One of the trains detoured on the Modoc Line due to flood damage in the Sacramento River Canyon descends the grade between Sage Hen and Likely, California. In less than six months, this trackage w... (more)

Two rebuilt SD45s shove hard on the rear of an eastbound lumber drag at Woodford.

At one time, the Southern Pacific operated a line further east on Anaheim's Santa Ana Branch, operating down the center of Santa Ana Street, than it did not long before the Union Pacific acquired ... (more)

The caboose of a lumber drag going from Eugene to East St. Louis rolls through the high desert of the Modoc Line.

A Odd Ball one of a kind unit. This B36-7B was rebuilt after a wreck into a B unit and is a one-of-a-kind unit. Here it sits alone in Salt Lake City in the spring of 1990

Forest fire smoke dominates the high desert as an eastbound Modoc Line train rolls along US 395 near Termo. Both the road power and helper can be seen as this lumber drag curves through the sagebr... (more)

DENISON TX (July) 1974 — With a wave from a friendly crewman Southern Pacific U33C 8683 leads a mixed freight. My photo.

With the Amedee Mountains for a backdrop, an ASEUM prepares to depart for Klamath Falls on the Modoc Line. This train of lumber empties should arrive in Eugene the following day.

SP 9742 leads the Swift RoadRailer train at Mojave.

While the crew of the Medford Switcher takes a break, power for the job is parked on the main at the depot.

Where do you think this is?… Colorado or Utah? Nope.… Kansas? Nope.… But if you guessed Wisconsin, you’d be right on target. This is one of those infamous Wisconsin Central ore/coal moves ... (more)

A chartered photo freight moves over the South Santiam river with the Albany & Eastern LLW 5399 on point. For more photos and videos of train, follow me on Instagram @j.po_railphotos

The first three SP RSD-15's were delivered in September 1959 and transferred to the T&NO subsidiary as 250-252. Cotton Belt RSD-15's 850-859 arrived in February and March 1960. Like the SP trio... (more)

Five days before the discontinuance of the famed "oil cans" daily run over the Tehachapi Pass, SP 8656 leads the train eastbound out of Caliente.

EMDX 7021 leads a westbound freight around the horseshoe curve at Caliente.