The last unrebuilt GP35 I saw operate on BN heads south on the Oregon Trunk, under threatening skies.

An NRHS excursion from Portland to Astoria stops for a photo runby on the ex-SP&S line to Astoria. The lead GP38 was ordered by SP&S and delivered to BN.

A lumber drag crests Siskiyou summit on the hallowed Siskiyou Line.

Two months before the train was discontinued, the Rio Grande Zephyr is serviced at Grand Junction.

It has been nearly two years since the merger that created BNSF, but little has changed on the former Oregon Electric. A northbound train is just south of Harrisburg on the long approach to the Wi... (more)

Done with work for the day, McCloud Railway's two silver SDs back into the enginehouse.

After unloading guests at Siskiyou siding for a bus trip back to Ashland, the "Sunset" enters Siskiyou Line Tunnel 13. An SP official next to me dryly observed, "I sure hope the D'A... (more)

The Harbor Turn rolls down Adams Avenue on a Fall afternoon. This stretch of street running is a vestige of Southern Pacific's Red Electric interurban service.

During summer 1995, Willamette & Pacific hauled logs from a reload on the Toledo District. The log train was loaded on main track, and had to be clear of the Toledo Hauler by early afternoon. Here... (more)

The first ex-ATSF GP39 painted for new owner Willamette & Pacific shows off in downtown McMinnville on the Fourth of July 1993.

The Yreka Western heads west with empties from the SP interchange at Montague. This is a 'three Shastas' shot - the train is crossing the Shasta River in the Shasta Valley, with Mount Shasta in th... (more)

An RVMEM waits in the siding at Gazelle as a loaded lumber drag out of Medford passes on the main line. If a meet was needed on the south end of the Siskiyou Line, Gazelle was the preferred locati... (more)

Less than three months before UP closed the Modoc Line as a through route, a colorful CNW GE leads a westbound.

Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS's "Shasta Daylight 1990" excursion pauses at Klamath Falls for a crew change. The train carried passengers from Portland to Redding, CA and return.

At sunset on a late winter day, the Copic Local pounds the BN diamond at Stronghold. The upper quadrant semaphores were installed by Great Northern to protect the crossing with the Modoc Line. The... (more)