it's a marvel how such massive machines can work in that manner. It's their massive weight pushing down on the rails that allows them to stay on. That's not to say that the past isn't littered with accidents, but train control technology is now more modern than ever.

wowww..... AMAZING!!!

@Alwaystrains

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Engine 585 at the end of the video it looked like this engine could run on electricity or diesel. Thanks for the great scenes I appreciate your vodeo

@Alwaystrains

5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. 585 is fitted with an icicle-breaker up top to knock low hanging debris from tunnel roofs as to prevent damage to run-through trains.

Nice catches and video...

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Johnny.

That flanger does a good job keeping the rails clear.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Yup. It's the railroad's first go-to for snow clearing.

@railroad9000

7 жыл бұрын

I knew that but thanks.

@coldblue9mm

6 жыл бұрын

Bill rouleau Actually that's no longer true. They send out the Snow Fighters first. As you may also already know this, for the people who don't, a Snow Fighter is a over sized Ballast Regulator fitted with wings to push back snow like a mini Jordan Spreader.

nice work ! thank you!

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jennifer!

@hebertbarajasbetancio785

4 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Morgan u

@hebertbarajasbetancio785

4 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Morgan l

What's the deal with the UP on the Amtrak?

Very nice! You see so little footage of Donner Pass for some reason?

People think I'm crazy because I wave to the engineer when he blows the horn on these videos. ...I don't care either. LOL

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Hey, I'm not judging here.

Great video

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+nettvshumen Thanks!

Excellent.

@Alwaystrains

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you.

So cool thank YOU

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thank you for tuning in.

awesome train video

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@robertharsh3178

7 жыл бұрын

AlwaysTrainsHD

jeez those things get DIRTY!

Little history: back in the pre trains era the donner party got stuck up here

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Out of the roughly 80 people who made it to the mountains, only half of them made it to California. The party was faced with frostbite and snowdrifts deep enough to bury a person. People got lost, and many resorted to cannibalism when someone died. A majority of the survivors were children.

Great video. I'm just getting into this railfanning stuff and I have a question, although myself I think it's a stupid one,but how am I going to learn. With no crossing in sight, WHY? is train sounding it's horn.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Each train that blew its horn was doing so for a crossing, the crossings are just not seen in the frame. In all of these cases, the crossing is either in a spot where the camera can't see it, or it's behind the camera. Trains also have to blow the horn fairly early before hitting a crossing. There are however some cases where there is no crossing, and the engineers are blowing the horn just to be friendly. But in almost every case, there's an unseen crossing around the corner that they're blowing for.

Comparing Donner pass to Cajon pass I think Donner is a lot harder to climb. Great video BTW!!!

@Alwaystrains

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, the grades between the two routes are more or less the same. Snow in the winter really makes the difference. Thanks.

what cars were those at 7:00? I see them all the time near my house and I have no clue what is in them.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Those are autorack cars, used for transporting automobiles. Each unit is two rows tall, and cars are loaded in via ramp. Railroads often run complete trains of autoracks all going to the same destination, but a stray autorack can be seen on manifests from time to time.

..Great video of Donner Pass in Summer and Winter .Did they use the big Rotary snow plow ether last winter or this pass on

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+Jim Marchand I don't have any clips of Donner Pass in the summer in this video. All of these clips were shot over two weekends in the winter. UP did use the weather as an excuse to TEST the newly rebuilt rotary #207, but didn't bring any out for actual work reasons. Last time a rotary came out for legit work purposes was in 2011. Thanks for viewing!

vídeo muito top parabéns

wow!

well done. i love watching these videos to gain perspective on new railfanning locations on the pass. i didn't know you could access the tracks off cisco. do you have to park and walk?

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! To get to Cisco, I parked about half a mile downhill from the RoW at a gas station parking lot. I made the hike in the snow with snowshoes.

@DJshekky

7 жыл бұрын

i tried on new year's eve but there was a burly man with a big truck directing people away from the road...

How many trains cross this pass every day?

@Alwaystrains

6 жыл бұрын

While the traffic can fluctuate day-by-day, I have observed roughly 6 trains in daylight plus another 4 or 5 in the night-time hours, and that's on a good day. I usually stay the night to railfan for two days.

they must have left somebody at 6:10

@jplaw2508

7 жыл бұрын

He was leaning out the window of that last Amtrak car to get a good shot and then, whoops....lol

@luisbolanos3201

6 жыл бұрын

UP 8512 . porno monopoliza

What’s that metal cage on top of the locomotive at 13:19. Kinda looks like a pantograph haha.

