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D-111: Donner Pass ThunderLength: 1 hr. 30 minutes From old Sacramento to Reno, Nevada we present the any challenges of the Sierra crossing. Filmed over three decades in all types of weather and every type of train from 1955 to 1995. Ride a F7 powered passenger train in a raging snow storm. See early diesel power and the history of the lines building, the snow sheds, tunnels and more. Visit the old pre merger Roseville humpyard and see a wonderful mix of old SD and GP high

The best material from our discontinued video

Special sections on the F-units

Most of these electric interurban lines are gone with one exception

quoting Trains Magazine

Including coverage of

See the WP rail ferry and Feather River Railway steam powered logging line that was one of the few sources of WP’s on-line traffic

See and hear the start-up of the motor-generators at the Avery sub-station

Stockton Terminal & Eastern and the Ventura County Railway

as all others Smiley has done

“This prolific producer

See the speedy “Super-C” freights that redefined the rail-freight industry - as it was run like a premium express passenger train

Visit the Imperial Valley lines to remember the Sugarbeet trains of the SP