Stored equipment of the Oregon, California & Eastern awaits a call to duty that will never come. The railroad began moving all rolling stock off the line shortly afterward, in preparation for aban... (more)

Originally intended to be a branchline to Bonanza, the spur at Dairy crossed Oregon Highway 140 and served a small agricultural customer. An eastbound train of empties passes the wye in 1988.

The final trainload of logs hauled by Oregon, California & Eastern is passing through Olene Gap, ten miles from tie-up at Klamath Falls.

The second cut of the westbound Bly Turn has cleared the turnout at East Switchback, and will soon begin a reverse move to West Switchback. Upon arrival there, the two halves of the Bly Turn will ... (more)

The first train of Weyerhaeuser's 1988 logging season heads east with empties for the reload at Bly. In less than two years, operations on OC&E would cease.

Prior to abandonment, Weyerhaeuser moved all equipment off the OC&E. One of the clean-up trains starts up the grade to the east switchback. The lead unit was originally GE demonstrator 2501.

Oregon, California & Eastern's first train of the summer 1988 season approaches the West Switchback. Note the train's caboose in the distance.

The westbound Bly Turn rolls along the Sprague River on a spring day in 1986.

The crew of the last log train operated on the OC&E poses after completing their final trip over the railroad. Capacity reductions at Weyerhaeuser's West Klamath sawmill had made the railroad redu... (more)

The final trainload of logs hauled by the OC&E is cresting Dairy Hill, 17 miles east of tie-up at Klamath Falls. The railroad was abandoned as part of capacity reductions at Weyerhaeuser's sawmill... (more)

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 last loaded log train on Oregon, California & Eastern departs Bly for Klamath Falls. The railroad was abandoned a year later.

Sitting in Southern Pacific's West Colton Yard in November 1977 are a pair of former Seaboard Coast Line Baldwin RS12 diesels, on their way to the Oregon California & Eastern Railroad. Marked as ... (more)

The log train from Sycan is seen entering the Klamath Falls yard.