This Southern Pacific produced film is dedicated to its employees who fought the snow on Donner Pass, during the record breaking snows of 1951 and 1952. All of Southern Pacifics snowfighting equipment is put to use.There is rare footage of The City Of San Francisco (passenger train) being dug out and pulled free after being trapped for three days in a snowslide.This film shows all aspects of the tough and dirty work of keeping the lines open, no matter what the weather. Also on this tape: Science Rides The High Iron From automated freight yards to diesel engines, we see the railroad experts work to improve each part of train commerce and travel. Experience the triumphs of their efforts as we ride aboard modern passenger diesels of the 1950s and 60s era.
Total running time 44 minutes, Color