SP 4-8-8-2 4141 is on the move with forty-eight car First 641 near Redding California in 1938. Otto's speed estimate on this westbound freight was 45 MPH. Otto Perry photo, from my collection.

A contractor fuels the locomotives on the "Shasta Daylight 1990" special at Redding, California. The train would soon move into the passenger depot to entrain passengers for the return t... (more)

A southbound UP manifest on the Valley Subdivision crosses the nearly mile long bridge over the Sacramento River. This is a "fisheye drone" view, created from 6 images.

UP 3883 an SD70M leads a south bound mainifest train across Veterans of Foreign Wars Memorial Bridge, aka Pit River Bridge. Above the train is the 4 lane Interstate 5, and below, the seemingly e... (more)

Big Geep Acquisitions. On the night of Mach 26, 2022, Union Pacific 1068 (née-SSW 9669, GP60, 3/1990) and UP 1131 (née-SP 9606, GP60, 1/1988) sit outside the Amtrak Station in Redding, Ca... (more)

Nearly two years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, many timeless SP images could still be seen. After switching out the cement plant up at Mountain Gate, the Redding Local returns to ... (more)

Six months after Union Pacific took over the Southern Pacific, this southbound train on the Redding Trestle belies any change.

A contractor fuels locomotives on a special Amtrak train at Redding, California. The "Shasta Daylight 1990" had run from Portland, Oregon to Redding the previous day. Once the train is r... (more)

Southern Pacific's Redding Turn is parked at Redding on a clear winter Sunday afternoon.

On a clear winter afternoon, a westbound train on the Shasta Route heads for Roseville. After rebuilding at Sacramento, lead unit SP 6768 was briefly SP 9501. It was renumbered for the proposed S... (more)

Rush Hour in Redding. On a hot summer afternoon, the UP Valley Subdivision has come alive in Redding. The UP 1448 has just set out its train (the 'Redding Turn') and is now headed for the barn. UP... (more)

On the first day of Fall 2002, a 14-hour late Coast Starlight enters Redding, California. It is around 5:30 PM, and the temperature is 100F.

Fired Up! The crew of the Redding Night Local had just arrived at the Amtrak Station. After gathering paperwork and icing down the coolers, it was time to get rolling. The UP 1089, one of t... (more)

Roughly four hours late, the northbound Coast Starlight departs Redding, California. The train is crossing Lake Redding on the impressive Redding Trestle, built at the south end of the Shasta Dam... (more)

Coast Starlight 14 on a rare appearance in daylight on the Pit River bridge - running almost 4hours late. I drove north to Dunsmuir after this photo and waited for this to arrive and capture video... (more)