Thanks to some mechanical ailment, the tunnel motor leading this westbound lumber drag is putting out a plume of smoke worthy of a steam locomotive. There was once a siding here named Jerome.
The peace of a summer evening is shattered by an eastbound drag of lumber empties on the Shasta Route. This train has completed the climb out of the Sacramento River Canyon and is now closing in ... (more)
On a fine fall morning, a drag of lumber empties heads west on the Modoc Line. The train is descending the grade between Sage Hen and Likely.
A westbound train on the Siskiyou Line is about to pass under I-5. The lead unit had just been remanufactured by Morrison Knudsen.
In winter, the Rogue Valley is often socked in with thick fog. This westbound on the Siskiyou Line has just climbed out of the gloom as it approaches Ashland.
The "Spirit that Won the West" shippers special rolls westbound down the Siskiyou Line.
A westbound manifest highballs Black Butte, heading for the crew change at Dunsmuir.
An eastbound lumber drag crosses the Madeline Plains on Southern Pacific's Modoc Line. Most of the traffic was off the Siskiyou in Plate C cars. This resulted in many trains with a nice, uniform ... (more)
Just after sunrise, the fifth eastbound train over the Modoc Line following the DRGW/SP merger nears Karlo siding in the high desert.
A newly rebuilt SD45T-2 splits the semaphores at Safley, Oregon on the Siskiyou Line.
The depth and ruggedness of the Royal Gorge west of Canon City is evident in this view perched on the suspension bridge over the canyon that is 955 feet above the Arkansas River. On July 26, 1996,... (more)
Passing the semaphores that marked the west end of old Comstock siding, a train heads for Roseburg on the Siskiyou Line.
A westbound empty coal train pulls out of the passing siding at Cliff.
An eastbound Southern Pacific train passes through Tunnel 5 as it ascends the Tehachapi grade.
