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SP 6420 Rear Helper at Long Ravine
Title:  SP 6420 Rear Helper at Long Ravine
Description:  Terrific action on SP Donner Pass captured by James C Herold
Photo Date:  10/26/1968  Upload Date: 6/23/2020 5:50:24 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  James C Herold
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 6420(F7A)
Views:  452   Comments: 0
SP 3204 charges uphill
Title:  SP 3204 charges uphill
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/1969  Upload Date: 1/17/2007 2:19:01 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Tim Sullivan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3204(SDP45)
Views:  880   Comments: 0
Looking to the rear
Title:  Looking to the rear
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/24/1969  Upload Date: 1/17/2007 2:18:59 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Tim Sullivan
Categories: 
Locomotives: 
Views:  372   Comments: 2
SP 6453 West at Colfax CA
Title:  SP 6453 West at Colfax CA
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection, early Amtrak operation of San Francisco Zephyr
Photo Date:  7/10/1971  Upload Date: 5/29/2020 8:14:23 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6453(FP7A) SP 8303(F7B) SP 6456(FP7A)
Views:  724   Comments: 0
Amtrak #6
Title:  Amtrak #6
Description:  Crossing Long Ravine date approximate
Photo Date:  3/1/1973  Upload Date: 5/29/2009 9:55:43 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Drew Jacksich
Categories:  Bridge,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8986(SD45) AMTK 415(E9A)
Views:  947   Comments: 1
Amtrak No. 5 meets SP eastbound
Title:  Amtrak No. 5 meets SP eastbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/2/1973  Upload Date: 5/30/2006 12:10:59 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8994(SD45) UP 957(E9A)
Views:  1789   Comments: 1
Amtrak No. 5 arriving
Title:  Amtrak No. 5 arriving
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/26/1973  Upload Date: 6/14/2006 9:09:12 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6455(FP7A)
Views:  1262   Comments: 3
Amtrak #6 San Francisco Zephyr leaving Colfax
Title:  Amtrak #6 San Francisco Zephyr leaving Colfax
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  3/1/1974  Upload Date: 4/2/2023 1:46:05 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Signal,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 6453(FP7A)
Views:  190   Comments: 1
AMTK 111 on Reno Fun Train
Title:  AMTK 111 on Reno Fun Train
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  3/14/1976  Upload Date: 5/1/2023 4:23:36 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  161   Comments: 2
SP 3319
Title:  SP 3319
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 2:56:05 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 3319(GP9R)
Views:  170   Comments: 0
SP 4339
Title:  SP 4339
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 10/12/2017 2:45:58 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 4339(SD9E)
Views:  295   Comments: 1
SP 8852
Title:  SP 8852
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/1/1976  Upload Date: 10/13/2017 5:57:03 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SP 8852(SD45)
Views:  298   Comments: 1
SP 8962 at Colfax
Title:  SP 8962 at Colfax
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  6/4/1978  Upload Date: 12/26/2020 7:14:31 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 8962(SD45)
Views:  208   Comments: 1
AMTK 629
Title:  AMTK 629
Description: 
Photo Date:  2/1/1979  Upload Date: 10/10/2017 7:53:29 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Michael Cameron
Categories: 
Locomotives:  AMTK 629(SDP40F)
Views:  252   Comments: 1
AMTK 239 on westbound Reno Fun Train
Title:  AMTK 239 on westbound Reno Fun Train
Description:  Henry W Brueckman photo
Photo Date:  4/8/1979  Upload Date: 12/30/2023 2:57:43 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Henry W Brueckman
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 239(F40PHR)
Views:  150   Comments: 2
Eastbound Amtrak #6 San Francisco Zephyr
Title:  Eastbound Amtrak #6 San Francisco Zephyr
Description:  Gary Vielbaum photo
Photo Date:  2/22/1981  Upload Date: 7/29/2023 7:32:21 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Gary Vielbaum
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 314(F40PHR)
Views:  212   Comments: 2
UPs 8444 and 3985 at Colfax, CAUntitled
Title:  UPs 8444 and 3985 at Colfax, CAUntitled
Description:  Ups 8444 and 3985 are departing Colfax, CA for Railfair 1981 at Sacramento, CA
Photo Date:  4/29/1981  Upload Date: 10/2/2023 1:32:49 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  B Douglas Jensen
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:  UP 8444(4-8-4) UP 3985(4-6-6-4) SP 7362(SD40R) SP 7326(SD40R)
Views:  395   Comments: 0
SP 8561 East exits tunnel 32
Title:  SP 8561 East exits tunnel 32
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/1982  Upload Date: 6/15/2006 10:57:05 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8561(SD40T-2) UP 3604(SD40-2)
