It was now late in the afternoon, and the number of railfans chasing the train dwindled to five or so, down from maybe thirty when the train left Roseville.
A BN trackage-rights train westbound on UP's Canyon Sub at Pulga. The upper bridge is for automobiles, as the tracks and the highway trade sides of the canyon here.
The Portola museum train reached Keddie around 7:30 pm. Darkness ended the chase before the train reached Quincy Junction. The two silver and orange geeps were running, as were the Kodachrome an... (more)
The Portola Museum train works its way home, shown here taking the siding at James for a meet with a westbound stack train.
The Challenger rolls westbound through Blairsden at daybreak.
A BNSF train waits at the end of the BN Gateway Sub before entering the UP Canyon Sub westbound at Keddie.
The BNSF managers' special departs UP tracks and enters the BNSF Gateway Sub. via the north leg of the Keddie Wye.
The Portola museum train emerges from Tunnel 4 and takes the siding at James. Moments later, it would meet a westbound UP stack train.
The Challenger westbound along the waters of the Feather River near Cresta.
BNSF 4934 departs home rails and creeps out onto the Keddie Wye, now westbound on the UP Canyon Subdivision
GP-20 #2001 smokes it up for the fans at the Portola Railroad Museum's annual Railfan Photographer Day.
The crew watches while the Challenger is serviced and waits for a meet with eastbound revenue traffic.
The BNSF managers' special creeps up the 12-mph trackage of the Gateway Sub just north of the Keddie Wye
Carol and Chuck bring the locomotive back to the barn after hauling lumber loads up the grade to interchange with the UP at Quincy Junction.
Just off the UP Canyon Sub and the Keddie Wye, a BNSF manifest crosses the trestle over Spanish Creek as it begins its trip up the BNSF Gateway Sub.
