Less than a month before the Union Pacific takeover, a westbound drag on the Modoc Line climbs the 2.2% grade of Howard's Gulch. It looks like the job has a sufficient number of "cinder bloc... (more)

A tired looking tunnel motor and mates lug a long train of lumber empties up the Modoc Line toward Oregon.

Bound for the Great Western interchange with empties for Lakeview, the Alturas Turn descends Howards Gulch on the Modoc Line.

The engineer on a Sage Hen Helper waves as the train highballs Canby, CA on the Modoc Line.

An hour before sunset, a pair of unusually clean tunnel motors powers a short westbound manifest on light rail and cinder ballast on the remote Modoc Line. Rattlesnake Butte looms ominously in th... (more)