Once upon a time, trains on the Modoc Line added helpers at Ravendale. By 1988, the water tank standing along the tracks was the only remaining structure from those days.
An eastbound train on the Modoc Line crosses Burlington Northern's former Great Northern trackage.
Southern Pacific SD45T-2 9364 leads the Ringling Bros. circus train up the Mulford Line past the Agnew depot on August 18, 1986. The train is on its way to Oakland. After the circus plays its date... (more)
Just in from Klamath Falls, an eastbound Modoc Line train changes crews at Wendel.
On a frigid winter day, an EUASM meets a light helper on the Modoc Line.
A westbound train on the Shasta Route exits Tunnel 17 at Dorris. The lead unit would soon be renumbered to SP 6768.
An eastbound lumber drag on the Modoc Line is passing Crest siding in winter 1989. The temperature matched the population - 0F. From here, it will be almost all downhill to the crew change at Wen... (more)
Espee GrimeA Southern Pacific freight heads north (railroad east) through Traver, California, on September 14, 1979. Cotton Belt SD45T-2 9374 is on the point this day. There is a ... (more)
SP 9359 is in the shops getting serviced while SP 6639 has suffered a bent frame from a wreck. One is in good shape, the other is not.
On May 6, 2014, an eastbound Kyle grain train departs Arriba, Colorado, on the former Rock Island main line. Two former Southern Pacific SD45T-2s power the train, led by freshly repainted No. 3099... (more)
This is a mid-train helper. A Roger Puta Photograph
SSW 6876 leads a freight near Mojave, CA in May of 1994.
A Roger Puta Photograph
The low roar of two 20-cylinder EMD prime movers followed closely by the staccato ratcheting of a GE C30-7 fill the air in rural Salt Lake County as SP's Eugene, Oregon to Chicago, Illinois Q-trai... (more)
