Almost two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, the Swift RoadRailer heads for Southern California.

Shortly after the Pacific Parlour service began in 1995, one of the cars heads north on the Coast Starlight.

A westbound Southern Pacific manifest slows to take siding for Amtrak 14 at Grass Lake.

The northbound Coast Starlight rolls along Grass Lake on a summer morning in 1995. The train is nearing the summit of Southern Pacific's crossing of the Southern Cascades. In about an hour, No. 14... (more)

Returning to Portland after overnighting in Redding, the "Shasta Daylight 1990" excursion special passes Grass Lake.

On a clear fall afternoon, the Swift RoadRailer highballs southbound near Grass Lake, California.

The Louisiana Worlds Fair Daylight highballs Grass Lake siding on the Shasta Route. Former Great Northern observation "Appekunny Mountain" looked right at home on the rear, as its big w... (more)

In the shadow of Mount Shasta, an eastbound arrives at Grass Lake. The summit of the Southern Cascades is a couple of miles ahead.

The northbound Coast Starlight passes a Union Pacific freight at Grass Lake. Next stop: Klamath Falls, where the smokers will sprint for the platform.

A southbound Z train rolls through the Shasta Cascade Wonderland, led by a rare (for the area) North Western GE.

For a couple of months in the spring, Grass Lake on the Shasta Route is an actual lake due to snow melt. The northbound Coast Starlight is nearing the summit of the Southern Cascades on Memorial D... (more)

The Coast Starlight rolls in the shadow of Mount Shasta on Memorial Day weekend 1995.

A westbound lumber drag heads toward Dunsmuir on the Shasta Route. This location on the shoulder of US 97 is a great place for catching trains and Mount Shasta.

Fort Worth, we have a problem. Diesel fuel cascades from the walkway of BNSF 4019 as it departs Grass Lake, CA, following a stop to shut down the unit. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Grass Lake, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4019
Train ID: H-BARPAS1-20D
Photo Date: June 22, 2013

At 6:48am the Coast Starlight was running on schedule, after cresting the 5105' summit at Grass Lake. They will make OS at K-Falls within about one hour owing to some fast track into Dorris.