An EMD SD45 leads an SP westbound out of tunnel 5. This is the sight of much damage caused by the 7.3 earthquake of 1952. Tunnel 5 was contorted and tunnel 4 destroyed, the latter being bypassed a... (more)

A westbound train on the Siskiyou Line splits the Style B semaphores at the east switch of Safley siding.

Excursion train from Bend, OR to Portland, OR.

Excursion train from Bend, OR to Portland, OR.

The Copic Local passes the wig wag at Malone. It was the last "Magnetic Flagman" in service on the Modoc Line.

An eastbound train on the Shasta Route highballs Penoyar siding.

The "Spirit that Won the West" shippers special rolls westbound down the Siskiyou Line.

A westbound freight train on the Shasta Route rolls through the reverse curves near the former siding of Bolam. The train is running along the northwest flank of Mt. Shasta.

Southern Pacific GE AC4400CW No. 239 leads an eastbound Union Pacific coal train through the snow approaching the west switch of Cliff siding at Pinecliffe, Colorado, on April 23, 1999.

A westbound manifest highballs Black Butte, heading for the crew change at Dunsmuir.

The Louisiana Worlds Fair Daylight highballs Grass Lake siding on the Shasta Route. Former Great Northern observation "Appekunny Mountain" looked right at home on the rear, as its big w... (more)

On Black Friday 1992, the Copic Local heads out the Modoc Line. The train has empty beet racks to spot at the Merrill beet loader.

SP freight passing the Rio Grande River

Done working for the day, the Glendale Hauler heads for tie-up at Grants Pass.

In its last summer of operation, SP's Lakeview Local heads for Alturas on the Lakeview Branch. The line would be sold to Lake County, Oregon at the end of the year.