CORP Tunnel-Motor SD40T-2 No. 4075 waiting for another assignment with 14,179 feet high Mount Shasta looming in the back.

Helm Leasing SD40-3 No. 6058 and two CORP GP38-3 (No. 3805 and No. 3807) switching the Roseburg Lumber Mill in Weed, CA.

Although General Electric power reigns on the Shasta Route today, it was exotic once upon a time. The first freight train I ever saw on the Black Butte Subdivision that had a solid set of GEs clim... (more)

If I could go back in time and ride a train, the Shasta Daylight would be my choice. The closest I will ever come was the first summer Saturday evening of 1984, when the Louisiana World's Fair Day... (more)

A southbound CORP train begins the climb out of the Shasta Valley on the 3% grade to Black Butte.

One of SP's first RoadRailer trains heads for Los Angeles.

An Edmonton to Roseville manifest drops through the reverse curves near Bolam on the flank of Mt. Shasta.

Amtrak's Coast Starlight rolls northward on Mt. Shasta's flanks during Memorial Day weekend 1995. Within days, the stylish GEs on the Starlights would be replaced by Genesis units.

Central Oregon & Pacific's Weed Switcher returns from the UP interchange at Black Butte on CORP's Siskiyou Line.

A pair of SP GEs power a UP intermodal train south on the Shasta Route. Before the UP acquired SP, GE locomotives were rare on the SP Oregon Division.

The Board of Directors tours the Shasta Route in summer 1987. This train ran through to Portland, and then returned to California via the Siskiyou Line.

Trains have returned to southern section of the Siskiyou Line. CORP has been running trains between Medford and Weed for about a year now, but this is the first time catching some of their G&W pow... (more)

An eastbound Z train with a solid set of SP power is passing ponds of snow melt runoff. By month end, the water in the distance will evaporate. Just ahead of the train is the highest point on the... (more)

A northbound UP stack train rolls past Cougar as the last light of the day approaches. Nothing like a nice volcano to highlight a scene. Mt Shasta does a great job.

A southbound UP manifest crosses the Dry Creek Viaduct on it's way to a crew change in Dunsmuir.