Zee train coming down the hill at 8:09am along the Central Pacific constructed portion of the line between Weed and Grass Lake. "The Gooseneck" mountain is in the background.

At 9:40am, a three-plus hour late Coast Starlight rolls across the Dry Creek Trestle among the lava lands of Mount Shasta. A normal crew change would've occurred at K-Falls but due to the delays ... (more)

Northbound at the Dry Creek Trestle on the side of Mount Shasta, moving empty evergreen containers to Tacoma with a patched SP AC44CW.

Due to a temporary detour agreement BNSF was running trains on UP rails in Northern California and Oregon. On Saturday morning this workhorse was pulling the grade up to the summit at Grass Lake a... (more)

At 7:51am The Coast Starlight was running over two hours down at this point, which afforded a pretty daylight view of the train along the northwestern flanks of Mount Shasta. On top of their othe... (more)

A northbound extra crossing Dry Creek Trestle along the northslope of California's Mt. Shasta in the mid afternoon.