An eastbound lumber drag crosses the Madeline Plains on Southern Pacific's Modoc Line. Most of the traffic was off the Siskiyou in Plate C cars. This resulted in many trains with nice, uniform ap... (more)

One of the first trains on the Modoc Line after the SP/Rio Grande merger descends the grade eastbound from Sage Hen. The last train ran here in summer 1997; this is now a hiking trail.

Less than two months after the Southern Pacific/Rio Grande merger, an eastbound lumber drag on the Modoc Line passes the water tower at Madeline. One of the first actions taken after the merger wa... (more)