I was on the edge of my seat! 10/10 good content.

been plowin snow here in NY last 25yrs, did my 20+hr shifts, 6-8 ft drifts,,, But this is ridiculous,, Great stuff, Thnx

Once I saw the " Duct tape " I immediately knew the day was saved.

I was there, Union Pacific snow fighters. It was march 2012. I've got the commemorative fowl weather jacket. I helped dig the locomotive and the crew out of the Cab...

There's a lovely old childrens book: Katy and the Big Snow. I used to read it aloud to all grades K-6 on the first day it snowed in Iowa. The kids caught on fast that this would be an annual event, and they enjoyed it. Retired school librarian

When you're working the Donner Pass and you realize there's nothing in your co-worker's lunchbox except fava beans and a nice Chianti...

That equipment is anything but modern. Maybe saw its first refurbishment in the post-modern era! I would say iconic. I like the engineer trying to line his pockets!

Oh, Sparkly! This must have been one of those "moments" for the crew. Love their dead-pan tone of voice on the radio. You have some incredible equipment in the US.

I rode that rail line many times back in the 90s and saw those monsters in use couple times, its amazing to be in a train and look out the windows and see snow higher than the car itself, I delivered trucks and drove the Donner and took the Train many times, It was always exciting. The train sheds and those huge Rotary were amazing. Great videos, I never took too many photos.

This is amazing, my two year old loves watching the "snow trains" plow feet of snow and the story was suspenseful. I was fully invested in the video, it was awesome !! He won't stop yelling snow train now, it's great we can bond over something

Wow. I was raised in Roseville and now live in Australia. Went to RHS. Imagine my pleasant surprise to see the Roseville rail yard in a video.

The thrill of the rotarys is that they've been doing it that way for 60-80 YEARS. It's being in touch with History.

I was on the paving crew on the i-80 from Truckee to Nyack we were there for a couple of years we paved until just before it started snowing. Truckee has an awesome history.

This is an amazing job. I like to see more of these videos as long as everyone is making it out safe and sound.

the rotary was invented in orangeville ont canada 1884 ,It saved a lote of lives

The Flint PBS station showed this back in 2012. It's a wonderful program!

I love the rotary's whistle at 2:20 its so good and soothing. I give that 10/10

That deep of snow is scary and dangerous stuff. You all did a remarkable job on this video. It made me a bit on edge. Thanx!

Having grown up on a bud car here in the northeast. Watching clips like this is nothing short of amazing. The equipment and the team you have there on this mountain. Long Long short Long ………..

...I've been taking rail and Amtrak for 40 years in California and across the Nation Is the rail in this video the same rail used by Amtrak? Thank you to the rail workers for their dedication to safety and service.

Amazing video! Good job to all involved. I was on edge of my seat most of the time. The rotary is Soo cool and the mechanics that makes it run was great to. Great job to you all. Godspeed to you all

Amazing equipment. Amazing men ! My late husband & I love trains. My cousin used to live in Truckee. Have been thru these mtns in a semi- but this train adventure is awesome !!! Thanks for the good video💟💟💟

I can't get enough of these videos.

Ever sense I was a kid in Nova Scotia watching the coal trains pull out of the Springhill mines, belching huge plumes of black smoke and ash. We kids would hear the train leave the mines with a blast of it's whistle. We would run down to the tracks and watch the steam engine pulling car after coal car down to Springhill Junction. What a trill... Thank you guys, great memories. great video.

I loved trains ever since I rode the first one out of New York City to Cleveland Ohio in 1957 when I was three years old with my parents who were moving to Cleveland where my dad's parents lived. I was born in upper Manhattan on May 3rd, 1954. I'm also happy to see the Union Pacific has restored the 'Big Boy' 4014 back to life

The steam whistle (?) Is a beautiful sound in it's own way. Wish I could hear it live and more often. Thank you. Just subscribed.

i used to be a truck driver. i live in Carson City Nevada, i have 40 years going over Donnor Pass

In Alaska, they’re nicknamed “moose grinders”.

Just bought it, Thanks Deann!!!

I drove semi over Donnor many many times. I went over Donnor on trains twice. Quite the rail adventure.

Donner, party of 5.

I bought this...it was great. I love watching the snow rotary plows.

Drove thru Doner in a semi...never on a train...this awesome work...lots of snow....😁😙😊☺

That is the biggest snow blower I have ever seen! Amazing

Don't you just love American engineering... What a country!

I'm a rail fan. I've built a N gauge when I was younger. Talk about FUN!

Living in Truckee for years, I always knew how deep the snow was when the Rotaries went up the hill (Donner). Miss those times.

That VOICE (three seconds later, good night).

Awesome vid DeAnn ... I also love the E and F units ... Thanks and Happy Holidays ...

So this woman is wearing a tank top talking about snow is giving me the shivers 🥶🥶

Man this is a great channel. Thanks a ton for getting out there and making these vids 🇺🇸

Dem boys was locked into an ICE BOX🤣

Another great video DeAnn and it’s always great to see and hear you too!

Incredible commitment to getting out there and maybe stalling in all that. Was there at the lake and never forgot from a rented condo late at night a view way up above there was an engine that looked like a ufo from all the lights of it coming through what looked like a tunnel? That was one of the best parts of staying there for a week looking forward to that wild sight at night.🚂

I'm headed over to your site right now!.

YEAAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! We got the snowplow on Donner Pass!

I've always loved winter for the snow removal. I learned how to powerslide a Class 8 truck with a salt spreader and a blade. The job needed that kind of skill, because otherwise I wound up stuck. For those crews up top, I feel for them, having to use doers to clear around a stuck train, and wonder about the risk of damaging the track. Seems snow cats would be better, since they can walk on the snow without bellying out. The next piece of equipment I can recommend is an ASV tracked machine. I had a small service road that went to a cell tower to do every year. We called it "Devil's Tower," because someone would go out alone, get stuck, and try to get out. They would usually damage whatever they were driving pretty bad. The rule was, you never plowed it alone. I went out solo with our old ASV, and just a normal 4-in-1 bucket, not a snow bucket. I found that these machines could walk on drifts without sinking in, and could stack snow like you could stack dirt. The old style ones were very narrow, less than six feet. A good operator, with such a small dimension machine, could clear snow away from running gear. I've only seen one get stuck once, but that was a weird situation. Best machine for all around work, if you ask me.

I remember being next to Roseville when the railyard exploded from the munitions train that came thru.

I'm headed over to your site right now!!!

Pretty cool and that steam whistle is pretty cool!

I really enjoy your videos. I love to watch the trains. The big rotary in one of my favorites. I can't believe all the snow in the California Mountains. Some of those pictures are unbelievable!!!!!!!

Another great video DeAnn. Keep on posting them. Looking awesome as always lovely lady 😍

That was cool!!! Very interesting process. Thanks for posting.

Rotary snow plows are very impressive. I like steam engines. It seems like they have personalities. I like diesel engines too. They are these giant workhorses that really get a job done, but they don't have the personalities that steam engines have.

Thank you. Graduated from UNR. Love the mountains.

Wow I’ve never seen something so cool like that

Trestles and rain with the ocean in the background

Looks terribly Dangerous. Great work guys keeping the tracks open.

Rotary train to the rescue! 🦸

I always wondered what kind of cool stuff they use to remove huge amounts of snow, great video! New subscriber here!

i remember many trips to Reno growing up and watching the trains way up along the mountainside from the car. Beautiful sights.

Amazing video, definitely had my attention the whole time.

200 inches. Plus another 4-6 feet. Wow.

Great to see the snowplough in action lovely winter scenes good video thanks 👍🏻

Been going to Roseville for years to check the trains out. Where we park the flanger is right in front of us. Lucky to live in a place with tons of train activity

Stumbled on this channel and can't stop watching , great content

Great video although we don’t have this type of snow in Oz,still brings back memories of my railroading career ,keep em coming ,stay saf take care from ballarat in Oz,👏👏👋👋🇦🇺

Excellent! Though less of the snow and more of that babe!! Best of luck!

That was good thanks for letting us see this and God bless all be safe and careful

This is a very cool video I been cross country on buses and drove but I've always loved watching the different trains coming and going thanks for sharing and stay safe

This is a great video! Thank you!

A thousand thumbs up on this one!

Thanks loved it it's not every day you get to see snow action

Good action. Thanks, DeAnn !

What I want to see is: LESS UNNECESSARY INTERRUPTIONS

I injoy watching your videos of Donner pass

This is really beautiful ❤️. But I never thought about the Dangerous Condition's these guys face on a regular basis. Avalanche is something that I never thought about period. These are some really brave people to say the least. I'M very glad that everyone is okay. WOW ‼️🙋🏽.

Simply amazing and informative ! Thanks

Thats insane. Plain and simple..... That is crazy snow.. And amazing machines...

Amazing machines. Foreboding weather conditions. Crazy business trying to tame such adversity. I enjoyed watching the video.

Heading over to the site.......Happy Thanksgiving everyone

I m a rail fan I generally enjoy rail videos

Hey look, it’s 8444!

How groovy I love this Channel

I love the Diesel Rotary snow plows with extra horse power motive power.

Just ordered me a DVD! Awesome video! you guys have gained a New Subscriber! keep up the great work!

I’m happy to see that Europe is not the last continent to have them in use...

Thank you Happy Lady , I enjoyed the Video .

Wow, that was really awesome DeAnne! That had to be a scary time for the crews. Hope you guys had a great Thanksgiving! Stay safe! Cheers, Danny

Great video ,love it ,thank you and Big hugs from MN

That is absolutely insane, that much snow

AWESOME! Great Video! 👍

Just AWESOME...Thank you soooo..... :)

Amazing video! Mike from Missouri

Boy Like That Snow Like This Video

Love this video! New subscriber here!!! Love the winter snow storms!

I subscribed because of DeeAnn, what could be more fun an adorable host and great RR ops videos. I stayed because the videos are excellent and yes DeeAnn too.

Can't imagine being stuck up the pass 160 years ago

Pretty cool, modern operations. As an "Original Transcon RR" fan, I wonder what those folks who built it, would think? James Strobridge would be happy! Visited Bloomers Cut, and eventually ended at Summit Tunnel, last Oct....What history. Thanks.

I love watching this stuff wish i was there helping thanks for showing