@Alwaystrains

6 жыл бұрын

Alex K It's an icicle-breaker. It knocks icicles off of tunnel portal roofs

@alexk3462

6 жыл бұрын

AlwaysTrainsHD cool! Thanks for your reply!!! Great video btw!

@Alwaystrains

6 жыл бұрын

Alex K yeah no prob. Thank you!

hey, is that first train at glenshire a westbound on the one track?

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+shekky The train is UP's hot-shot westbound ZG2OA (Global 2, IL to Oakland, CA). As for which track its on, I'm not sure. I believe it was all left-hand running that day, but again I'm not sure.

@DJshekky

8 жыл бұрын

maybe the UP was doing something to the two ( right hand) track that day.

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

I never saw any MoW crews out that day though. Could've just been the day's choice of operating practices

Seems to be going a little slower.

ótimo vídeo gostei muito (São Paulo Brasil)

@Alwaystrains

8 жыл бұрын

+Luiz Carlos Obrigado!

@mikesgoodmann9349

4 жыл бұрын

Nao ha muito neve no Brasil! LOL

Why are the trains at the very end of the video so dark and freaky looking?

@Alwaystrains

6 жыл бұрын

Tunnel grime. The power-move at the end of the video consists of gevos that UP keeps in helper service on Donner. As a practice carried over from SP, UP keeps a pool of units in Roseville to help push outbound manifest trains over the mountain. The helpers are then cut out at Sparks, and sent back to Roseville when a decent number of helpers are gathered up. Because these units spend so much time on the mountain grades clawing through tunnels, they have become coated with exhaust stains, earning them the affectionate nickname "Dirty Donner Gals."

Great content, with good details. (Yuba gap, etc.) Has anyone made rail videos of Reno, Nevada? I ask because a few years ago they wanted to reduce train vs street traffic problems in the city. So they dug the Train Trench through town. Temporary rails were laid. So we had trains going by my corporate offices for a while. (2nd Street) It was great. I was sorry when the gigantic Trench was finished and they removed the rails near my work. Now trains go through Reno in huge, concrete lined ditch at below ground level. (Anyone knowing more/better about this is welcome to chime in. I live north of there so was not around full time for every part of the doin's.)

@michaeldougfir9807

7 жыл бұрын

How much snow on the rails can a locomotive tolerate?

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

I have filmed clips in Reno. I have been to the trench a few times, and filmed UP and Amtrak inside it. There are other railfans on youtube who have videos of the rails at street level before the construction, and a couple who have videos of the temporary track. Feel free to search around. Videos I have from the area are up here on my channel. Thanks for viewing!

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

The railroad pulls out the flanger plows when snow gets to more than 3 inches above the top of the rail-head, I think.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Michael Nguyen That's the channel intro. keep watching past that if you want to see the content

What's that thing on the roof of #585 at 13:18 ?

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

It's an icicle breaker. Icicles often form over tunnel portals, and if ignored can hang low enough to become damaging to passing trains. Snow service engines are equipped with these roof-mounted icicle breakers to knock the icicles down before they become a problem.

@RestrictedProceed

7 жыл бұрын

There aren't many tunnels in my country, so I've never heard about this before. Thank you for reply.

Awesome video! Did the Amtrak train break down, or did it just need extra power to climb the mountain?

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I would think just a break-down. Normally the 2 Amtrak locos are enough to get the train over the grade.

@SantaFe19484

7 жыл бұрын

That must have been so flustering to be a passenger in a train that breaks down. But at least engine failure will not cause a train to crash like it would if it were an airplane.

At 13:18, UP585 appears to have a pantograph raised, is that what I saw?

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

No, that is not what you saw. A pantograph can only collect electricity from a catenary system, which is non-existent on Donner. What you saw is an icicle-breaker, which is used to knock icicles off of tunnel ceilings.

@kellyjames9317

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the clarification...I'd never seen one until this video.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Locomotives fitted with icicle breakers tend to be more common out west in mountain ranges where the weather creates harsher extremes.

@kellyjames9317

7 жыл бұрын

That explains the rarity...Southern California doesn't get much in the way of icicles... I think the railroad industry has some of the most specialized equipment in the world for maintenance and repairs.

