Loaded with around 200 highway truckloads of logs, the Bly Turn is about to enter yard limits in Klamath Falls' south suburbs.
An OC&E yard job backs a trainload of logs into the sort yard at Weyco's mill for unloading.
Power for the final Bly Turn approaches the West Switchback. In about ten minutes, the locomotives will pass in the opposite direction on the track in the foreground.
After OC&E quit hauling logs in April 1990, the railroad had one remaining commercial customer. Since this business received inbound asphalt loads that were distributed to road projects all over ... (more)
A short Sycan Turn departs the West Switchback for Klamath Falls. If the train were of 'normal' length, the rear caboose would be visible on the grade above the power.
Near sunset on a beautiful summer evening, an SP Baldwin S12 switches cars.
Having tied the first half of their train down in one of the tail tracks on the West Switchback, the Bly Turn crew start the return move to the East Switchback to get the rest of their train.
The loaded Bly Turn arrives at the West Switchback. The green GP9 trailing is one of the three units Weyerhaeuser purchased from BN for use on the non-common carrier Woods Line.
October is the nicest month in the Klamath Basin. On a fine fall afternoon, an empty OC&E log train heads for the reload at Sycan.
A log train disturbs the peace of a Saturday morning in the Yonna Valley.
BN SD9 No. 6126 brings a long string of Oregon, California and Eastern lumber cars into the yard under a sky filled with clouds.
A tardy Coast Starlight heads north with a Cascades F59 on the point.
The final Bly Turn backs into OC&E's yard at Klamath Falls. Many local residents came out to watch the last logger enter town.
OC&E's last loaded log train is arriving at Klamath Falls.
Originally intended to be a branchline to Bonanza, the spur at Dairy crossed Oregon Highway 140 and served a small agricultural customer. An eastbound train of empties passes the wye in 1988.
