On the first day of fall, a 14 hour late Coast Starlight crosses Dry Canyon Viaduct on the flank of Mount Shasta. The next station stop for train 11 will be Dunsmuir.

Union Pacific 8181 tugs a lengthy northbound manifest across the Dry Creek Trestle near Hotlum, California. With a ballast train doing work at Kegg, this would be one of only three trains to pass ... (more)

A southbound manifest with a cut of Pacific Northwest lumber on the point rumbles across Dry Canyon Trestle approaching Hotlum with Mount Shasta and Shastina behind.

A colorful stack train climbs northward through the desolate lava fields between Hotlum and Andesite on the western flank of Mount Shasta. Lake Shastina is visible in the distance to the upper rig... (more)

Three venerable ES44AC's trot a heavy Southbound manifest; full of lumber products from the Pacific Northwest, over the Dry Creek Trestle.

As seen from atop a small rock protruding out of the manzanita growth, a northbound manifest freight is approaching the north switch of Hotlum siding while some 10,000 feet above, Mount Shasta hol... (more)

Lost in the lava flows: As the shadows grow long and the sun dips towards the horizon behind me, the peace and quiet in the remote desert below California's Mount Shasta is disturbed by a northbou... (more)

A shot on the bridge, or with the mountain... Why not both? A long hike out through the manzanita yielded this view looking back broadside at Dry Canyon Trestle with the 14,179-foot-high summit of... (more)

A short northbound manifest climbs the grade through Hotlum siding on a warm summer morning on UP's Black Butte Sub.

Perfect timing: Five minutes before sunset, I watched with dismay as the sun dropped into a layer of clouds hanging along the horizon to the northwest. I had been hearing the sound of an approachi... (more)

A 70ACe and two SD70M's lead a northbound Z train across Dry Canyon Viaduct, located just north of Hotlum siding. This rugged stretch of mountain railroad through the lava beds below Mount Shasta ... (more)

As morning clouds slowly clear, the northbound Coast Starlight navigates through the never-ending curves along the flanks of Mount Shasta between Hotlum and Andesite.

During my five days spent at Mount Shasta, I attempted this shot every single evening, and due to clouds and/or trains not coming at the right time, it was not until the evening of the final day t... (more)

The sun was just coming off the northeastern horizon when I first made out the distant silhouette of a train through my binoculars, having just began the descent from Grass Lake. At that point, Mo... (more)