Near Cruzatte in the Oregon Cascades, a westbound train climbs the grade in Fall 1987. Snow will begin falling soon.
On a clear fall day, a westbound highballs Heather siding in the Oregon Cascades.
A westbound train is climbing through the Oregon Cascades during Southern Pacific's last full month of independence.
One of the more well-known publicity photos of the Shasta Daylight was taken on this curve. At about the same time of day as the Shasta would have passed by, a westman heads for Dunsmuir. The tra... (more)
An eastbound train on the Modoc Line disturbs the peace of a quiet Sunday morning in Likely, California. A standpipe for refilling steam locomotive tenders with water was probably the reason for ... (more)
In spring 1987, a work train is setting out water cars at sidings in the Cascades so they can be available for fire service in the summer.
I labelled this photo as "westbound, near De Beque, Colorado". That`s all I know! Research on Railpics seems to say that loco 8385 is an SD40T-2. Seen in 1994.
An amply powered eastbound descends the west slope of Oregon's Cascade Range on a 1987 spring afternoon.
As the Willamette & Pacific Eugene Hauler prepares to depart Albany Yard, a Southern Pacific train passes on the main line.
In the last year that SP trains regularly ran with cabooses on the Shasta Route, a westbound train takes siding at Kirk.
A westbound lumber drag cuts its helper set at Cascade Summit.
A westbound lumber drag takes siding at Cascade Summit to cut its helper and meet Amtrak 14. The lead locomotive survived long enough to be the last SP Kodachrome painted road unit in operation fo... (more)
An eastbound SP train in the Cascades is entering the slide area near Fields siding.
A quartet of ex-SP GEs pull a northbound Union Pacific Z train on the Shasta Route.
A quartet of 45T-2's are leading an eastbound train climbing the Tehachapi grade at Woodford.
