For a couple of weeks in October, the aspen groves along the Shasta Route near Chiloquin, Oregon turn a brilliant gold. The Coast Starlight passes by in 2003.

The "Parker Peavine Extra" pauses for a crew change at Needles. The train was a unique three day circle trip from Los Angeles on ATSF. Day one was Los Angeles to Flagstaff. On the second... (more)

Bound for the NRHS Convention in San Jose, SP 4449 climbs the 1% westward grade at Kegg Pit, California. At the time, no one realized that this would be the last time the Daylight 4-8-4 would go ... (more)

A California Northern train heads south down the old SP West Valley Line in 1994. We were on the way to Winterail, so we were pleased to catch a CFNR train.

On the way to Winterail 1994, we caught a California Northern train switching in Williams, California. Once upon a time, Giant Orange stands like the one in the foreground could be found along hi... (more)

Holly Sugar used a small industrial locomotive to switch empty beet cars at its sugar refinery in Hamilton City, California.

An eastbound passenger special crosses the Nehalem River in Oregon's Coast Range during fall 1991. The curve across the river marks the northernmost point reached by Southern Pacific.

An eastbound passenger special rolls along Nehalem Bay in fall 1991. The train would cross the Coast Range and terminate at Banks.

An eastbound POTB freight train crosses the large timber trestle over Oregon Highway 47 near Buxton. This trackage is now out of service.

The Oregon Coastline Express makes a station stop at Garibaldi.

A pair of former Southern Pacific Cadillacs work the Trask River Lumber spur. The Port of Tillamook Bay's industrial park is housed in a former WWII Naval Air Station that was a blimp base.

Using an ex-CNJ RDC, the Oregon Coastline Explorer nears a passenger stop in Rockaway Beach.

A California Northern sugar beet train has arrived at Wyo, California on CFNR's former SP West Valley Line. The crew is preparing to switch out the train before proceeding to the Holly Sugar refin... (more)

On a hot August day, the Yolo Short Line totes a long string of boxcars to West Sacramento.

On a hot August afternoon, a Modoc Northern train descends the 2.2% grade down Howard's Gulch. The clearing in the forest was created when Southern Pacific had a nasty wreck here in the early 80s.