BNSF Railway has maintained a unique avalanche program to keep its main line to the Pacific Northwest open. It only took a ...

Snowshoers will find over 8 miles of trails open in winter ... Visitors will learn about the overland railroad route along with Donner Pass. The Truckee Railroad Museum is steps from Truckee ...

The Visitor Center features exhibits on the Donner Party incident, the railroad builders ... long and a little over a half mile wide, it's on the eastern side of Donner Pass, and features 37 ...

Truckee was a great option because it had been a major railroad town since the completion ... After roads were built over Donner Pass, more people visited the area and it allowed for new movie ...

The Highline Express will return for the 2025 summer season at the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad!

Harding in Nenana, Alaska, just days before he died in office, which marked the completion of the Alaska Railroad over a century ago. (Christie's Images via AP) ...

Winter weather has brought chain controls to I-80 over Donner Summit on Friday, according to the California Highway Patrol Truckee. Controls are in effect in both directions of I-80 from Truckee ...

The railroad said in an announcement that it carried 60,653 passengers in 2024, a 17.5% increase over 2023. The railroad said it saw ridership increases across all its rides, including the Easter ...

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The golden spike that was used to complete the Alaska Railroad over a century ago will be on permanent display in Alaska for the first time after entities combined to ...

The Donner Lake Deep Cleaning Project has made significant ... To date, the dive team has conducted 18 cleanup dives over 11 days, successfully removing 1,526.35 pounds of small submerged litter ...