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  1. Two at Texum

    Two at Texum

    Southern Pacific\'s PTLAT meets Amtrak\'s Coast Starlight at Texum siding near Klamath Falls, Oregon.
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    • amtk shasta sp
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    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  2. Surprise Starlight

    Surprise Starlight

    Sporting three different locomotive models in three different paint schemes, the Coast Starlight rolls through Penoyar, California in September 1995. Next stop: Klamath Falls.
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    • amtk amtrak cdtx shasta starlight
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  3. Very late snow

    Very late snow

    Despite the snow to the west on Shasta Bally, this manifest is entering Redding on May Day.
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    • redding sd70m shasta
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  4. Not enough to clear the turnout

    Not enough to clear the turnout

    This SP local is in a minor jam. It was trying to run-around its train by allowing the cars to roll downhill via gravity. A crew member was using the handbrakes to avoid a runaway. The problem; the cut didn't roll far enough to clear the turnout. The SD-9 gingerly crept forward to nudge (tap)...
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    • local shasta sp
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Vintage Freight Train Photos - Diesel Era
  5. What does not fit in this photo?

    What does not fit in this photo?

    A BNSF reroute arrives at Grass Lake, CA on UP's Shasta Route.
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    • bnsf route shasta up
    • Comments: 11
    • Category: Editor's Favorite Photos
  6. Filthy at Worden

    Filthy at Worden

    A long Union Pacific manifest rolls westward on the Black Butte Sub near Worden, Oregon in October of 2004. UP of course has only provided the best for the head end on this autumn day! :p
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    • ac400cw black butte oregon pacific route shasta sub union up worden
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  7. Upgrade at Shasta Retreat

    Upgrade at Shasta Retreat

    A pair of Union Pacific locomotives lug a manifest up the Sacramento River Canyon near Shasta Retreat, California in May of 2003.
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    • black butte california dunsmuir pacific retreat sd70m shasta sub union up
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  8. Mount Shasta from Upton

    Mount Shasta from Upton

    An eastbound freight grinds uphill at Upton, California with Mount Shasta in the background during February of 2003. Normally this location would be covered in snow, but it was a mild winter that year.
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    • ac4400cw black butte california freight mount pacific shasta sub union up upton
    • Comments: 4
    • Category: Western United States
  9. Big Macs at Grass Lake

    Big Macs at Grass Lake

    One of Union Pacific's flawed SD90MAC's takes a short eastbound freight through Grass Lake, California on the Shasta Route in August of 2002. The big EMD's are all in the scrap pile just a about a decade after their construction.
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    • black butte california grass lake pacific route sd90mac shasta sub union
    • Comments: 1
    • Category: Western United States
  10. Trashy power, trashy train

    Trashy power, trashy train

    The southbound Napa garbage empties depart Klamath Falls for Dunsmuir.
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    • garbage lmx napa route shasta
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Western United States
  11. Better Days at Cantara

    Better Days at Cantara

    The Louisiana World's Fair Daylight crosses the Sacramento River on Cantara Loop near Dunsmuir, CA.
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    • 4449 7399 cantara daylight shasta sp
    • Comments: 7
    • Category: Mainline Excursions
  12. Better Late than Never II

    Better Late than Never II

    Amtrak 11, the Coast Starlight, is over thirteen hours late as it crosses the Dry Canyon Trestle near Hotlum, CA in September 2002.
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    • amtrak coast late route shasta starlight
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Amtrak and other US Passenger Trains
  13. An early experiment in soundproofing

    An early experiment in soundproofing

    SP 9500, freshly out of a GRIP rebuild, rests at Dunsmuir, California during the summer of 1986. In a short time, the unit was renumbered to 6767 in anticipation of the SPSF merger. Despite the efforts of the crew, the unit would not start.
    • CPKirkie
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    • route shasta sp t-2
    • Comments: 5
    • Category: Union Pacific
  14. Abendrot SP

    Abendrot SP

    Evening red on the SP Shasta Route
    • cinderPath
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    • california shasta sp
    • Comments: 18
    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  15. Mt. Shasta Moon Rise

    Mt. Shasta Moon Rise

    1997 'neath Shasta
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    • moon mt shasta sp up
    • Comments: 9
    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  16. Klamath Lake Sunset

    Klamath Lake Sunset

    Sunset at Klamath Lake, Algoma, OR 09 July 1999 Image: 2004 M. Ross Valentine
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    • klalmath route shasta sp up
    • Comments: 10
    • Category: Sunrise, Sunset and Glint Photos
  17. Shasta Centennial CinderPath

    Shasta Centennial CinderPath

    UP #6936 with Mt. Shasta July 15, 1999 M. Ross Valentine Photo
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    • #6936 centennial shasta sp up
    • Comments: 43
    • Category: Night Photos
  18. "Devil's Garden"

    "Devil's Garden"

    1999- on the former SP Shasta Route through the Devil's Garden Image 2003 M.Ross Valentine
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    • "shasta cinderpath mountain route" shasta sp up
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Creative Photos
  19. Salt Creek Bridge

    Salt Creek Bridge

    Southern Pacific 4-8-4 No.4449 leads a southbound excursion over Salt Creek, an arm of Lake Shasta in California, on its way to Railfair in Sacramento in 1991.
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    • 4449 california daylight lake pacific shasta southern
    • Comments: 2
    • Category: Mainline Excursions


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