Because of a derailment in the Cascades, the northbound Coast Starlight was going to terminate at Klamath Falls. On a cold morning before any buses arrived, Amtrak decided to wye the train at Texu... (more)

On a fine spring morning in the Klamath Basin, OC&E's Bly Turn heads east.

Shortly after a crew change at Dunsmuir, a westbound SP manifest crosses Castle Creek in the shadow of the Castle Crags.

Lunch is long over, and the Silver Banquet is ready for the first call to dinner on the Rio Grande Zephyr.

Brand new warbonnets lead the 991 train over the Tuolumne River bridge near Modesto Empire Jct. on the Santa Fe Valley Division.

The Oregon Coastline Express makes a station stop at Garibaldi.

A westbound lumber drag heads toward Dunsmuir on the Shasta Route. This location on the shoulder of US 97 is a great place for catching trains and Mount Shasta.

The Coast Starlight entered Oregon a couple of miles back. It will pause for a crew change at Klamath Falls in a little over 20 minutes. Private car "Silver Foot" is on the rear of the ... (more)

The Reno Fun Train heads west on Donner Pass during a clear winter afternoon.

Hours late, the Coast Starlight is about to reach the end of the climb out of the Sacramento River Canyon, around 20 minutes after departing Dunsmuir.

A tardy Coast Starlight heads north with a Cascades F59 on the point.

At sunset on a late winter day, the Copic Local pounds the BN diamond at Stronghold. The upper quadrant semaphores were installed by Great Northern to protect the crossing with the Modoc Line. The... (more)

The weekly train from Lakeview to Alturas passes Chimney Rock on a summer morning. Clearly, when the Nevada-California-Oregon narrow gauge came through, someone had to move.

During the annual sugar beet campaigns, Southern Pacific and California Northern interchanged trains to/from the Klamath Basin at Tehama, California. On this day, the CFNR crew has cut off their t... (more)

The last unrebuilt GP35 I saw operate on BN heads south on the Oregon Trunk, under threatening skies.