The North Coast Daylight tiptoes along the Eel River as it nears the Scotia Bluffs. Once past this slide-prone area, the train will deliver its passengers to Eureka for two nights and a day on Cal... (more)

On a foggy coastal Sunday morning, the North Coast Daylight stands on 1st Street in Eureka. The train is being prepared for its trip to Willits.

A northbound Eureka Southern train disturbs the peace in the hamlet of Farley on a Saturday morning. Today, the residents of Farley no longer have to worry about those distracting train noises.

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

A Eureka Southern train rolls northbound on a perfect North Coast morning.

The North Coast Daylight rolls toward Eureka on Labor Day Weekend. The Scotia Bluffs the train is passing were a constant source of problems for the railroad.

Filled with passengers, the North Coast Daylight rolls along Humboldt Bay during Labor Day Weekend.

A northbound freight train is just out of Willits on a Saturday morning. It has been a little over a year since February 1986 storms hammered the railroad. That storm started a decline that eventu... (more)

On a hot summer afternoon, Eureka Southern's road freight meets the North Coast Daylight at Fort Seward. The crews will swap trains and return to their home terminal.

The North Coast Daylight rolls through the redwoods on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend 1985.

A southbound Eureka Southern freight pokes its nose out of the Island Mountain tunnel. It is interesting to consider that during the Christmas 1964 floods the water rose to just below these bridg... (more)

The daily train of mostly empty lumber cars heads north from Willits across Outlet Creek toward Eureka.

A northbound log train approaches the Caen Rock bridge on the Eureka Southern.

A Eureka Southern train snakes along beside the Eel River on the former NWP. In response to a comment, this was taken leaning out the window of the caboose cupola. Note the winter high water mark... (more)

The Eureka Southern was one of the more colorful and scenic shortlines in California during its all too short life trying to operate the north end of the former NWP.