The peace of a summer evening is shattered by an eastbound drag of lumber empties on the Shasta Route. This train has completed the climb out of the Sacramento River Canyon and is now closing in ... (more)

The Trinity Alps loom in the distance as the Swift RoadRailer heads for Los Angeles. After dropping into the Sacramento River Canyon and curving around Cantara Loop, the train will change crews a... (more)

McCloud Railway's 'Hill Job' is nearing the UP interchange in Mount Shasta.

A McCloud Railway train backs toward the interchange with Union Pacific. In a year and a half, the railroad will run its last freight train. Black Butte looms in the distance.

Crossing the old Pacific Highway, McCloud River's lone SD38-2 leads the Hill Job into the SP interchange yard at Mount Shasta.

The NRHS convention train has just arrived at Mount Shasta. It will be switched into two sections for the trip to McCloud.

Backing toward the UP interchange, a train of forest products rolls though the s-curves at Big Canyon on the McCloud Railway.

Lonely MCR 37 awaits pickup in Mount Shasta. The unit was brought here in October to be taken away from the defunct operation along with two of 38s on the property. After struggling with brush and... (more)

Mount Shasta soars high into the clouds in southern Siskiyou County, dwarfing pretty much everything surrounding it. This southbound is no exception as it pokes around a bend far below Shasta's g... (more)

The iconic snow cover peak of Mount Shasta looms in the distance as a 100 car QPDRV rumbles down the UP Black Butte Subdivision.

MR 34 leads the 29 climbing the grade out of Mount Shasta city where the McCloud connected with the SP. No. 34 is ex-SP 5253 and appears to still have its SP train number indicators showing it as... (more)

A nine-hour late southbound Coast Starlight (broken rail the night before in Oregon) meanders underneath Mount Shasta, a landmark usually only seen by moonlight (if at all).

SP 6304 on the McCloud Railway interchange tracks at Mt. Shasta. Unfortunately, the covered wagon won't be able to answer the bell and continue on up the ex SP Black Butte sub leading the Trains ... (more)

SP 6304 and WP 2001 pose together at the McCloud interchange. Nikon D70 24-120mm. bayarearailroading.com