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2naSalit

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3. Been over Donner many times...

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Jan 13, 2022, 08:22 AM

Jan 2022

It's an endeavor in a car on a good day. I used to cross it in semis, it's 89 miles long and takes several hours, used to be worse before the late 70s when they made improvements to large portions of the road. I've had nightmares about getting caught in an avalanche up there.

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On January 13, 1952, the passenger train "City of San Francisco" got trapped on the Donner Pass. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 OP

That was some journey.... wow! secondwind Jan 2022 #1

Recently on the Donner Pass: mahatmakanejeeves Jan 2022 #2

Been over Donner many times... 2naSalit Jan 2022 #3

a news reel of the incident. an amtrak train got stuck in the same location years later . AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #4