On a clear summer morning, Yreka Western switches cars at the interchange with Central Oregon & Pacific.

A southbound Swift RoadRailer train rolls through the Lassen National Forest on the BNSF Gateway Subdivision. This scenic line was originally built by Western Pacific.

While the crew eats lunch, an extra Mill City Local is parked at Lebanon on the Mill City Branch. Within a couple of weeks, this line would be operated by the Willamette Valley Railway. Today it i... (more)

An extra Newberg Turn crests Rex Hill in January 1993 on the Newberg Branch. By the end of February, this traffic would be handled by Willamette & Pacific.

A short Z train negotiates the reverse curves near the former siding of Bolam on UP's Black Butte Subdivision.

An excursion from Portland sponsored by the Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS rolls along the waterfront in Astoria. Lead unit BN 2075 was ordered by SP&S, debuted Cascade Green for BN, and soldiers ... (more)

A southbound Great Western train high highballs Davis Creek, California on the Lake County Railroad. The train is operating on the old Southern Pacific Lakeview Branch, which had been sold to Lak... (more)

On a clear summer morning, a Great Western train accelerates out of a slow order on the Lake County Railroad. The train was approximately seven miles south of Lakeview, Oregon.

The hamlet of Davis Creek, California is the apex of a southbound grade on the Lake County Railroad, as trains climb away from Goose Lake. Less than three months after the line was acquired from ... (more)

A Great Western freight train departs Lakeview on the first day of spring. The trailing geep and maintenance of way cars will be left at Alturas, so they can be used for trackwork the following w... (more)

A Great Western freight train is ready to depart Lakeview, Oregon for the Southern Pacific interchange at Alturas, California on the Lake County Railroad.

The Parker Peavine Extra excursion has arrived at the ATSF station in Parker, Arizona. Once a new crew arrives, the train will continue west to Cadiz, Barstow and Los Angeles.

An excursion on the McCloud River Railroad pauses for a servicing stop at the Bartle tank. Today, the steam locomotive is in Oregon and the railroad is dismantled.

The "Parker Peavine Extra" performs a photo runby on the Fourth District of Santa Fe's Albuquerque Division. This train was a circle trip out of Los Angeles; on this day, the train was p... (more)

For a couple of weeks in October, the aspen groves along the Shasta Route near Chiloquin, Oregon turn a brilliant gold. The Coast Starlight passes by in 2003.