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 Message 2950 
 Larry Sheldon to Martin Connor 
 Re: Donner Pass tunnels 
 19 Aug 14 22:28:12 
 
From: lfsheldon@gmail.com

On 8/19/2014 21:54, Martin Connor wrote:
> Just been on the California Zephyr and a very good trip it was too.
> All the potential pitfalls people logged on trip advisor did not seem
> to arise. My question is on the westbound trip through the Donner
> Pass, we seemed to go through only 1 real tunnel (thought lots of
> snowsheds) between Truckee and Colfax.  Am I right with this or did I
> miscount them?  Also it was on a section of the western ascent and
> was where there were 2 tunnel portals and the date on them was
> something like 1880's or 1860's.  Been trying ever since to work out
> which ones they were and how many have now been bypassed since? Any
> helpful pointers would be appreciated.

http://www.abandonedrails.com/Donner_Pass

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