Lunch is long over, and the Silver Banquet is ready for the first call to dinner on the Rio Grande Zephyr.

McCloud Railway's weekly train to the BNSF interchange heads east in August 2001. At Bartle, the train will take a left and proceed out the line to Lookout. Even though the end of operation east o... (more)

On a hot July day, Lake County's boomer GP7 (originally delivered to NKP!) departs Lakeview for the UP interchange at Alturas.

Amtrak's Sunset Limited and a westbound SP freight pass each other east of Tucson.

Late on a summer evening, SP's Lakeview Local nears Alturas on the Lakeview Branch. In January 1986, this trackage would be sold to Lake County, Oregon.

SP's Hillsboro Roustabout heads for the mill at Seghers. The train is traveling on the north end of the old Westside Branch. This line once hosted interurban service.

Locomotives wearing paint schemes from two different mergers are seen at the Brooklyn Yard engine servicing facility.

The SP's Toledo Hauler crests the Oregon Coast Range at Summit in March 1992. In less than a year, this line was leased to Genesee & Wyoming as the Willamette & Pacific.

Under somewhat eerie light caused by smoke from forest fires, the North Coast Daylight rolls north at Dos Rios.

A tardy Coast Starlight heads north with a Cascades F59 on the point.

A westbound train passes Hackamore Reservoir on the Modoc Line. By the time the lake dries up for the summer, through freights will no longer run on these tracks.

Less than two months after the Willamette & Pacific started operations, five leased SP 'Cadillacs' tote the McMinnville Hauler west near Cipole. Since track speed was a uniform 10 MPH from McMinnv... (more)

Two brand-new SD70Ms make a move at the west end of Dunsmuir Yard.

After barnstorming through the Northwest on Operation Lifesaver specials, two of UP's three E units head home. The green hillsides will not last much longer.

While the Columbia River Drawbridge is open for marine traffic, PNWR's 663 train waits to depart for Albany.