{"id":33889,"date":"2022-07-18T07:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-18T11:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/?p=33889"},"modified":"2022-07-17T20:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-07-18T00:24:11","slug":"late-number-5-at-gold-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/briansolomon.com\/trackingthelight\/late-number-5-at-gold-run\/","title":{"rendered":"Late Number 5 at Gold Run."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Back in 1990, Amtrak\u2019s westward\u00a0California Zephyr,\u00a0<\/em>train No.5, typically traversed Donner Pass midday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On this July 1990 afternoon, the train was several hours behind the advertised. I pictured it near Gold Run, California on the west slope of Donner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been going through my Southern Pacific and Union Pacific photos searching for material for my next book on Union Pacific and its component railroads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Although this is an old favorite photo, I\u2019ll likely defer to images that show SP or UP freight trains for the final book selections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Exposed on Kodachrome 25\u00a0\u00a0using a Nikon F3T with 35mm PC (perspective control) lens.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Scanned with a Nikon LS 5000 slide scanner. Multipass scan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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