An eastbound train on the Modoc Line has arrived at Wendel, where the midtrain helpers will be set out. Southern Pacific had less than a month of independence remaining.

Southern Pacific imagery on the Modoc Line at Wendel.

A westbound Modoc Line train awaits a rested crew at Wendel, California. The exotic mix of locomotives makes quite a sight in the Honey Lake Valley. For some unknown reason, the train has been par... (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.

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.

With the Amedee Mountains for a backdrop, an ASEUM prepares to depart for Klamath Falls on the Modoc Line. This train of lumber empties should arrive in Eugene the following day.

The sixth eastbound train on the Modoc Line after the SP/DRGW merger descends Viewland Hill near Wendel, California. Mothballed between Wendel and Alturas, California in January 1987, the Modoc wa... (more)

One of the first eastbound trains on the Modoc Line after the SP/DRGW merger nears a crew change at Wendel, California.

An eastbound train on the Modoc Line is approaching the crew change at Wendel. The line had reopened to through traffic three days earlier when Rio Grande and SP merged.

A train of Arizona fire salvage logs departs Wendel for Susanville. This was our chase on the day before Winterail 2003.

When Rio Grande and Southern Pacific merged, one of the first acts taken was to reopen the mothballed Modoc Line. The third eastbound Modoc train arrives at Wendel for a crew change.

Just in from Klamath Falls, an eastbound Modoc Line train changes crews at Wendel.

In the morning twilight, only the ice on the ties belies how cold it was. A northbound freight waits for a crew at Wendel. With the dorms and beanery abandoned and crews driven to Susanville for r... (more)

It's the last run for the Quincy Railroad on their line between Susanville and Wendel, Ca.

Quincy Railroad #12 is picking up empty centerbeams to take back to Susanville. The track going off into the distance is the remains of the Modoc Line which had been dismantled North of Wendel.