A westbound Modoc Line train awaits a rested crew at Wendel, California. The exotic mix of locomotives makes quite a sight in the Honey Lake Valley. For some unknown reason, the train has been par... (more)

Running nearly six hours late, the Portland section of the Empire Builder passes some BNSF ballast cars at Lyle. The snow on the nose has likely been aboard since Montana.

Led by "Day 1” heritage unit 301, the Portland section of the Empire Builder rolls to a stop at Wishram. Running nearly six hours late, the train will likely reach its final stop at Union Statio... (more)

Following a crew change, an eastbound lumber drag on the Modoc Line departs Wendel. Southern Pacific had less than four weeks of independence remaining.

In January 1997, flooding in the Feather and Sacramento River Canyons compelled Union Pacific to detour numerous trains on the Modoc Line for a couple of weeks. A westbound detour train is seen de... (more)

With the Warner Mountains for a backdrop, an eastbound manifest on the Modoc Line exits Indian Camp Loop. Earlier in the month, Modoc trackage between Alturas and Wendel had been reactivated follo... (more)

An eastbound manifest on the Modoc Line reverses direction at Likely Loop. The train is just starting the climb to the summit at Sage Hen, twelve miles and 880 feet of elevation distant.

The railroad that never was - a westbound lead by a tunnel motor wearing the SPSF scheme is about to pass the only caboose Southern Pacific painted for the never-consummated merger.

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)

An eastbound lumber drag on the Modoc Line descends Viewland Hill into the Honey Lake Valley. The train will stop for a crew change at Wendel in less than ten minutes.

Roughly fifteen minutes out of Klamath Falls, the southbound Swift RoadRailer train rolls through the Klamath Basin.

Siskiyou Line SDs lay over at the Medford depot on a Saturday afternoon.

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

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)

An eastbound on the Modoc Line winds up for the short climb out of Mud Flat to Viewland. Once this modest grade is scaled, it will be all downhill to the crew change at Wendel.