Backing toward the UP interchange, a train of forest products rolls though the s-curves at Big Canyon on the McCloud Railway.

Done switching industries for the day, Lake County's ex-Nickel Plate GP7 is returning to the railroad's shop. After completing some paperwork, the train will be off to the UP interchange at Altura... (more)

A Great Western train is heading south for Alturas on the Lake County Railroad.

BN's south end train is ready to depart Bieber for Klamath Falls. The UP units that brought the train north are parked, awaiting crew's rest to return to Stockton.

A westbound Union Pacific Z train begins to climb the grade to Sand Pass in the Nevada desert.

When Willamette & Pacific received 17 GP39s that had come off lease to Santa Fe, the new shortline put the units to work as soon as possible. Units renumbered in WPRR's 2300-series were equipped w... (more)

After a day of excursion work, the McCloud River 25 is moved into its storage shed.

During a tour of the Willamette & Pacific and Portland & Western railroads, the SP 4449 heads south on the former Oregon Electric. The train had a revenue freight car tucked in behind the engine, ... (more)

The last Capitol of the day has just departed Sacramento. It is about to rattle over the diamond with the Yolo Short Line. The shortline trackage was originally electrified, using a third rail.

Two of the first ex-ATSF units repainted by Willamette & Pacific lay over at WPRR's Albany Yard.

Shortly after the Swift RoadRailer train between Portland and LA shifted from UP to BNSF, a southbound train detours on UP's Shasta Route. For a few weeks, the RoadRailer trailers rode on flatcars... (more)

On Presidents' Day 1993, SP's Toledo Hauler prepares to enter the main line at Albany. In a week, this line would become part of the Willamette & Pacific.

Amtrak's Sunset Limited rolls into the Arizona sunset on a summer evening in 1988. We were quite pleased to see the SP GE assisting.

The Port of Tillamook Bay is returning to the yard at Tillamook, after switching out carloads of livestock feed downtown on Front Street. Cattle in Tillamook County produce the milk used for the f... (more)

A westbound train on the Modoc Line crests the grade up Howard's Gulch at Ambrose. From here to tie-up at Klamath Falls, it is all downhill or level.