Dear friends,
in this video I tell you the story of the City of San Francisco train got stuck in the snow near the infamous Donner Pass, located in the Sierra Nevada.
#donnerpass #southernpacific #train #accident #snow #trapped
Please, for any questions write directly: tragicusdisaster@gmail.com
Credits:
San Francisco Chronicle
CHRONICLE VAULT//FROM THE ARCHIVE: OUR S.F.
1952 Sierra blizzard turned snowbound luxury train into frigid hell
PeterHartlaub
Dec. 3, 2022
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San Francisco Chronicle
THE TAKE
Snowbound in the Sierra: 3 days of hell on a train in 1952
Bill Van Niekerken
March 9, 2016
www.sfchronicle.com/thetake/a...
Reno gazette journal
Jan. 13, 1952: Luxury train stranded in Sierra snowstorm
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Rarely seen photos of the snowbound SP streamliner, Donner Summit, 1952
Karl Breckenridge
karlbreckenridge.com/2019/01/...
Cleaning up Donner Summit, 1952
Karl Breckenridge
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Mark McLaughlin
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Last all F-unit train to cross Donner Pass---Reno Fun Train, March 7, 1976
Drew Jacksich
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Donner Summit Historical Society:
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DSHS1116_Snow removal at Donner Pass-01 1-1-1952
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DSHS1146_Snowblower clearing roads-18 1-1-1952
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DSHS3290_Railroad rotary snowblower-02 ca 1900
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DSHS3405_Train emerging from train sheds at Norden CA 1981.jpg
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DSHS3454_Digging out Pacific Limited train wreck from snow sheds at Donner Pass 1936.jpg
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DSHS0550_Photographer on snowy Hwy40 at Donner Summit Bridge-02 ca 1930s.jpg
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DSHS3390_Aerial of train sheds and turntable at Norden.jpg
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Union Pacific Railroad Train #101, City of San Francisco; 15 cars.
by Otto Perry
"The Denver Public Library encourages use of these materials under the fair use clause of the 1976 copyright act.
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Drew Jacksich
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Marty Bernard
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Drew Jacksich
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Drew Jacksich
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Marty Bernard
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Doug Letterman
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Roger Puta Photograph
Marty Bernard
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Herbert Georg, Springfield, IL.
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Contea del Nevada, California
Library of Congress Divisione stampe e fotografie Washington, DC 20540 USA
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Ken Lund
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EducatedRigidCranefly
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Military editor
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13 янв 2023
