Railpictures.net contributor raylewis braved the elements for this shot of Union Pacific GP38-2 #600 traversing the former Southen Pacific main line through the Sierra Nevadas on a snowy April 2006 day. Here, the 600 and another GP38-2 have a flanger with them to clear up any snowdrifts that have accumulated along the line. The two locomotives and snow-clearing equipment are seen passing through Soda Spring, CA.Clearing snow from the Donner Pass line can be a full-time undertaking. More than a half-century earlier, this section of the Southern Pacific line played host to a snowbound City of San Francisco streamliner with 226 passengers and crew in January 1952.
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