The southbound RoadRailer passes Long Lake on a summer morning. The train is powered by SD40-2s representing BNSF's merger components.

A northbound manifest on the Gateway Subdivision passes Long Lake on a summer morning.

A couple of months after the service started, an eastbound Swift RoadRailer heading for Portland climbs Calimus Hill.

The calm before the highball. Observation NRMX 2955 awaits departure to Wishram, Washington on the rear of an excursion pulled by SP 4449.

Due to flooding on the main line near Oregon City, Southern Pacific detoured some intermodal trains on Willamette & Pacific in February 1996. One of the detours passes through St. Joseph, near McM... (more)

Semaphores on the Siskiyou Line face a sunset, both literally and figuratively.

An OC&E log train passes over a loaded log truck on Oregon Hwy. 140 east of Klamath Falls. Lead unit OCE 7602 was originally built as General Electric U25 demonstrator GE 2501.

An eastbound train of lumber empties crosses the Shasta Valley on the Siskiyou Line. The lead unit is now in Sacramento as part of the CSRM collection.

An excursion train on the Lewis & Clark Railway is a couple of miles from the end of the trip at Battle Ground.

Late on a spring afternoon, a lumber drag rolls westward on the Siskiyou Line.

An eastbound Siskiyou Line train rolls through the Shasta Valley. The lead unit is now preserved in Sacramento at the California State Railroad Museum.

A meet on the Siskiyou Line - a train of empties proceeds eastward up the main line while a westbound waits in the siding at Gazelle.

A relatively short eastbound Siskiyou Line train nears Hornbrook.

Roaring up the 3.3% grade to Black Butte, a westbound train bisects Weed, California on the Siskiyou Line. Power for the Weed Local is parked at right.

A Happy Valley Helper set leads a westbound Espee manifest on the Sunset Route. When we visited the area, the GP35 pairs seemed to be everywhere.