Led by a Union Pacific unit, an eastbound Southern Pacific train on the Modoc Line climbs the grade to Sage Hen summit. Ironically, UP's acquisition of SP would doom this trackage to abandonment.
An eastbound Modoc Line train drops down the grade into Horse Lake, a couple of weeks after the line was reopened upon the SP/DRGW merger.
Led by a Union Pacific unit, a Southern Pacific train departs Klamath Falls on the Modoc Line. It was the first time I had ever caught a UP unit leading an SP train. Since UP ultimately abandoned ... (more)
An eastbound Modoc Line train begins the descent down Howard's Gulch not long after the Rio Grande/SP merger. The UP unit on the point is ironic, as UP's acquisition of SP eight years later would ... (more)
A clean UP SD70M heads west at Midvale with the snowy Wasatch Range in the background. Equipment from a recent track rehabiliation campaign dominates the foreground.
2 units keep each other company.
AKA UP 3985, Rocky Mountain RR Club 50th Anniversary Special
