Under storm clouds and late afternoon sun, a northbound train heads up the remote Modoc line just north of Crest between Wendel and Alturas in northwestern California. This shortcut between Oreg... (more)

A westbound lumber drag heads toward Dunsmuir on the Shasta Route. This location on the shoulder of US 97 is a great place for catching trains and Mount Shasta.

A Roger Puta Photograph

The Swift RoadRailer heads south out of Klamath Falls on a cold spring day.

Adam Farence Photo....

This rotary plow was built in 1920 as a conventional steam powered rotary snow plow at the American Locomotive Company Cooke works in 1920. In 1958 it was rebuilt as an electrically powered plow, ... (more)

On a frigid February day, SP's local to Alturas heads east on the Modoc Line.

Espee's first two SD70Ms head for Los Angeles with the Pacific Coast Express. The train is crossing the Salt Creek Arm of Lake Shasta.

A Roger Puta Photograph

The engineer on a Sage Hen Helper waves as the train highballs Canby, CA on the Modoc Line.

Sunday in the Park with Doyle*

How I spent my third anniversary: Southern Pacific GS-4 class 4-8-4 4449, with SP SD40E 7342 as a helper, crosses Stenner Creek Trestle as it blasts i... (more)

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.

During SP's last summer in Lake County, Oregon, the Lakeview Local departs town. The family living in the old depot has come out to give the train a roll-by.

A westbound Southern Pacific high-priority freight rumbles through Vail (Cienega Creek), Arizona, on April 22, 1990, led by EMD GP60 No. 9719. This train even trailed a Southern Pacific Railroad P... (more)

Southern Pacific Railroad Police caboose No. 4709 rolls west on the rear of a SP freight at Vail (Cienega Creek), Arizona, on April 22, 1990. SP had several of these cars that were used by special... (more)