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An eastbound empty log shuttle heads back to the Pearson & Son Co. mill in Harlodsville while a container train waits in the hole for a new crew.
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Thanks Jango, having a lot of fun with the route!

One little known fact about the WP has to do with the frequency of slides in the Feather River Canyon. During periods of line closures, freight traffic could be rerouted over a variety of different routes. The CZ, however, was a different story. The Western Pacific was committed to putting the CZ through from Salt Lake City to Oakland, regardless of what routing had to be taken. Normally, the WP was able to reroute the CZ over Donner for very brief periods of time while they worked to reopen the line. However, according to Art Lloyd, in one extreme case in 1952, the CZ was routed through Barstow on the ATSF, due to conditions on both the WP and the SP being too bad to put trains through reliably.


Armed with with this information, here are some pictures of the CZ rolling over Donner:
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Thanks Jango, having a lot of fun with the route!

One little known fact about the WP has to do with the frequency of slides in the Feather River Canyon. During periods of line closures, freight traffic could be rerouted over a variety of different routes. The CZ, however, was a different story. The Western Pacific was committed to putting the CZ through from Salt Lake City to Oakland, regardless of what routing had to be taken. Normally, the WP was able to reroute the CZ over Donner for very brief periods of time while they worked to reopen the line. However, according to Art Lloyd, in one extreme case in 1952, the CZ was routed through Barstow on the ATSF, due to conditions on both the WP and the SP being too bad to put trains through reliably.
I knew about the CZ occasionally being routed over Donner Pass, but had never heard about via Barstow before. I have seen pictures of the Eastbound Zephyr with a Cab-Forward for a helper on Donner Pass before.
 
It's a windy 3pm as the Z259 Ties down for the day. Here you can see the conductors son rode the trip over from Bellington.

 
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