Union Pacific Trains During Donner Pass Storm

[@ddyodaman5515]

One of my favorite parts of California! Great fishing and long trains👍

[@juggerable1955]

wow. sounds like they had them big rubber bands wound up tight in them engines. hehe. another good one :)

[@capnsean520]

Listen to those dynamics screaming! AWESOME!

[@tonymichaud8683]

Those dynamics were sure humming...

[@lailasalas]

Cars reflect effect of rain. Even in rainy time cars look very interesting. More colorful and and contrast. Containers, box and tank cars look like recently washed and polished.

[@gingerbread6614]

You have some great videos. Thank you

[@lgnlint]

Always amazing to me how much raw power the engines have to pull that many cars up the mountains.

[@DJshekky]

this is one of my favorite spots on the pass. i like the fact that you can see one train in two tunnels if you walk a little more towards the one in this video.

[@ApproachDiverging013]

Nice shots! You can expect a lot more traffic through DP in the coming months!

[@chancethompson1277]

Best video ever!

[@chancethomson8716]

I remember this video!

[@jakemiillephotography]

Yes. They are DPUs which are common on trains along this route.

[@malcolmnicoll1165]

Well done. Thoroughly enjoyed this.

[@GeDoBa]

An april storm blasts some double-stack container cars down and causes derailment. I've heard this news just in Germany. Sometimes it happens here with unloaded trucks on motorway-bridges. The double-stack cars, you show in the end of the video, are working like a high sail on a small track!

[@cherijim2911]

I think it's actually named Yuba Gap. I've been there several times to shoot photos and video.

[@LaredoAirlines]

0:50 my fav

[@AndreiTupolev]

Wow, cool sound at the beginning!

[@ApproachDiverging013]

Ha, rail traffic is expected to increase because of track work on the Canyon Sub through Portola. Also, plans to run Capitol Corridor trains from Sacramento to Reno are in the works once we get the new equipment from the East.

[@lophortyx]

I foamed, er ah 'documented' rail action over the pass in the early - mid seventies. SP ruled the pass then with 100+ car trains sporting end and swing helpers. SD 40's, 45.s 45 T-s, UP SD 40 - 2's. up to 40 trains a day. Solid reefer blocks. Man, those 20 Cyl. 645's blasting up to Norden. You could feel the power in your gut! Would stay in Truckee or Reno (rolling the bones at Harrah's). All but memories now. At least I had sense to buy UP stock in 1985. I bought 1200 shares @ I think $14 bucks per.

[@swede1344]

Yes, the SP used to push the envelope and max out their trains over the Sierras. The result, they went through locomotives like crazy. UP does things different and over amps the power. Your decision to buy stock at that price in the UP is likely the best that you have ever made, especially at about $165 per share now.

[@senorkaboom]

Wow! That was exciting!

[@bcherbs]

dynamic sounds awesome!

[@shnimmuc]

Great video! Robert

[@jreichel1]

Nice video. I like the S curve. Didn't see much storm.

[@jakemiillephotography]

Its not usually rainy in May... Its California! Definitely out of the ordinary for the time of year.

[@PennRailVideos]

Awesome video!

[@jutau]

Seeing all the viewers on watching trains, I don't feel so weird anymore.

[@jakemiillephotography]

I believe that was them just saying hello since I had been chasing them up the hill. It also serves as a warning to any trespassers inside the upcoming tunnels.

[@charles77550]

I bet it was noisy in the first trains cab. The engines were wound up!

[@hifijohn]

for some reason I always feel hungry when I look at this video.

[@michaelsandford1015]

very good

[@jakemiillephotography]

Probably around 20 or so total in a 24 hour period. A lot of eastbound run at night. Also just depends on the day.

[@nxtyrjrslm]

Close to train, thanks!

[@johntotten1611]

You need to use a matte box. Helps to keep the rain off the camera lens.

[@Dproud2700]

Being old school rail fanner, I would do the video away from he tracks and so that the people could see what the cars and locomotives look like, otherwise very good

[@rogerpoindexter2328]

That was one hell of a storm?

[@petediaz8277]

At 2:36, were there two engines in the middle of the train?

