{"id":31511,"date":"2021-07-04T08:55:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T12:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=31511"},"modified":"2021-07-04T08:55:56","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T12:55:56","slug":"drama-on-donner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/drama-on-donner\/","title":{"rendered":"Drama on Donner!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In March 1991, I exposed this view of a Southern Pacific coal train ascending Donner Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Working with my Nikon F3T and Nikkor f4.0 200mm lens, I focused on the loaded hoppers of the coal train as diesel exhaust poured forth from tunnel 8 on Donner Pass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SP&#8217;s SNTA-C (Skyline Mine to Trona-coal) had been routed over Donner Pass via Track 1.  This was the historic 1860s alignment that involved a difficult sinuous climb around the north face of Mount Judah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"474\" height=\"324\" data-attachment-id=\"31512\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/drama-on-donner\/sp_wb_sntac_on_track1_tunnels_67_donner_pass_calif_april_1991briansolomon_203223\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/SP_wb_SNTAC_on_track1_Tunnels_67_Donner_Pass_Calif_April_1991\u00a9BrianSolomon_203223.jpg?fit=1200%2C820\" data-orig-size=\"1200,820\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Brian 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