A hot UP Z train curves through Jasper, southeast of Springfield in the foothills of the cascades. Soon it will reach Oakridge and "The big hill."

Nikon D2x, 180mm Union Pacific detour on the Oregon Trunk

The ZBRLC is seen entering the San Fernando Valley at Metrolink's CP Balboa

The Portland to LA pig train, ZBRLC, heads south in heavy snow at Crescent Lake on the ex-SP line over the Southern Oregon cascades.

Crew change at Dunsmuir