I call it Bluey My 7 year old daughter loves Bluey; and how can we not love a blue SD45 all rebuilt and in service on a private passenger train on the Moffat!

Late on a summer evening, an eastbound heads for Oregon over the west flank of Mt. Shasta.

In 1987-1988, Southern Pacific closed the Modoc Line to through traffic. If the Modoc had been open, this EURGM would have been closing in on Alturas. Instead, the train is crossing Dry Canyon Via... (more)

An eastbound Southern Pacific train of lumber empties pulls the 1.4% grade through Cougar, California, helped by a rebuilt SD45 wearing the colors of the failed Santa Fe merger.

It is 9/5/03 and 2:15 in the afternoon, wildflowers are in full bloom, and CSX Q649 is southbound splitting the Monon semaphores formerly located at Romney, IN. Fujichrome Velvia.

A set of Southern Pacific power makes a move at the west switch of Mount Hebron siding. This location is on the Black Butte Subdivision between Klamath Falls and Dunsmuir.

A non-clearing eastbound Southern Pacific train holds short of a grade crossing, waiting for a westbound train to arrive at Worden, Oregon.

Southern Pacific's relief train from Klamath Falls rolls westward near Midland, Oregon. The train was taking the big hook south to help clean up a derailment near Redding, California. Between the ... (more)

Led by an SD45R in a fresh coat of SPSF "Kodachrome" paint, a westbound train awaits opposing traffic in Texum siding. Once the mainline is clear, the train will depart Klamath Falls for... (more)

The sun hides behind clouds on a quiet day along the NKCR

We made a big family vacation to Yellowstone in June. The boys hope to see the MRL for the 1st time before it is gone. I figured the Bozeman Turn was a good bet to try and get the 1 evening we had... (more)

With a 16:00 departure from Laurel, this Laurel to Bozeman local is pretty popular chase on the MRL 2nd Sub. Back in May 2002 the job has a green signal at West Rapids so the engineer pours on the... (more)

With a 16:00 departure from Laurel, this Laurel to Bozeman local is pretty popular chase on the MRL 2nd Sub. Back in May 2002 the job pokes along following a grain train west, while meeting a few ... (more)

SP 7449 leads a mixed manifest south out of Fresno, California.

With the grungiest looking motor on the point, a SP double stack train heads into the sunset.