The morning fog has just burned off as the Sweet Home Logger heads east on the former Southern Pacific Mill City Branch. The abandoned bridge in the foreground was once part of SP's branch from W... (more)

An NRHS excursion bound for Bend crosses Dunning Road near Oakridge, Oregon on Southern Pacific. At Chemult, the train will switch to Burlington Northern.

On a fourth of July excursion between Mt. Shasta and McCloud, the MR 18 paused at Big Canyon for a couple of minutes. The conductor, who has been a friend for a long time, graciously let me bail ... (more)

The Coast Starlight makes its station stop at Klamath Falls. After a crew change, the train will depart for its scenic crossing of the Oregon Cascades.

An eastbound hotshot departs Portola. In just a few miles, the pines will give way to the sagebrush of the Great Basin deserts.

Two Kodachrome SDs lead an eastbound Siskiyou train through the Rogue Valley.

A westbound Siskiyou Line train splits the semaphores near MP 600. When SP was remanufacturing its SD45T-2s, their final set up occurred in Eugene. They wouild make a trip or two down the Siskiyo... (more)

Near Cruzatte in the Oregon Cascades, a westbound train climbs the grade in Fall 1987. Snow will begin falling soon.

On a clear fall day, a westbound highballs Heather siding in the Oregon Cascades.

A westbound train is climbing through the Oregon Cascades during Southern Pacific's last full month of independence.

One of the more well-known publicity photos of the Shasta Daylight was taken on this curve. At about the same time of day as the Shasta would have passed by, a westman heads for Dunsmuir. The tra... (more)

On a foggy coastal Sunday morning, the North Coast Daylight stands on 1st Street in Eureka. The train is being prepared for its trip to Willits.

An eastbound train on the Modoc Line disturbs the peace of a quiet Sunday morning in Likely, California. A standpipe for refilling steam locomotive tenders with water was probably the reason for ... (more)

A helper set in the Oregon Cascades takes siding to meet a westbound.

The engine terminal on the Siskiyou Line at Ashland, Oregon was a great place to see big SP road units. On a late summer evening, a pair of tunnel motors rest before their next trip over the Sisk... (more)