On a warm spring morning, an empty coal train accelerates away from the Sierras toward the desert.

A westbound train on the Siskiyou Line takes siding to meet an eastbound at Gazelle.

A westbound train on the Siskiyou Line rolls across the Shasta Valley late on a spring afternoon.

An ex-SP GP9 awaits its next call to duty on the Mount Hood Railroad. On freight trains, the caboose is used as a riding platform between the depot and the railroad's switchback.

An eastbound Z train is descending Antelope Hill on the former Western Pacific. A crew change at Winnemucca is about 45 miles away.

Local power lays over in front of SP's depot at Medford on the Siskiyou Line.

A baretable with a pair of CNW GEs heads west down the SP Brooklyn Subdivision.

Smoke from nearby forest fires dominates the morning as an eastbound Southern Pacific train on the Modoc Line starts the climb out of the Madeline Plains. Once the train reaches the summit at Cre... (more)

The Willamette & Pacific yard crew is setting up the day's train to Toledo. After they add the caboose to the rear, the power will be added to the head end of the train.

A northbound Great Western train heads for Lakeview, Oregon on the Lake County Railroad. The train is passing Chimney Rock, site of a pioneer cabin a few miles north of Alturas, California.

A westbound passes a rail grinder tied up at Washougal, Washington on BNSF's Fallbridge Subdivision.

Willamette & Pacific's Mac Hauler heads into the setting sun, using leased Southern Pacific SD9s for power.

A special Amtrak train from Portland, Oregon to Redding, California has just crossed over the Oregon/California state line on the Shasta Route. The original California Northeastern grade can be se... (more)

The morning fog is burning off as Willamette & Pacific's westbound Eugene Hauler exits Hallawell siding on the south side of Albany, Oregon. The train will run on Southern Pacific's Brooklyn Subdi... (more)

Just after sunrise, the westbound Sunset Limited has arrived on time at Los Angeles.