2010

Am 137 at Eder

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Sunday, August 15, 2010

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I spent the morning of Sunday Aug. 15 with Ken and Zach. We went to Norden, then through the tunnels and snow sheds to Eder. After that we went back to our campsite. I packed up and headed home through Roseville.

Donner Pass

Eder, CA

East of big hole
AM 137 GE P42DC
Amtrak 137 leading train number 5 at Eder, CA (Donner Pass) on Sunday, August 15, 2010.

August 15, 2010

I spent the morning of Sunday Aug. 15 with Ken and Zach. We went to Norden, then through the tunnels and snow sheds to Eder. After that we went back to our campsite. I packed up and headed home through Roseville.

Click on the following links to see pictures taken on August 15, 2010:

UP 8473 EMD SD70ACe | Closer | Even Closer
UP 8473 leads the KLTG1 15, an eastbound stack train, at 10:10 a.m. on August 15, 2010 out of the big hole at Eder, CA on UP's Roseville Subdivision (Donner Pass Line.)
Nikon D300s Digital Images - 2010081601_247 | 2010081601_253 | 2010081601_254
UP 5225 EMD SD70M
On August 15, 2010 at about noon Union Pacific SD70M 5225 leads a westbound ZCSLT 13 stack train approaching the "big hole" at Eder CA on UP's Roseville Sub (Donner Pass.)
Nikon F6, Fujichrome Astia Analog Image: 2010091001_08
AM 137 GE P42DC
Amtrak 137 leading train number 5 at Eder, CA on Sunday, August 15, 2010.
Nikon F6, Fujichrome Astia Analog Image: 2010091001_09
UP 5652 GE C44AC-CTE | GEVO 5579 DPU | Going Into Big Hole | Disappearing | Antelope | DPU at Antelope
The ZNPOA of August 15 is led by UP GEVO C44AC-CTE 5652 at Eder, CA at 1:45 p.m. on August 15, 2010 on UP's Roseville Subdivision (Donner Pass Line.) GEVO 5579 is on the back as a DPU. These summer pictures of a westbound stack train entering T-41 are taken from Cv 301 (0.58 miles West of Eder).

Later, I shot the train again on my way home. UP GEVO 5652 leads 4173, 4345 and the 5157 at Antelope on the ZNPOA at 6 p.m. on August 15, 2010. UP GEVO 5579 is on the back as the train accelerates.
Nikon D300s Digital Images - 2010081601_264 | 2010081601_267 | 2010081601_269 | 2010081601_271 | Antelope: 2010081601_284 | 2010081601_289

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