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.

Modoc Northern switches out cars at Stukel siding on the Modoc Line. The railroad went out of business less than a year later.

On a hot August afternoon, a Modoc Northern train heads for Alturas on the former Modoc Line.

A Modoc Northern train is heading for Alturas on the Modoc Line.

A Modoc Northern train heads toward the UP interchange at Klamath Falls. The railroad ceased operation the following spring.

A southbound Modoc Northern train on the old SP/NCO line to Lakeview rolls along the Pit River. MNRR went out of business less than a year later.