An eastbound Southern Pacific train of lumber empties rolls along the Klamath River on the Siskiyou Line.

Under threatening skies, two brand-new SD70Ms on an eastbound train await a rested crew.

An eastbound train of lumber empties is rolling along the Black Butte Subdivision. The orange plating over the class light receptacles was something I never saw on any other SP locomotive.

The first cut of the last Bly Turn makes the reverse move between switchbacks.

Locomotives lay over at Washington Central's terminal in Yakima during June 1993.

Amtrak's Sunset Limited rolls into the Arizona sunset on a summer evening in 1988. We were quite pleased to see the SP GE assisting.

Just after sunrise, the Olympic Torch Relay train arrives at Klamath Falls. Local Olympic decathlon champion Dan O'Brien was featured in the ceremonies at the depot.

There are two Mount Rainiers in this shot: the mountain and the train. The next station stop for train 797 is Tacoma.

Just after sunrise, the fifth eastbound train over the Modoc Line following the DRGW/SP merger nears Karlo siding in the high desert.

The first Blue Goose excursion train operated by Yreka Western rolls eastward. Those White City Terminal boxcars in the foreground were stored on temporary 'tracks' with a tie placed about every t... (more)

While Willamette & Pacific's black widow unit switches out the steam-powered sawmill at Dawson, a log truck delivers another load of raw material.

Locomotives representing Weyerhaeuser's Woods Line and Oregon, California & Eastern switch stored cars at Sycan. Before the OC&E was abandoned and dismantled, all rolling stock was moved off-line.

During an August evening, Sierra 2 takes a spin on the Jamestown turntable.

One of the few areas on the Siskiyou Line where trains could make 40 MPH were the long tangents between Grenada and Gazelle. The caboose of a westman zips through the Shasta Valley.

At dusk, an officer's special stops to detrain guests at Siskiyou siding, the peak of the grade out of Ashland over Siskyou Summit. Both of Oregon's US Senators were aboard the train. Guests board... (more)