You always need red, white and blue on the Fourth of July. On America's 212th birthday, the Southwest Chief is flying low at Canyon Diablo, between Flagstaff and Winslow.

A westbound Sunset Route train departs Lordsburg in July 1988.

An eastbound Santa Fe train crosses Canyon Diablo on the Fourth of July 1988.

A brand new set of GEs powers an eastbound intermodal train through Williams Junction, Arizona.

After meeting a westbound SP train, BN's 672 train (Klamath Falls, OR - Pasco, WA) pulls out of Kirk siding, crossing the Williamson River. BN predecessor GN had trackage rights on SP from Chemult... (more)

An eastbound train on the Siskiyou Line waits short of the west switch at Gazelle for an opposing train out of Ashland. The west switch at Gazelle was the end of a CTC district on the Siskiyou tha... (more)

In October 1995, Willamette & Pacific ran SP 4449 over its lines to promote the new Portland & Western startup. Whenever possible, the steamer was used to move revenue freight cars. One side of 44... (more)

The final trainload of logs hauled by the OC&E is cresting Dairy Hill, 17 miles east of tie-up at Klamath Falls. The railroad was abandoned as part of capacity reductions at Weyerhaeuser's sawmill... (more)

The southbound Swift RoadRailer heads south on UP during spring 2002. The mountains in the distance surround Crater Lake. Originated by SP in 1996, the train had been a UP operation until th... (more)

Amtrak's Coast Starlight rolls northward on Mt. Shasta's flanks during Memorial Day weekend 1995. Within days, the stylish GEs on the Starlights would be replaced by Genesis units.

Oregon, California & Eastern's westbound Bly Turn climbs Dairy Hill around 17 miles from tie-up at Klamath Falls. No one knew it at the time, but the railroad would cease hauling logs within two y... (more)

On a hot July afternoon, Willamette Valley Railway's road freight enters Lebanon, returning from a trip to Mill City. The train is crossing the South Santiam River.

California Western's Skunk Train turns on the wye at Willits yard for its afternoon run to Northspur.

The Alturas Turn is about to crest the grade up Howard's Gulch between Canby and Ambrose. From here, it should be just a couple of hours up the Modoc Line to home at Klamath Falls.

Great Western Railway's road freight from Lakeview passes the old Nevada-California-Oregon headquarters in Alturas. The former SP Lakeview branch had been purchased by Lake County, Oregon at the b... (more)