With a storm brewing over the Trinity Alps, a pair of ex-Southern Pacific SD70Ms depart Black Butte with a manifest, heading for Oregon.

An SD9 in the shadow of Mt. Shasta awaits its next call to duty.

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

The northbound Coast Starlight passes the junction with the Siskiyou Line on a perfect spring morning.

On a rainy morning a mix of power with a grainer crests the hill with Black Butte in the background.

One of the more well-known publicity photos of the Shasta Daylight was taken on this curve. At about the same time of day as the Shasta would have passed by, a westman heads for Dunsmuir. The tra... (more)

A westbound manifest highballs Black Butte, heading for the crew change at Dunsmuir.

Central Oregon & Pacific switches out the Union Pacific interchange at Black Butte.

Under a dramatic sky, a westbound train off the Siskiyou Line arrives at Black Butte. The train will take the west leg of the wye and head for Dunsmuir on the Shasta Route.

The Rio Grande/Southern Pacific hookup is symbolized by this westbound lumber drag passing Mount Shasta.

CORP switches out the interchange with UP's Shasta Route at Black Butte.

A Roger Puta Photograph

Espee's first rebuilt SD45T-2 arrives at Black Butte in June 1986. The train will take a left turn at the crossovers ahead and proceed up the Siskiyou Line to Medford.

Southern Pacific "Daylight" 4-8-4 No. 4449 is heading south from Portland, Ore., to Sacramento, Calif., for RailFair. For the descent down the mountains out of Black Butte, Calif., South... (more)

SP 9814 East is passing the switch that leads to the Sisquiyou sub at Black Butte, CA on it's way north to Portland, OR