The McCloud River's Hill Job is arriving at the Signal Butte switchback, led by SD38 MR 38. Out of sight around the curve, SD38-2 MR 39 is shoving the rear of the train up the grade. Once the MR... (more)

Ten hours late due to a detour on the Oregon Trunk, Amtrak's Coast Starlight rolls south through the Sacramento River Canyon. In 1997, floods washed out the Shasta Route here. The UP GE on the poi... (more)

A northbound Burlington Northern train is entering home rail at Chemult, after a trip from Klamath Falls on Southern Pacific. The old station was bulldozed not long after this photo.

An SD9 in the shadow of Mt. Shasta awaits its next call to duty.

A train of Arizona fire salvage logs departs Wendel for Susanville. This was our chase on the day before Winterail 2003.

The remains of a turntable pit at Signal Butte on the McCloud Railway are somewhat deceptive. The turntable that was here was relatively small, and was only used for speeders and maintenance of w... (more)

The northbound Coast Starlight passes the junction with the Siskiyou Line on a perfect spring morning.

Willamette & Pacific's black widow GP9 switches out the Hull Oakes steam-powered sawmill at Dawson. Although the mill is still in operation, it has been converted to electricity. This trackage is... (more)

A Southern Pacific train loaded with salvaged track materials rolls west on the abandoned Oregon, California & Eastern Railway. It will return to home rail at Klamath Falls.

An extra West Stayton Local passes a Christmas tree farm in Oregon's Willamette Valley. A mechanical refrigerator car is being taken a packing plant in Stayton to spot on speculation of getting a ... (more)

Three SD40-2s lead a Z train south on the Shasta Route. Typical for the period, they started life on three different railroads - C&NW, D&RGW, and UP.

One of the greatest rare mileage excursions Amtrak ever ran was the Parker Peavine Extra. In three days it traveled from LA to Flagstaff on the Transcon, Flagstaff to Phoenix on the Peavine via As... (more)

The North Coast Daylight rolls through the redwoods on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend 1985.

The first of four "Farewell to the Harrimans" trips prepares for departure to San Francisco.

One of the most unusual looking locomotives on Union Pacific at the time heads north on the old Pilot Rock Branch. The train was returning to Pendleton after switching out the shippers in Pilot Ro... (more)