Early in the morning, Rio Grande 3090 East, a 144 train, climbs the grade at Chicken Hollow, UT. Note how green and strewn with wildflowers the surrounding landscape is. The rains have been good t... (more)

Southern Pacific 9177 leads Milwaukee Road 156, 174 and 168 south out of the Taylor Yard and along the "river" in Los Angeles. The train has stopped to wait for the dispatcher to give a green sign... (more)

GP40-2 No. 3090 leads a Rio Grande 144 train as it approaches Gilluly, UT. Soon the railroad will pass under Highway 6 and head in the opposite direction as part of the "loops" the railr... (more)

A westbound Southern Pacific freight follows the Arkansas River just west of Cotopaxi, Colorado, on Rio Grande’s original mainline route through the Royal Gorge and over Tennessee Pass on Septem... (more)

Led by a colorful set of locomotives, an eastbound train on the Siskiyou Line is working up the 3+% grade to Siskiyou Summit.

Crossing the Arkansas River on a through truss bridge is an eastbound Southern Pacific freight led by Cotton Belt EMD SD45T-2 No. 6890 on July 16, 1990, while crossing the former Rio Grande Tennes... (more)

An eastbound train of lumber empties crosses the Shasta Valley on the Siskiyou Line. The lead unit is now in Sacramento as part of the CSRM collection.

An eastbound Siskiyou Line train rolls through the Shasta Valley. The lead unit is now preserved in Sacramento at the California State Railroad Museum.

Roaring up the 3.3% grade to Black Butte, a westbound train bisects Weed, California on the Siskiyou Line. Power for the Weed Local is parked at right.

A Happy Valley Helper set leads a westbound Espee manifest on the Sunset Route. When we visited the area, the GP35 pairs seemed to be everywhere.

Under a dramatic sky, a westbound train off the Siskiyou Line arrives at Black Butte. The train will take the west leg of the wye and head for Dunsmuir on the Shasta Route.

An eastbound Southern Pacific manifest is passing the Shasta Route's junction with the Modoc Line at Texum. The train will enter SP's Klamath Yard shortly.

Led by Southern Pacific EMD SD40T-2 No. 8249, a SP freight climbs Tennessee Pass at Pando, Colorado, on the afternoon of September 4, 1995.

On Black Friday 1991, a train of empty beet racks on the Modoc Line is about to cross Burlington Northern's line to Bieber. Holly Sugar established a receiving station at Stronghold siding for th... (more)

A pair of brand new SDs pull a lumber drag through the Sacramento River Canyon.