On a hot August afternoon, a Modoc Northern train descends the 2.2% grade down Howard's Gulch. The clearing in the forest was created when Southern Pacific had a nasty wreck here in the early 80s.
Modoc Northern switches out cars at Stukel siding on the Modoc Line. The railroad went out of business less than a year later.
On a hot August afternoon, a Modoc Northern train heads for Alturas on the former Modoc Line.
A Modoc Northern train is heading for Alturas on the Modoc Line.
A Modoc Northern train heads toward the UP interchange at Klamath Falls. The railroad ceased operation the following spring.
A Modoc Northern train enters Alturas, CA on the former SP Lakeview Branch. The caboose was ex-DRGW.
A southbound Modoc Northern train on the old SP/NCO line to Lakeview rolls along the Pit River. MNRR went out of business less than a year later.
A former D&RGW caboose which once served for the Modoc Northern on the former Southern Pacific Modoc line now sits in Tulelake, CA.
Modoc Northern #650 rests with sister #651 with the Tulelake water tower in view. This power has been on display since the MNRR ceased operations in 2009. For a short period of time, the road op... (more)
With Union Pacific again running whats left of the Modoc Line, 2 Modoc Northern units sit on a spur track in Tulelake, Ca.
Modoc Northerns 1011 leads its train across the high lands of southern Oregon on this sunny October afternoon.
Modoc Northern's 7780 sits outside the Headquaters of Utah Central Railway. On November 11, 2005, the Klamath County OR Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the Modoc Northern Ra... (more)