Views:  682   Comments: 1
Rear helper exits tunnel 32 on SP eastbound
Title:  Rear helper exits tunnel 32 on SP eastbound
Description: 
Photo Date:  10/10/1982  Upload Date: 6/15/2006 10:51:08 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Tunnel,Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  270   Comments: 0
SP 9020 East
Title:  SP 9020 East
Description:  Another SP EB tackles the west slope of Donner Pass. Date is aprox
Photo Date:  10/20/1984  Upload Date: 10/23/2013 5:26:54 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Jerry Curlin
Categories:  Station,Track,Action
Locomotives:  SP 9020(SD45)
Views:  347   Comments: 0
SP Super Bowl Passenger Special returning from Reno
Title:  SP Super Bowl Passenger Special returning from Reno
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  1/21/1985  Upload Date: 5/13/2021 7:09:32 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8365(SD40T-2)
Views:  136   Comments: 0
SP 7345 East waiting for Amtrak #6 at Colfax
Title:  SP 7345 East waiting for Amtrak #6 at Colfax
Description:  David Rector photo
Photo Date:  3/9/1985  Upload Date: 11/20/2022 8:59:01 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  David Rector
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 214(F40PH) SP 7345(SD40R)
Views:  276   Comments: 5
Eastbound Amtrak #6 California Zephyr
Title:  Eastbound Amtrak #6 California Zephyr
Description:  David Rector photo
Photo Date:  3/9/1985  Upload Date: 8/5/2023 4:40:19 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  David Rector
Categories:  Winter,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  AMTK 214(F40PH)
Views:  200   Comments: 0
Former MKT car at Colfax
Title:  Former MKT car at Colfax
Description:  Randy Curlin Collection
Photo Date:  12/7/1985  Upload Date: 6/5/2022 8:13:17 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin Collection
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock,Passenger
Locomotives: 
Views:  58   Comments: 2
Cape Horn Tunnels
Title:  Cape Horn Tunnels
Description:  Wesrtbound thru Tunnel #33
Photo Date:  8/1/1987  Upload Date: 5/12/2009 1:17:50 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Drew Jacksich
Categories:  Tunnel,Action
Locomotives:  SP 8560(SD40T-2)
Views:  828   Comments: 4
SP 9325 West CHOAT at Colfax
Title:  SP 9325 West CHOAT at Colfax
Description:  Bryan Copple photo
Photo Date:  8/2/1987  Upload Date: 11/8/2020 11:45:19 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Bryan Copple
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 9325(SD45T-2) UP 3400(SD40-2)
Views:  230   Comments: 2
SP 8331 East at Colfax CA
Title:  SP 8331 East at Colfax CA
Description:  Craig Hamada photo
Photo Date:  8/22/1987  Upload Date: 5/21/2020 5:14:07 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Craig Hamada
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8331(SD40T-2) SSW 9377(SD45T-2)
Views:  294   Comments: 1
SP 9332 at Colfax
Title:  SP 9332 at Colfax
Description:  Russell Eslick photo
Photo Date:  11/14/1987  Upload Date: 4/19/2024 4:38:50 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Russell Eslick
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives: 
Views:  68   Comments: 0
SP 6824 East at Colfax
Title:  SP 6824 East at Colfax
Description:  Reuben S Brouse photo
Photo Date:  3/19/1988  Upload Date: 6/2/2023 2:47:57 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Reuben S Brouse
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 6824(SD45T-2R)
Views:  145   Comments: 1
SP 8838 Mid helpers
Title:  SP 8838 Mid helpers
Description:  Reuben S Brouse photo
Photo Date:  3/19/1988  Upload Date: 10/14/2023 10:57:53 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Reuben S Brouse
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 8838(SD45) SP 7245(GP40-2) SP 9222(SD45T-2)
Views:  197   Comments: 2
SP 4839
Title:  SP 4839
Description:  SP 4839 with heated windows, a screen over the windshield, and the folded icebreaker on the roof is tell-tale evidence that this unit is on snowplow assignment in the winter. Here it waits a summer assignment in Colfax, CA.
Photo Date:  5/5/1989  Upload Date: 8/28/2012 7:11:40 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Mark Forbes
Categories:  Roster
Locomotives:  SP 4839(GP38-2)
Views:  919   Comments: 0
SP 3382 on the Colfax work train
Title:  SP 3382 on the Colfax work train
Description:  Jim Kleeman photo
Photo Date:  6/21/1989  Upload Date: 6/27/2020 8:16:39 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Jim Kleeman
Categories:  Roster,Yard
Locomotives:  SP 3382(GP9R)
Views:  143   Comments: 0
SP 6778 East OASSM in the siding
Title:  SP 6778 East OASSM in the siding
Description:  Jim Kleeman photo
Photo Date:  6/21/1989  Upload Date: 8/17/2020 3:47:42 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Jim Kleeman
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SP 6778(SD45T-2R) SP 8550(SD40T-2)
Views:  315   Comments: 1
Coming down Donner
Title:  Coming down Donner
Description:  Rio Grande 5393 leads three other tunnel motors and a grain train downhil through Colfax.
