On Thanksgiving afternoon, a loaded sugar beet train departs the Klamath Basin. The following morning, it will be interchanged to California Northern and forwarded to Holly Sugar's refinery at Ham... (more)

A train bound for Roseburg splits a pair of semaphores on the Siskiyou Line.

An extra West Stayton Local negotiates the connection between the Geer Branch and the West Stayton Branch at Geer, Oregon. The train was taking a mechanical refrigerator car to spot at Stayton on... (more)

Having paused for Amtrak 28 at Washougal, an ethanol train is heading for a crew change at Vancouver, Washington.

A former CNW unit leads the Reno Local as it comes off the mainline at Reno Junction. In Western Pacific days, six axle units were not authorized to operate on the branch. Today, the portion of ... (more)

Power off the EURBL has cut off its train and is parked in front of the depot at Roseburg. During the late 80s/early 90s, Southern Pacific routinely ran a Eugene-Roseburg train down the Siskiyou ... (more)

On a gloomy Western Oregon morning, the Glendale Hauler heads for its namesake. The train is hauling loads out of Grants Pass to Glendale for pickup tonight by the MEEUM. By doing this, the road... (more)

The February 1986 storms that hammered Northern California caused sufficient damage to close the Lake County Railroad for a couple of weeks. The first train to depart Lakeview after repairs were ... (more)

A westbound train highballs Oakridge, heading into the Oregon Cascades.

The brakeman and engineer on a helper locomotive watch the Louisiana World's Fair Daylight pass by in Dunsmuir, California. The T-2 is only four years old. Thanks to the "EL PASO" lettering on t... (more)

The remains of a turntable pit at Signal Butte on the McCloud Railway are somewhat deceptive. The turntable that was here was relatively small, and was only used for speeders and maintenance of w... (more)

Southern Pacific's hot PTLAT climbs Sanders Hill near Dorris, California. The grade above the power was part of a shoofly used while adjacent Tunnel 17 was completed. You can see the rear of thi... (more)

The SP Clack Switcher is crossing Kellogg Lake in the Portland suburb of Milwaukie. At the time, this trackage was part of SP's Tillamook Branch. The train was returning to Brooklyn Yard after pi... (more)

After an overnight trip from Portland, the brand new Swift RoadRailer train closes in on Mount Shasta.

On a sunny fall afternoon, SP trains meet in the Oregon Cascades.