The first Blue Goose excursion train operated by Yreka Western rolls eastward. Those White City Terminal boxcars in the foreground were stored on temporary 'tracks' with a tie placed about every t... (more)

The first train of Weyerhaeuser's 1988 logging season heads east with empties for the reload at Bly. In less than two years, operations on OC&E would cease.

Amtrak's California Zephyr makes a station stop. It is a Sunday, so the train has extra cars for travelers returning from a weekend in Reno.

The Lewis & Clark Explorer train rolls down A Street in Rainier, Oregon. The train was operated for three years between Northwest Portland and Astoria.

The Blue Goose excursion train passes milepost 6 on Butcher Hill east of Yreka.

On the next to last day of its trip, the Louisiana World's Fair Daylight prepares for departure from Sacramento. Because of mechanical problems, the train would not reach Klamath Falls, Oregon for... (more)

Added at Black Butte for dynamic braking, SP 7399 leads the Louisiana World's Fair Daylight around Cantara Loop. Seven years later, SP would have a very nasty derailment here.

Amtrak's midday southbound Talgo passes the world's largest egg.

One of the first trips with the restored YW 19 climbs Butcher Hill. The engine had been relocated from Cottage Grove, Oregon to Yreka for service on the Blue Goose excursion train. The locomotive ... (more)

One of the first trains on the Modoc Line after the SP/Rio Grande merger descends the grade eastbound from Sage Hen. The last train ran here in summer 1997; this is now a hiking trail.

A lumber drag highballs Alturas, heading for Wendel on the Modoc Line.

The first of the "Toxic Daylight" specials operated on Labor Day Weekend 1991 heads for Dunsmuir. The trains were run for public relations following the derailment at Cantara Loop earlie... (more)

A Modoc Northern train is heading for Alturas on the Modoc Line.

Filled with passengers, the North Coast Daylight rolls along Humboldt Bay during Labor Day Weekend.

Magma Arizona's weekly train is departing the SP interchange at Magma Junction for the return to Superior. The Baldwin locomotive was originally owned by the McCloud River.