Back to Donner. For most people, this would be an idyllic picture of Donner Lake on a cloudy day. For me, all I see is the train snaking west on the ledge above.
More MOW. A box car used with a Plasser ballast cleaner on the UP in Richmond, Texas. The Plasser contraption parked in Richmond.
Alright, now the picture is uploaded to RailImages, so this should work. The train isn't obvious unless you know where to look
An M-PASLAU train in forest fire smoke, which was slowly getting heavier and heavier. Milltown (railroad siding name Bonner), Montana:
Norfolk Southern #1166 leading loaded oil train heading east at Cresson, PA on Saturday, 8/22/15 ns1166 by Adam Henry, on Flickr And here is pushers on the same train. ns6321 by Adam Henry, on Flickr
Well, I don't know that one calls a thousand feet of granite (measured from the lake which is at 6000') with a railbed chiseled out of the side by Chinese workers a hillside. but yes. Snaking between the snowsheds.