Alfred A Hart 184 - Upper Cisco, Rattlesnake and Yuba Mountains. For several years, Cisco was the "end of the line" for the railroad. Freight headed up the mountains had to be unloaded and reloaded on wagons, which then climbed the Dutch Flat Donner Lake Wagon road. In summer 1867, 58 carloads of freight were transferred every day. Wood was in great demand for railroad ties, fuel and buildings, and many of the trees were removed. They have returned, and now obscure much of the view. The mountain on the right is Signal Peak. Rattlesnake Mountain is out of view to the right. Photo location 39° 18.005'N 120° 32.745'W