On a clear fall afternoon, the Swift RoadRailer highballs southbound near Grass Lake, California.

A Simpson Timber log train departs the mill in Shelton, Washington in January 1994, heading for a reload west of town.

Although the timetable calls this train the "Northwest Talgo," conventional Superliner equipment is being used tonight.

An intermodal train heads south on the Shasta Route in spring 1999.

A westbound train on the Modoc Line approaches the US 395 grade crossing at Likely, California in summer 1990. Today, the grade from here south to Wendel is a hiking trail.

Under threatening skies, two brand-new SD70Ms on an eastbound train await a rested crew.

A tardy Coast Starlight rolls northward through Siskiyou County. Next stop: Klamath Falls, Oregon.

Running seven hours behind schedule, the Empire Builder races west through the Columbia River Gorge.

Roughly 50 miles from the end of the line in Portland, the Empire Builder races west through the Columbia River Gorge.

Three SD40-2s lead a Z train south on the Shasta Route. Typical for the period, they started life on three different railroads - C&NW, D&RGW, and UP.

A baretable heads south on the BNSF Gateway Subdivision during a quiet summer morning. In the distance, Mt. Shasta dominates the landscape. The lead unit was rebuilt from a Rio Grande SD45.

The Everett to Roosevelt garbage loads are a little over 20 miles form their destination at Roosevelt, Washington. Even after the BNSF merger, the lead GE was something of a rare bird in the North... (more)

Just about everything in this image either doesn't exist anymore, or is no longer located in the state of Oregon. The unlikely combination of an F40, a PA-1 and an RSD-5 sun themselves on a spring... (more)

The eastbound Empire Builder rolls through the Columbia River Gorge, not far from the Bridge of the Gods.

Running around 90 minutes off schedule, the Portland section of the Empire Builder rolls through the Columbia River Gorge. The train is about 53 miles into its journey to Spokane, where it will be... (more)