Rolling toward the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, a Sierra Railroad train crosses Cooperstown Road.
After one more double over, today's Sierra train to Standard will be ready to depart Oakdale.
In 1993, Central California was the place to go if you wanted to see Baldwin diesels at work. In addition to Amador Central, Sierra Railroad continued to get service out of elderly S-12 locomotiv... (more)
A long, hot day on the Sierra Railroad begins before sunrise in Oakdale.
A train of empties for the mill at Standard begins the climb into the Sierra Nevada foothills.
A train of empties roars through Sonora on a hot summer morning. With Baldwin locomotives and a dependency on the timber industry, the Sierra Railroad was a quasi-Northwest shortline in Central Ca... (more)
