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By:Rick Hoar
Dates:2/15/2005 - 2/17/2005
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UP 566
Title:  UP 566
Description:  Idling and awaiting the next heavy snow on Donner Pass.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:51 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
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Locomotives:  UP 566(GP38-2) UP 572(GP38-2)
Views:  1290   Comments: 1
UP 572
Title:  UP 572
Description:  Hiding behind January's snow.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:51 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 572(GP38-2)
Views:  518   Comments: 0
UP 572
Title:  UP 572
Description:  Equipped with an icle whacker and "eyeballs" (rotary wipers). You can just make out the other flanger, in new yellow paint, under the crane's boom.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:51 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
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Locomotives:  UP 572(GP38-2) UP 566(GP38-2)
Views:  933   Comments: 0
Waiting for the next blizzard.
Title:  Waiting for the next blizzard.
Description:  Icle whacker, rotary wipers and guarded windows, ready for whatever the Sierras can dish out.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:51 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 566(GP38-2) UP 572(GP38-2)
Views:  1957   Comments: 2
Hey, where'd ya hide the station?
Title:  Hey, where'd ya hide the station?
Description:  The California Zephyr stopping in Truckee.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:52 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
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Locomotives:  AMTK 147(P42DC)
Views:  630   Comments: 0
Beautifully restored station/visitor station.
Title:  Beautifully restored station/visitor station.
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:52 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  296   Comments: 0
View of west side of Truckee Station
Title:  View of west side of Truckee Station
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:52 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  305   Comments: 0
Westward freight
Title:  Westward freight
Description:  Four pulling, one pushing over the mountain at Truckee. The sound was awesome.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:52 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
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Locomotives:  UP 5803(AC44CWCTE) UP 5758(AC44CWCTE) UP 4072(SD70M) UP 3964(SD70M)
Views:  797   Comments: 0
Pulling hard
Title:  Pulling hard
Description:  Passing through with a throaty roar!
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:52 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5803(AC44CWCTE) UP 5758(AC44CWCTE) UP 4072(SD70M) UP 3964(SD70M)
Views:  805   Comments: 0
Aww, come on Dad
Title:  Aww, come on Dad
Description:  I can't believe Dad brings us 2,500 miles to shoot trains when there's all this cool snow to play in!
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:52 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5803(AC44CWCTE) UP 5758(AC44CWCTE) UP 4972(SD70M) UP 3964(SD70M)
Views:  905   Comments: 2
Heat wave passing through
Title:  Heat wave passing through
Description:  The Truckee/Tahoe area got a fresh layer of snow everyday that we were here.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:52 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5803(AC44CWCTE) UP 5758(AC44CWCTE) UP 4072(SD70M) UP 3964(SD70M)
Views:  805   Comments: 0
Heading for the green signal
Title:  Heading for the green signal
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:52 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  217   Comments: 0
One grubby hard working helper
Title:  One grubby hard working helper
Description:  More engines! A bonus of mountain railroading.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:52 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5806(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  432   Comments: 2
A really cool place for watching trains
Title:  A really cool place for watching trains
Description:  This guy looks like he's about to become hamburger but the engine is pushing not pulling.
Photo Date:  2/15/2005  Upload Date: 2/20/2005 7:20:52 AM
Location:  Truckee, CA
Author:  Rick Hoar
Categories: 
Locomotives:  UP 5806(AC44CWCTE)
Views:  481   Comments: 0


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