High above the Shasta Valley, the northbound Coast Starlight crosses Dry Canyon in summer 1994. An Amtrak engineer once told me that if the signals were all green and the train was making track sp... (more)
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)
A triplet WAG7 Brakers rolls down the Bhore ghats with a loaded BCNA (cement) wagaons hauled by WDG4 locomotive. These locomotives act as bankers while train climbs up the ghats for better tractio... (more)