Photo Date:  4/4/1993  Upload Date: 1/26/2008 8:04:34 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories: 
Locomotives:  DRGW 5393(SD40T-2)
Views:  603   Comments: 0
Starting up Donner
Title:  Starting up Donner
Description:  It's 9:05 in the morning at Colfax as four SP units dig in for the hill to Donner Pass. SSW GP60 9690 leads.
Photo Date:  4/5/1993  Upload Date: 2/6/2008 8:34:18 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Rick Morgan
Categories:  Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9690(GP60)
Views:  490   Comments: 0
SP 7112 coming into Long Ravine, CA
Title:  SP 7112 coming into Long Ravine, CA
Description:  SP westbound
Photo Date:  2/15/1994  Upload Date: 12/25/2020 1:05:43 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  B Douglas Jensen
Categories:  Roster,RollingStock
Locomotives:  SP 7112(GP40M-2)
Views:  449   Comments: 6
SSW 9649 at Cobre, NV
Title:  SSW 9649 at Cobre, NV
Description:  Westbound freight at the old Cobre, NV depot location for the Nevada Northern.
Photo Date:  9/8/1994  Upload Date: 9/9/2017 2:09:42 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  B Douglas Jensen
Categories:  RollingStock,Action
Locomotives:  SSW 9649(GP60)
Views:  1065   Comments: 3
Cotton Belt SD45T-2m SSW #6882 in helper set.
Title:  Cotton Belt SD45T-2m SSW #6882 in helper set.
Description:  SSW 6882
Photo Date:  9/10/1995  Upload Date: 3/8/2024 8:09:07 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Steven Vincent
Categories: 
Locomotives:  SSW 6882(SD45T-2M)
Views:  81   Comments: 0
SP 9308 West
Title:  SP 9308 West
Description: 
Photo Date:  9/24/1996  Upload Date: 6/13/2006 10:51:24 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Steve Schmollinger
Categories:  Scenic,Action
Locomotives:  SP 9308(SD45T-2) NS 8812(C40-9)
Views:  1345   Comments: 1
Manifest heading to Donner
Title:  Manifest heading to Donner
Description:  Entering Colfax station
Photo Date:  7/20/1998  Upload Date: 2/7/2015 3:03:39 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Giovanni Pedretti
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  154   Comments: 0
Colfax Depot
Title:  Colfax Depot
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2001  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 5:16:13 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Yard,Station,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  100   Comments: 0
Colfax Yard
Title:  Colfax Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2001  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 5:16:40 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  90   Comments: 0
UP 585
Title:  UP 585
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2001  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 5:20:10 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 585(GP38-2)
Views:  412   Comments: 0
Colfax Yard
Title:  Colfax Yard
Description: 
Photo Date:  7/16/2001  Upload Date: 8/13/2013 5:20:26 PM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives:  UP 585(GP38-2)
Views:  206   Comments: 0
Cape Horn View
Title:  Cape Horn View
Description:  UP Roseville Sub; looking east
Photo Date:  6/14/2003  Upload Date: 4/3/2015 12:53:40 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Scenic
Locomotives: 
Views:  98   Comments: 0
Cape Horn View
Title:  Cape Horn View
Description:  UP Roseville Sub; looking east
Photo Date:  6/14/2003  Upload Date: 4/3/2015 12:53:56 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  99   Comments: 0
Cape Horn View
Title:  Cape Horn View
Description:  UP Roseville Sub; #2 track looking east
Photo Date:  6/14/2003  Upload Date: 4/3/2015 12:54:22 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Action
Locomotives: 
Views:  84   Comments: 0
Colfax Yard
Title:  Colfax Yard
Description:  SPMW water cars for fire fighting
Photo Date:  6/14/2003  Upload Date: 4/3/2015 2:02:33 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  70   Comments: 0
Colfax Yard
Title:  Colfax Yard
Description:  UP Roseville Sub; looking west
Photo Date:  6/14/2003  Upload Date: 4/3/2015 2:02:49 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Yard,Track
Locomotives: 
Views:  71   Comments: 0
Colfax CA
Title:  Colfax CA
Description: 
Photo Date:  6/14/2003  Upload Date: 4/3/2015 2:03:06 AM
Location:  Colfax, CA
Author:  Randy Curlin
Categories:  Station
Locomotives: 
Views:  61   Comments: 1

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