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Image: Donner Pass Summit Tunnel West Portal

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Description: Composited digital illustration depicting the West portal of the CPRR's "Summit Tunnel" (Tunnel #6) which was in continuous use by the CPRR, SPRR, and UPRR from 1868 to 1993 at Donner Pass (Norden, California) on Track #1 of the original "Sierra Grade" of the Central Pacific Railroad. (The tracks removed in 1993 have been digitally restored in this illustration.)
Title: Donner Pass Summit Tunnel West Portal
Credit: (Original text: 'The Cooper Collection of US Railroad History (private collection))
Author: DigitalImageServices.com
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0
License: CC BY-SA 3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0
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