On a clear winter afternoon, a westbound train on the Shasta Route heads for Roseville. After rebuilding at Sacramento, lead unit SP 6768 was briefly SP 9501. It was renumbered for the proposed S... (more)

A manifest heads south on the Shasta Route, crossing the Salt Creek Arm of Lake Shasta.

Not long after it was returned to service in Oregon, the Mount Emily Shay pulls the Crooked River Dinner Train on the City of Prineville Railway.

One of the last southbound RoadRailer trains operated by Union Pacific on the Shasta Route nears a crew change at Klamath Falls.

When the Klamath Cogeneration Plant was built, the generators were delivered by rail. An extra BNSF yard job shoves the large loads to the plant site for delivery. The train is passing through Col... (more)

The Union Pacific E units lead an excursion train that is traveling from Bend to Portland, Oregon. In this image, the train is following Trout Creek into the Deschutes River Canyon.

The northbound Coast Starlight pauses for a relief crew at Worden, Oregon. The train is 14 miles short of the next station stop at Klamath Falls, where crews normally change.

Klamath Falls bills itself as Oregon's City of Sunshine. On a clear fall day, two southbound BNSF trains await a call for a trip to Keddie.

The first southbound Swift RoadRailer train operated by BNSF between the Northwest and Southern California highballs Wocus siding on UP's Cascade Subdivision. Given the Santa Fe’s legacy of inte... (more)

The southbound Swift RoadRailer crosses Dry Canyon Trestle on the flank of Mount Shasta. In 2021 the trestle was heavily damaged by a forest fire.

A Union Pacific manifest highballs Algoma siding along Upper Klamath Lake on the Cascade Subdivision. In nine miles, the train will pause for a crew change at Klamath Falls, Oregon. The signals in... (more)

A BNSF baretable rattles over the north switch of Union Pacific's Wocus siding. The train will return to home rail at Bieber Line Junction on the south side of Klamath Falls, Oregon. Since this ph... (more)

Watco power for the Palouse River & Coulee City Railroad awaits a call to duty in Winona, Washington.

Portland & Western's 663 train departs BNSF's Vancouver, Washington yard in summer 2009. The iconic triple searchlight signals were replaced a few years later.

The afternoon Cascades service from Eugene to Seattle nears Junction City, Oregon. It is passing the water tower for the new Oregon State Hospital, which opened a few years ago. The hill in the di... (more)