Western Railroad Discussion > Cold day at Cisco

A couple of us hiked up to Cisco last weekend for some shots of UP operations on the Hill. It was a bit chilly in the shade, but UP did not disappoint! Here is a detouring MNPRV exiting tunnel 39 at Cisco. 



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/20/17 15:04 by JamesSchlinger.

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Wow...Great shot, great snow year!

At least we didn't have to wait for gasoline that day......................................................................

Chilly for sure but a fun day at Cisco. Nice shot, James.

Ryan

Nope! Unlike some I know, I always get gas the night before...

Cajon92 Wrote:
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> At least we didn't have to wait for gasoline that
> day...............................................
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> Chilly for sure but a fun day at Cisco. Nice shot,
> James.
>
> Ryan

And the hits keep on coming...

JBOmaha

Perfect amount of snow and lighting to match.

Awesome shot!

Very NICE!!

Larry

You guys had an amazing week up there! Killer!

Always appreciate the snow shots (better you than us) because it's given up snowing in this part of the Midwest!

Out

Doesn't look like the cat skinners have gotten to Cisco yet

Okay, dumb question here.  With an id of MNPRV why is it detouring?  Wouldn't a North Platte to Roseville train normally go over Donner Pass?

All of our heavy westbound trains go through the FRC normally.

Westbound manifests are typically routed via the Feather River Canyon. The exception is the MRORV that has work in Sparks and thus runs Donner. As to this particular MNPRV, the FRC was suffering from washouts above Clio and near Tobin, shutting the line down for several days and forcing all UP trains to take Donner. 

GeneL Wrote:
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> Okay, dumb question here.  With an id
> of MNPRV why is it detouring?  Wouldn't a
> North Platte to Roseville train normally go over
> Donner Pass?

Love it!

Ted S-P

Spectacular!   Looks like a pastry chef's whipped cream dream!

GeneL Wrote:
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> Okay, dumb question here.  With an id
> of MNPRV why is it detouring?  Wouldn't a
> North Platte to Roseville train normally go over
> Donner Pass?

Add to James's comments, MNPRV and MNPRVB both ran Feather River Canyon (FRC) regularly for several years. Eastbounds (QRVNPP, MRVNP, and their variants) usually go Donner. MNPRVB is no more, but MNPRV still run FRC normally.

Before the tunnel work to migrate the stackers from FRC to Donner in 2009, many of the manifests, including the westbound North Plattes, ran Donner... so maybe that's what you're remembering?

And James, thanks for the photo of a nice bright day at Cisco.

James,
You have become one of the masters of train photography in the snow!! Thanks for another awesome image!!

Mark
Sparks, NV

I appreciate the kind words Mark. But photography is much easier these days with digital cameras than it was in the past, so I don't even consider myself close to the true masters such as Stein and Dick Dorn. They were/are the masters! Really, it's all just a hobby and great fun for me, as I have been going to the mountains my whole life but only in the past 10 years become interested in photography. 

sp1827ml Wrote:
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> James,
> You have become one of the masters of train
> photography in the snow!! Thanks for another
> awesome image!!
>
> Mark
> Sparks, NV

What is a good route to access Cisco? From looking at the map, walking down from the lakes and the public land looked to be the best.