In 1987-1988, Southern Pacific closed the Modoc Line to through traffic. If the Modoc had been open, this EURGM would have been closing in on Alturas. Instead, the train is crossing Dry Canyon Via... (more)

The Newberg Turn passes a Little League softball game on a sunny Northwest spring day.

A westbound train on the Siskiyou Line rolls across the Shasta Valley, late on a spring afternoon.

A northbound Great Western train heads for Lakeview, Oregon on the Lake County Railroad. The train is passing Chimney Rock, site of a pioneer cabin a few miles north of Alturas, California.

In its last summer of operation, SP's Lakeview Local heads for Alturas on the Lakeview Branch. The line would be sold to Lake County, Oregon at the end of the year.

Weyerhaeuser's inbound Woods Line train to the Longview, Washington mill is crossing the spectacular trestle at Rocky Point. The tracks in the foreground are Burlington Northern's main line betwee... (more)

The Port of Tillamook Bay is returning to the yard at Tillamook, after switching out carloads of livestock feed downtown on Front Street. Cattle in Tillamook County produce the milk used for the f... (more)

Done working for the day, the Glendale Hauler heads for tie-up at Grants Pass.

A westbound train on the Modoc Line departs Alturas for Klamath Falls, Oregon. The train is coming off the alignment of the Nevada-California-Oregon narrow gauge and entering the grade of the Modo... (more)

A Union Pacific officer special rolls along the Sacramento River on a summer afternoon. In 1997, the railroad was washed away here by floodwaters.

In the twilight of its career, a Santa Fe caboose zips along the Transcon. Happily, ATSF 999465 is still with us today. It is on display in a city park along the BNSF main line at Escalon, Calif... (more)

In spring 1987, a work train is setting out water cars at sidings in the Cascades so they can be available for fire service in the summer.

Oregon, California & Eastern's westbound Bly Turn climbs Dairy Hill around 17 miles from tie-up at Klamath Falls. No one knew it at the time, but the railroad would cease hauling logs within two y... (more)

The brakeman and engineer on a helper locomotive watch the Louisiana World's Fair Daylight pass by in Dunsmuir, California. The T-2 is only four years old. Thanks to the "EL PASO" lettering on t... (more)

When the Klamath Cogeneration Plant was built, the generators were delivered by rail. An extra BNSF yard job shoves the large loads to the plant site for delivery. The train is passing through Col... (more)