[@rearwheelslider]

What was the howling sound in the beginning?

[@fhqwgads2]

The traction motors in the locomotives.

[@COvrlnd]

How many trains go over Donner per day?

[@davebolyard6808]

I wonder if I might be able to find dooner pass on train sims

Uh...where's the storm? Nice video of the trains - well shot - but c'mon, storm?

[@OoerictoO]

engineer sounds a "- o o" at the beginning of the video before it got to you. after the locomotive passes there is a series of blasts. was that just a warning to you after they saw you/your camera? i didn't see a road crossing in any of the frames.

[@sonnydean1617]

Aside from the modern awning, the tunnel in the foreground looks pretty old. Is this the original Donner Pass road bed laid down in the 1860's? Thanks.

[@jakemiillephotography]

Interesting. I hadn't heard about the detours from the Canyon. We'll see if that Sac-Reno Train ever really comes to life. I've heard rumors but I'm still skeptical of it ever happening.

[@rearwheelslider]

The dc Motorsport this much noise normally?

[@scottdudley5170]

Where is the storm? The camera lense is clear the ground looks dry.

[@calif1mc]

Nice video, thanks! Ignore the jerks in here.

[@jakemiillephotography]

By traffic do you mean train or car? Both? :)

[@kokemeister6]

At 7:17 why is that last container before the last loco tilted, like it's not sitting correctly in the well car?

[@MrKWiley918]

It looked wonky

[@ericthered1140]

GoUP...💪💪🔥🔥🚂🚂

[@camssmitty1897]

what storm ?

[@davidsnider1703]

What's the loud fan noise

[@davidsnider1703]

Nevermind

[@AndreLuiz-vg3yk]

Esses trens são fortes pra caraca as máquinas são potentes

[@AMT4245]

Wheres the storm

[@cnrailfan8000]

is this Donner Pass Southern Pacific

[@califdad4]

+CN railfan the old SP is now the UP, but it the old Southern Pacific line over the summit

[@jimbo57109]

why no brake van on the back are all wagons braked from the cab

[@lukebccb9552]

You're joking right? Brake vans ("caboose" in Yank terminology) hasn't been used in decades anywhere in the world except for India. And ALL wagons have brakes since the advent of the air brakes over 130 years ago.

[@jimbo57109]

thankyou i did not know i suspected that all were braked with air thanks again

[@47485ksc]

lukebccb Except Russia. They have yet to invent those things. Just check out those KZbin videos of car crashes in Russia. Hell, half the big-rigs appear to have no brakes as they plow through traffic jams. Vodka good. I miss those cabooses. One hot summer day at Warren, California appx. 1981 (outside Mojave) I was hanging by the tracks when a brakeman in a caboose hollered, "You look hot and thirsty!" and tossed me a sixer of those small, plastic water bottles as he passed. Half of them tore open when they hit the ballast but I chugged the other 3. Ice-ass cold! "There's something about a train..." (AmTrak's old slogan)

[@Rightwinger1982]

Storm????

[@boatx22]

thats supposed to be a storm?

[@jennyfunk4570]

Trains csx

[@boatx22]

?

[@johndirks8255]

What storm??

[@Rebel9668]

Must have been those 4 raindrops on the lense at the beginning, lol

[@unionpacificdevin7842]

Union Pacific rulez

[@3rdandlong]

Storm? What storm? This is a typical cloudy day in Nor-Cal. When they storm, it just piddles. Well, now I know where these suckers are going--since it goes right by my house out of Roseville. Utah huh?

[@takayoutakaful]

すごぃ。。

[@VishwaNathGummaRaju]

pl check 1.09 to 1.20 in particular and observe the squeaking noise. can some knowledgeable please tell what causes that loud squeaking noise? I have observed while traveling and always wondered...VishG

[@Conrailfan2596]

it's flanges of the wheels scratching the track

[@ffpearson25]

I have foam coming out my moth

[@IvanAguilar101392]

I'm a cool video

[@takayoutakaful]

endress train

[@LDEGM]

Super video!:) Subscribe!:)

[@37304lb68]

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