The Louisiana Worlds Fair Daylight climbs the 1% grade to the Oregon/California state line on the second morning of its trip to New Orleans. Twenty minutes earlier, the train had departed Klamath ... (more)
Three years after Union Pacific acquired Southern Pacific, a southbound UP freight train with a solid set of SP power enters California on the Shasta Route.
A non-clearing eastbound Southern Pacific train holds short of a grade crossing, waiting for a westbound train to arrive at Worden, Oregon.
AMTK 14 leads the northbound Coast Starlight near Worden Falls, OR. Mt. Shasta in the background.
Amtrak 14 heads north behind a new Charger at Worden, OR.
The northbound Coast Starlight pauses for a relief crew at Worden, Oregon. The train is 14 miles short of the next station stop at Klamath Falls, where crews normally change.
The Coast Starlight entered Oregon a couple of miles back. It will pause for a crew change at Klamath Falls in a little over 20 minutes. Private car "Silver Foot" is on the rear of the ... (more)
A triple combo of Union Pacific SD70M (UP 4629, UP 5071 and UP 4066) is leading a southbound piggyback train.
Late on a fall afternoon, the Copic Local arrives at Worden siding on the Shasta Route with several cars for the grain elevator.
With traffic on Union Pacific gridlocked, Talgo shipped its carbodies to Seattle by truck for final assembly. Three of the cars are seen at a truck stop on US 97.
Haze of Glory! Back durning the early years of the UP-SP merger, you never knew what was going to show up. When I heard a CNW "Stripe" was on the lead, I thought it would be neat to show it far fr... (more)