{"id":26626,"date":"2019-05-05T17:36:47","date_gmt":"2019-05-05T21:36:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=26626"},"modified":"2019-05-06T05:18:55","modified_gmt":"2019-05-06T09:18:55","slug":"southern-pacifics-donner-pass-crossing-newcastle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/southern-pacifics-donner-pass-crossing-newcastle\/","title":{"rendered":"Southern Pacific\u2019s Donner Pass Crossing\u2014Newcastle."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><br \/>In the spirit of the first Transcontinental 150<sup>th<\/sup>anniversary celebrations, I\u2019m posting these views that I made at Newcastle, California on an exploratory trip over Southern Pacific\u2019s Donner Pass in November 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I was perched atop the tunnel, railroad-east of where the line crosses Interstate-80 on its ascent from Roseville Yard to Donner Summit. The roar of EMD 645 diesels made for a great sound show as the train disappeared into the tunnel below me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although not my most memorable photos on Donner, these were among the very first that I made. Thousands more followed over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"color:#0015a3;text-align:center\" class=\"has-text-color\"><br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"324\" data-attachment-id=\"26631\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/southern-pacifics-donner-pass-crossing-newcastle\/briansolomon_592851\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/\u00a9BrianSolomon_592851.jpg?fit=5294%2C3620\" data-orig-size=\"5294,3620\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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