An eastbound lumber drag on the Modoc Line is about to make a 180 degree change in direction at Indian Camp Loop. This train is around five miles into the climb from Likely to Sage Hen.

This odd structure once stood at Sage Hen on the Modoc Line. Not long after Rio Grande Industries acquired Southern Pacific in fall 1988, an eastbound passes the shack.

Southern Pacific imagery on the Modoc Line at Wendel.

A Southern Pacific Railroad freight prepares to depart the railroad’s West Colton Yard late in the day. SP SD45T-2 9340, SD45 8956, SD45T-2 9228 and SD40 8443 will have the honors of lifting th... (more)

Following a crew change, an eastbound lumber drag on the Modoc Line departs Wendel. Southern Pacific had less than four weeks of independence remaining.

With the Warner Mountains for a backdrop, an eastbound manifest on the Modoc Line exits Indian Camp Loop. Earlier in the month, Modoc trackage between Alturas and Wendel had been reactivated follo... (more)

The railroad that never was - a westbound lead by a tunnel motor wearing the SPSF scheme is about to pass the only caboose Southern Pacific painted for the never-consummated merger.

An eastbound lumber drag on the Modoc Line descends Viewland Hill into the Honey Lake Valley. The train will stop for a crew change at Wendel in less than ten minutes.

Siskiyou Line SDs lay over at the Medford depot on a Saturday afternoon.

Forest fire smoke dominates the high desert as an eastbound Modoc Line train rolls along US 395 near Termo. Both the road power and helper can be seen as this lumber drag curves through the sagebr... (more)

The Rapid City, Pierre & Eastern operated a handful of LTEX tunnel motors for a while in 2021, including the 9282 still wearing the paint scheme of its original owner, Southern Pacific. The venera... (more)

Shot from the lower portion of Swarthout Canyon Rd. Cajon Pass, SP 9218 leads a coal train east, on the Palmdale/Colton Cutoff, Fall 1991

A Full-Size "Model Railroad." How many of us had a 4 x 8 HO train layout in the basement when we were younger? Mine looked a lot like this - a mix of old and new railroad equi... (more)

Three southbound Southern Pacific trains sit in the SP yard at Mojave, California, on March 3, 1994. Both freight trains on the left are led by SP EMD SD45T-2s, while the oil cans in the distance ... (more)

After Southern Pacific mothballed Siskiyou Summit, traffic off the Siskiyou Line had to go north to Eugene to go south into California. A westbound train with rerouted traffic from the Rogue Vall... (more)