Rail Huell Sacramento to Reno and a look in the snow sheds !
Author: SP in a UP suv
Date: 12-21-2021 - 22:34
Great tv episode tonight on kcet 28 where Huell rides over donner on amtrak the rides with sp rails in a UP-shielded SUV hyrail up to the sheds last wood part (with a pretty shot of the signal bridge that was just cut down recently!). The episode ended with the rotary movin snow pushed with seven SP locos!
You can view the episode through the Chapman univ. Huell archive on your own IBM MACHINE.
Watching it on over-the-air-TV though beats the punch card zero one kool aid gang view!
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Snow and Ice
Season 8, Episode 12
Huell Howser visits a frozen lake in the Sierra Mountains, then travels aboard a train on a journey through scenic winter terrain from Sacramento to Reno. Also: a look at the historic snow sheds that once covered the tracks.
Original Broadcast - 1997