The northbound Coast Starlight passes a Union Pacific freight at Grass Lake. Next stop: Klamath Falls, where the smokers will sprint for the platform.

Ten hours late due to a detour on the Oregon Trunk, Amtrak's Coast Starlight rolls south through the Sacramento River Canyon. In 1997, floods washed out the Shasta Route here. The UP GE on the poi... (more)

The Shasta Daylight 1990 excursion crosses the massive trestle at Redding, California. After the passengers are unloaded at the passenger depot, the train will continue south to turn on the wye a... (more)

A southbound Z train rolls through the Shasta Cascade Wonderland, led by a rare (for the area) North Western GE.

A southbound lumber drag curves through the Devil's Garden lava flow on the west flank of Mount Shasta.

Because of a derailment, the northbound Coast Starlight was terminated at Klamath Falls. Before the train was spotted at the station to wait for buses, it was turned on the wye at Texum, where the... (more)

A Union Pacific Z passes through the Shasta Retreat, the site of a historic resort area that brought people to Dunsmuir.

The Trinity Alps loom in the distance as the Swift RoadRailer heads for Los Angeles. After dropping into the Sacramento River Canyon and curving around Cantara Loop, the train will change crews a... (more)

For a couple of months in the spring, Grass Lake on the Shasta Route is an actual lake due to snow melt. The northbound Coast Starlight is nearing the summit of the Southern Cascades on Memorial D... (more)

A lumber drag off Central Oregon & Pacific rolls south through the Sacramento River Canyon. Just around the curve the train is taking is where the new line built for the Shasta Dam project begins... (more)

The Coast Starlight rolls in the shadow of Mount Shasta on Memorial Day weekend 1995.

Although General Electric power reigns on the Shasta Route today, it was exotic once upon a time. The first freight train I ever saw on the Black Butte Subdivision that had a solid set of GEs clim... (more)

If I could go back in time and ride a train, the Shasta Daylight would be my choice. The closest I will ever come was the first summer Saturday evening of 1984, when the Louisiana World's Fair Day... (more)

Espee's first two SD70Ms lead the PTPCX west on the Shasta Route. At Dunsmuir, a helicopter would follow the train down the Sacramento River Canyon to obtain images for advertising media.

Pacific Northwest Chapter NRHS's "Shasta Daylight 1990" excursion pauses at Klamath Falls for a crew change. The train carried passengers from Portland to Redding, CA and return.