Monday, May 30, 2016

Donner Pass & Abandoned Railroad Tunnels (Part 8) - Truckee/Tahoe February 2016

Back in February 2016, I took at trip to Truckee, CA and Lake Tahoe (both California and Nevada side). Most of the photos are of snowy winter scenery. I visited places such as Donner Lake, Tahoe City, Kings Beach, Abandoned Historical Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Tunnels, and more. I took many photos and are here to share with you. The photos will be split over several blog posts. If you have been following me on here, you'd know there has been a ton of stuff happening in my life such as my old computer breaking down and health issues I've had to deal with. This delayed my photo processing by a very long time which is why I am only posting them now. I also did vlogs on this trip. If you are interested in viewing them, you can do so here.

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The photos for today are from day 3 of my trip and were taken on 2/21/2016. The photos for today are from Donner Pass, China Wall, and Abandoned Historical Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Tunnel #7 and #8. It is located at Donner Pass in Truckee, CA. This and the rest of the blog posts will feature photos from these abandoned railroad tunnels.

A winter scenery photo from Donner Pass shot between Central Pacific Railroad Tunnels #6 and #7. In the photo, you can see Donner Pass Road and Donner Summit Bridge which was where I was at in one of the previous blog posts.  
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 18 58 N 120 19 23 W  

Black and white process of the photo above.  


A photo of Central Pacific Railroad Tunnel #7 shot between tunnels #6 and #7. Right through the tunnel, you can see China Wall. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 18 5 N 120 19 22 W 

Black and white process of the photo above.  

Another photo of Central Pacific Railroad Tunnel #7 shot between tunnels #6 and #7. Right through the tunnel, you can see China Wall. This photo was shot in the same position as the photo above. 

 Black and white process of the photo above. 


A photo of China Wall and Central Pacific Railroad Tunnel #8. Due to the time constraints that day, I didn't head into tunnel #8. China Wall is the wall in front of tunnel #8 on the right. The wall is called China Wall because Chinese workers constructed the wall along with most of the Central Pacific Railroad system. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 18 57 N 120 19 16 W 

Black and white process of the photo above.  


 A winter scenery photo from Donner Pass shot between Central Pacific Railroad Tunnels #7 and #8. In the photo, you can see Donner Pass Road and Donner Summit Bridge which was where I was at in one of the previous blog posts.

Black and white process of the photo above.  

Another winter scenery photo from Donner Pass shot between Central Pacific Railroad Tunnels #7 and #8. In the photo, you can see Donner Pass Road and Donner Summit Bridge which was where I was at in one of the previous blog posts. This photo was shot in the same position as the photo above. 

A photo of the underpass on Old Donner Summit Road. Right behind the tree near the center is China Wall. I didn't even know this was an underpass when I took the photo, but the 4:20 graffiti cracked me up and I thought it would be funny to take a photo of it. 
Approximate GPS location (type into Google) according to the Canon GP-E2 GPS Receiver: 39 18 56 N 120 19 16 W

This is all the photos for today! I hope you have enjoyed the photos! In the next blog post I will post the rest of my photos from my trip back through the Abandoned Historical Central Pacific Railroad (CPRR) Tunnels. Please don't forget to share the blog post with your friends and family members! Also, if you want to get notifications when I post up more photos, "Like" us on Facebook or follow me on Twitter and Instagram. These links can also be found on the top of the right sidebar.

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