Nostalgia & History > Tunnel Motor Tuesday, Westbound Truckee, December, 1983

More from Truckee, California when there was snow, unlike this year!

Regards, Jim Evans

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That's the SP I know and love!  

Nice whiteout shots. The weather folks are saying its going to be the coldest and wettest winter since 2014... wondering when thats happening because its been dry and mild so far. 

Nice shots.   TomE

Bitch'n!
SR

Extreme conditions - First-class photos.
Bob

I was on a train running from Emporia to Newton, KS in a storm like that. It was in the daytime, and we had to sneak up on each signal to see what it displayed because the snow plastered up aginst the lense. They would have showed up at night, but not in the daytime. We couldn't see the aproach to Neva when we went by it, so we had to stop at Neva, and the brakeman had to climb up on the signal and brush off the snow so we could see it.

"I can see for miles and miles..."

Not

SR

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Winter's not over yet by a long shot. And the Sierras are infamous for late winter/early spring "surprises".

Great photos!

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LocoPilot750 Wrote:
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> I was on a train running from Emporia to Newton,
> KS in a storm like that. It was in the daytime,
> and we had to sneak up on each signal to see what
> it displayed because the snow plastered up aginst
> the lense. They would have showed up at night, but
> not in the daytime. We couldn't see the aproach to
> Neva when we went by it, so we had to stop at
> Neva, and the brakeman had to climb up on the
> signal and brush off the snow so we could see it.

That’s crazy! Have wondered with some of the snowstorms I’ve tried to drive in what it would be like with a train and not being able to see the signals.

Nathan

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That's why the ATSF guys loved semaphores:)