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Storm closes UP’s Donner Pass and Feather River routes
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And todays eastbound California Zephyr was routed via the old Western Pacific route from Sacramento up to Keddie and the Feather River Canyon on its journey to Chicago, avoiding Donner Pass. <br /> <br />I hope the passengers appreciated the fact that they were riding on rare passenger trackage and the original route of the Cal. Zephyr. <br /> <br />The beautiful silver UP rotary that is sitting in Roseville will likely never see service in Donner. It was built in 1957 and houses EMD 567C prime mover, but it was built for the powder snow and the Sierra Concrete, which is a dense, heavy, water packed snow is not suitable for the UP unit, so it sits in storage having never turned a wheel since arriving from the east. The 1929 and 1937 SP rotaries continue to be the rotary of choice when the call comes. <br /> <br />
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