Western Railroad Discussion > Through The Sierra Not Around Them

That title works, right?
SR

UP 1989 on WB Z at Gorge today.

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And good use of the proper "Sierra", not "Sierras".

TJY

Nice picture and such an apt phrase that fits Donner as well as Colorado. In 2001 I left Amtrak for an opportunity at Metrolink in SoCal.  Before I left I resolved to take one more head end trip up the coast on 14 and over the Sierra on 6.  The trip on 6 had a DRGW GP35 on the point due to a failed Amtrak unit.  There is nothing like being on the head end to appreciate the efforts that went into building the railroad over the Sierra not around them. A sentimental trip I will never forget. 

That shot needs snow this time of the year. :-}

Nice shot!

donner_dude1 Wrote:
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> That shot needs snow this time of the year. :-}

Talk to Madame La Nina about that.

BoilingMan Wrote:
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> That title works, right?
> SR

Ha ha!  Cute!

Andy

Nice and appropriate.
There was going to be a question about the lot being for sale on the left edge, but then I saw the two houses in the background.
t4p.

Yeah, oddly enough a (somewhat) gated neighborhood has take root on top of that ridge. Sure didn’t see THAT coming!
SR

There goes the neighborhood.
Hopefully not the access though. I did see some major leagure gates in that area a few years ago.

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> Yeah, oddly enough a (somewhat) gated neighborhood
> has take root on top of that ridge. Sure didn’t
> see THAT coming!
> SR

Excellent work, drone man, SR! And, agreed, the singular “Sierra” is what I expect to read from a MT man like you who lives there 👍👍

BoilingMan Wrote:
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> That title works, right?
> SR
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> UP 1989 on WB Z at Gorge today.

Yes it works. Thank you for the fabulous drone angle at Gorge for a high value target!

donner_dude1 Wrote:
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> That shot needs snow this time of the year. :-}

You're telling me!

And great catch, it'll come and go from Lathrop in darkness (which is the closest I could see it).

The phrase of the thread title has been in use for awhile in various forms. A two-page photo in Donald Duke's 1962 book "Southern Pacific Steam Locomotives" is titled "Through the Tehachapis .... Not Around Them."

(or the last word in the two-page photo title may be " ' Em," not "Them." Unfortunately, I couldn't find my copy of the book)



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Feather Canyon east of Belden will get lotw of snow Sunay night thru Thursday a.m. and so will the Overland Route.

Nice shot sir! Snow or not....

James Nelson
Thornton, CO
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One of the things I learned as an apprentice typographer, back when they taught such things.


IC_2024 Wrote:
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> Excellent work, drone man, SR! And, agreed, the
> singular “Sierra” is what I expect to read
> from a MT man like you who lives there 👍👍