7 engines help power this Roseville, CA to Hinkle, OR manifest freight towards the summit of Grass Lake, passing by Mt. Shasta in the process on 6/21/13.

UP 5520 leaves Mt. Shasta behind at Cougar, CA as it heads towards the summit at Grass Lake with a Roseville, CA to Eastport, ID(CP Interchange) manifest freight on 6/21/13. This time of year the ... (more)

Amtrak 91 leads a 3 hour late train #14 across the Dry Creek Trestle near Black Butte, CA on 6/21/13. The train struck a trespasser in Chico, CA earlier in the morning, and was dog caught at Black... (more)

An ES44AC pulls a northbound intermodal train around the Cantara Loop. All that remains of a string line derailment that happened a week earlier is the fire trailer. It was used to keep brush fire... (more)

Amtrak #14 heads north near the base of Mt. Shasta at Cougar, CA on 6/30/13. Code line is still in use on this section of the UP Black Butte Sub.

2 SD70's lead this intermodal move North on UP's Shasta Line just North of Grass Lake.

My take (re: Reed Skyllingstad's photo) of another BNSF train detouring down UP's Natron Cut-off. A semaphore-like old snag s... (more)

Not much sunlight left, but enough to glint the head end of this northbound as it raced through a field of recently planted strawberries.

As the 7810 brings its train up to the Mt Hebron Road crossing search light signals still protect the west (south) end of Mt Hebron, but perhaps not for much longer. The train will make a right t... (more)

Zee train coming down the hill at 8:09am along the Central Pacific constructed portion of the line between Weed and Grass Lake. "The Gooseneck" mountain is in the background.

Mt Eddy forms a backdrop for this BNSF detour train coming up to Deetz Road crossing between Mt Shasta City and Weed, California.

At 9:40am, a three-plus hour late Coast Starlight rolls across the Dry Creek Trestle among the lava lands of Mount Shasta. A normal crew change would've occurred at K-Falls but due to the delays ... (more)

At 6:00pm, manifest northbound (RR-East) on the curve near Old Stage Road at Upton.

Grinding upgrade into the Mt. Shasta foothills, a detoured BNSF manifest leaves the fertile Butte Valley behind as it enters Kegg siding to wait for a northbound UP train. UP's Black Butte Sub st... (more)

Fort Worth, we have a problem. Diesel fuel cascades from the walkway of BNSF 4019 as it departs Grass Lake, CA, following a stop to shut down the unit. Railroad: BNSF Railway
Locomotive: GE C44-9W (Dash 9-44CW)
Location: Grass Lake, California, USA
Locomotive #: BNSF 4019
Train ID: H-BARPAS1-20D
Photo Date: June 22, 2013