Laying over on a lazy Saturday morning, the Union Pacific Oakdale Local sits on the small remaining remnant of the mostly abandoned Oakdale Branch (now reached via BNSF trackage from Riverbank). ... (more)

Eastbound out of Oakdale, SRR #48 leads a "brunch" train along Sierra Rd. The equipment is also used for the Sierra Sunset Dinner Train. The train will go as far as Warnerville.

SRR #28 leaving Cooperstown on the deadhead move back to Jamestown from Oakdale

Runby staged West of Paulsell on the return trip with #28 now in the lead

This runby was staged on track with a slow order

This photo runby was staged twice.

#18 has cut away and will wye and take the train back to Warnerville. #28 will turn and run light to Warnerville, take water, then be put in thead for the return to Oakdale.

This past Sunday, McCloud Railway #18, now residing on the Sierra Railroad,teamed with Sierra Railway #28 from Railtown 1897 on a double header from Oakdale to Cooperstown and back. It was the fir... (more)

Now double heading for the run back to Jamestown, #8 and #3 start the uphill climb out of Cooperstown.

Sierra's famed Rogers 4-6-0 #3 is between Cooperstown and Warnerville. It had double-headed with #8 and was now running to Warnerville for water. The yellow car is the restored "Julia Bulette" fro... (more)

Former Dardanelle & Russelville #8, by now owned by Shortline Enterprises, operated an excursion in the fall of 1979 which also included double-heading with Sierra #3. Seen here leaving Warnervil... (more)

Sierra Railroad number 48, an Ex-Santa Fe GP20 rests at the head of a dinner train in Oakdale Ca. A lot of the dinner train cars are being worked on currently. Nikon D70, 18-70mm.

The El Capitan dining car from the Sierra RR's Golden Sunset dinner train. This car was converted from a bi-level SP gallery commuter car.