After those recent huge storms, here's what it looked like from the air! kzread.info/dash/bejne/ipmWy6eTd5XTk84.html

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Neat video! Crazy how it went from not enough snow, to more snow than we know where to put it!

2:38 interesante vagoane cu platforma decupata pe o parte pt a fi mai usoare .. pot transporta dar 1 container spre deosebire de vagoanele portcontainer cu podea joasa , dar pot duce si semiremorci Pare mai greu de scos semiremorcile de pe o asemenea platforma , mai greu de ancorat etc Oricum cele mai usoare pt transport pe calea ferata sunt semiremorcile care se ataseaza pe niste boghiuri ..

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Cred că ramele mai ușoare ale containerului sunt de fapt mai ușor de descărcat remorcile de pe. În Statele Unite, feroviarii se referă la aceste mașini ca la "mașini de spate". Acestea au fost de fapt dezvoltate decenii inainte de modernul dublu-stack container de masini (cunoscut sub numele de masina de bine). Sper ca răspunsul meu are un sens, a trebuit să folosesc traducerea Google. Scuzele mele.

Looks like a problem on car 12 opening scene the container looks wrong just saying great video.

@Alwaystrains

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks. I don't see the issue

Snow flak tons 2 good

1.28 Someone stole a container!

Never stop for lunch in the Donner Pass.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Whatever few restaurants there are between Colfax and Truckee, yeah. Not a whole lot to choose from other than fast food, which is good in a pinch but doesn't offer a whole lot.

@forbeshutton5487

7 жыл бұрын

I'm referring to the history of the pass, specifically the party the pass was named for...

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Oh, right. Eat or be eaten...

where is Bonner pass

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Donner Pass is the mountain range that straddles the California/Nevada border. Good cities and towns to search for reference are Reno NV, Truckee CA, Colfax CA, and Auburn CA among others.

@coldblue9mm

6 жыл бұрын

David Anderson You obviously slept in History class. You never read about the "Donner Party"? No, they weren't sitting around drinking kegged beer from a red plastic cup, they were immigrants trying to make it to California and got trapped at the north end of what is now known as Donner Lake. The snow depth that winter was around 23 feet. Google it and educate yourself. It's not that hard, honest. Bonner Pass? SMFH....WTF, are you drunk?

Choo Choo train mungus.

last engines on this video look like they came traveling in tunnels or from the coal mines

@Alwaystrains

5 жыл бұрын

Ah yes, the notorious "Donner gals." They are the DPU sets that stay on the route between Roseville and Colfax, often assisting trains over the hill in each direction. Years of running through tunnels has coated them so thoroughly, that conventional washing won't even get the grime off. They'd have to be fully repainted.

@jleveille2

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the answer I appreciate

...........GEANT

Very nice! You braved a lot of cold weather. 886 Likes! (and also 49 Dislikes from some losers)

@Alwaystrains

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks John. Yeah 49 people are just bummed that they didn't get to it first.

the still cameras ruined it for me.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's kinda difficult to prevent it when you're railfanning with friends who prioritize still photography. I usually try to stand a decent distance away from the tripod just for this reason.

Like freight trains when i.was. goin to California.froom.el.paso.tex..and.kansas.coloradi.and.ldaho.new.mexico also.what.better.way o.travel.when.you.dont.have.any.m9ney.abd.tgey call you.llegal.this.bastards.i.never.forghiter.

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Please forgive me, but I could barely read that. Trying my best to decipher the message.

At 2:31, the door is open on the lead locomotive, while moving on the mainline. That's a potential investigation, at least for my previous employer.

get a job at the rr

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

I'll try

Ship by truck. Trains R 2 slow and undependable...!!!

@Alwaystrains

7 жыл бұрын

Quite the contrary, trains are more efficient. The average locomotive can haul one ton of freight over 200 miles on one gallon of diesel fuel. A truck can only haul that same ton of freight 54 miles with the same gallon of fuel.

@peterclarke945

6 жыл бұрын

You seem so enthusiastic for road transport, that you wouldn't take time to spell ARE (R) and TOO (2) . Shame on you !!!

@coldblue9mm

6 жыл бұрын

Eagle One Trains keep moving over Donner Pass when they have you parked at Auburn drinking lukewarm coffee. A trucker trolling a railroad video. Wait, I forgot, you're doing this while parked account of snow, my bad. lol

@williamgilkey7039

6 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@Duggie_dug

6 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/e6yg2Nqvd5vgf6g.html nuff said?