In the brutal winter of 1952, what passengar train was stranded for 5 days on Southern Pacific’s Donner Pass?
- Daylight
- City of San Fransico
- Sunset Limited
- Cascade
#2 City of SF
Well, I don’t know, but I’ll take a guess and say #2.
I’m gonna go wit…after much diliberationwith the panel …#2!
I think it is No2. Also there was one in canada, was reading about it in a book I have called North American Trains.
When you don’t have a clue, always guess #2
Just to make it a hoss race, I’ll guess no. 3.
al
Oops! Hold da phone. Wouldn’t the Donner Pass be WAY too far north for the border-hugging Sunset Limited?
Looks like #2 is the way to go. UP had most of the “City of” trains, so I’m guessing this was a UP-SP handoff taking up most of the Golden Spike’s route.
City of SF, I saw it on TV a few weeks back.
City of San Francisco…learned that one from a National Park ranger / tour guide aboard Amtrak’s California Zephyr this past summer [8D].
The City of San Francisco is the only one listed that went over Donner Pass, which obviously makes that the correct answer.
City of San Fran.
City of San Fran
Also…wasn’t there an Empire Builder that froze to the rails 15-20 years back?
Froze to the rails??
#2, it makes me happy when I know.
Matthew
#2. City of San Francisco. An excellent book" Snowbound Streamliner" was written about the event. I was about 1 month old when this happened.