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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/29876141@N03/">imtnbike</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29876141@N03/55006854753/" title="250412 Mt Shasta last light s01 FLP"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55006854753_b96b839ee5_m.jpg" width="240" height="146" alt="250412 Mt Shasta last light s01 FLP" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/29876141@N03/">imtnbike</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29876141@N03/55005806172/" title="240901 Milky Way Shsata 039 FLP"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55005806172_1b9bc562e4_m.jpg" width="163" height="240" alt="240901 Milky Way Shsata 039 FLP" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/29876141@N03/">imtnbike</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29876141@N03/55006991140/" title="250622 Mt Shasta morning 005 FLP"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55006991140_7feaa9f789_m.jpg" width="240" height="178" alt="250622 Mt Shasta morning 005 FLP" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/29876141@N03/">imtnbike</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/29876141@N03/55005747832/" title="250624 Shasta Milky Way Memorial s11 FLP"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55005747832_8fd54baacc_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="250624 Shasta Milky Way Memorial s11 FLP" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/21265627@N00/">mtbearded1a</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/21265627@N00/55002319827/" title="Mount Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/55002319827_7e9ed10b57_m.jpg" width="240" height="161" alt="Mount Shasta" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/57440551@N03/">lhboudreau</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/57440551@N03/54998068670/" title="Mount Shasta&#039;s Bunny Flat Trailhead (el. 6,950 ft) in northern California"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54998068670_8fd26663b3_m.jpg" width="240" height="139" alt="Mount Shasta&#039;s Bunny Flat Trailhead (el. 6,950 ft) in northern California" /></a></p> <p>The Bunny Flat Trailhead is a busy, year-round hub for accessing trails on the mountain's south side, serving hikers, climbers, and snowmobilers. It offers basic amenities like restrooms and permit stations, and access to routes ranging from short strolls to challenging alpine mountaineering.<br /> <br /> [Note: This was the scene at 9am on Saturday morning in mid-June, 2019, The parking lot was already full and cars had to park along the highway. The street parking continued for at least half a mile, and the highway beyond Bunny Flat was closed due to excessive snow.]</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/33671002@N00/">niiicedave</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/33671002@N00/54996957764/" title="Hello Mount Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54996957764_7eb2f3ba98_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Hello Mount Shasta" /></a></p> <p>California's &quot;welcome back even though you're still nowhere near home&quot; mountain</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/33671002@N00/">niiicedave</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/33671002@N00/54996688876/" title="Mt Shasta from parking lot near top"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54996688876_3a654ba77d_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Mt Shasta from parking lot near top" /></a></p> <p>The closer you are to the top of a volcano, the smaller it looks</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/194077908@N07/">Tracking West</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/194077908@N07/54995916394/" title="Tier 4 at Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54995916394_9f34816c9f_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Tier 4 at Shasta" /></a></p> <p>It's late in the afternoon on a slow day for the Black Butte Subdivision. So far this day, only two trains had ran through the town of Shasta in daylight, with everything else passing before sunrise. However, only around an hour before sunset one last train would run through.<br /> <br /> The train would be the southbound loaded manifest MHKRV, rushing through town to make it to Dunsmuir in good time. Originally, I had seen this in Black Butte, but taking a minute to get out of there I wasn't sure that I would make it to Shasta. While originally intending to find a different shot, when I passed here and saw the lighting I realized that despite shooting a few trains here in the past, I would just shoot a different angle. I'm glad I did, as the late afternoon light complimented the surrounding shot very nicely.<br /> <br /> The lead unit, 3000, is an SD70AH-T4. 3000 through 3003 were originally built as EMD demonstrators, but were in full UP paint with patches for the EMD numbers. Eventually, UP would get the units and put them in their current numbers. Overall, UP would end up with 97 of them. Unfortunately, due to the reliability issues these locomotives face, UP has been the only major buyer of these units, and even then some have been removed from service. While some folks may find these units ugly, I will always take the opportunity to shoot one leading when I can, so randomly coming across this was a welcomed surprise.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/194077908@N07/">Tracking West</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/194077908@N07/54990385348/" title="Backlit Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54990385348_86a034e299_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Backlit Shasta" /></a></p> <p>It's just after noon near Klamath Falls, and the crew of the local is almost done with their shift. The crew started the morning switching the yard before bringing cars in and out of the BNSF yard for interchange. Afterwards, the crew would hit the mainline.<br /> <br /> With Klamath Falls being the only city in the region on both sides of the state line, the local serves a lot of customers. Some days, the crew will take the train north to Crescent Junction, where it interchanges cars with the Klamath Northern Railroad. Other days, it will hit the Modoc Line, switching customers in the valley or deadheading cars to Alturas for interchange with the Goose Lake Railroad. Or there's Tuesday, where the crew only goes to two places, BNSF's yard and Worden. On the day I shot this train, it was going to Worden.<br /> <br /> On this day, Ardent Mills, the only customer south of K Falls, was getting a delivery of two hoppers and bringing three loads back. It did not take long for the train to get from Klamath to Worden, only twenty minutes. After dropping the cars on the main, the crew would run their locomotive, 2180, around the cars in the siding. Afterwards, they would hook up to the outbound cut in the spur, then hook up to the inbound cut to put in the spur. By the time they were ready to go, I knew exactly where I was going to go. While traveling northbound on Highway 97, you will pass through the town of Midland, only a few miles before Klamath Falls. Here the Black Butte Subdivision curves, which allows you to get a shot with Mount Shasta directly behind the train. My goal was to shoot at least one train with Shasta, but with all of the daylight traffic running at sunrise through the city of Mt. Shasta, which is where I stayed the night, I was out of luck with a road train. Although I had been up by that time, CORP had a slight chance of running the final train out of Weed that day, so my buddy and I had spent a couple hours waiting there until we knew for sure, but it ended up happening two days later. Thankfully, I managed to get Shasta with a train that to me was almost as cool.<br /> <br /> The main reason for shooting the local this day, apart from the lack of traffic, was the unit leading the train. UP 2180, an EMD SD60, is one of the few operational SD60 series locomotives that is within a ten hour drive of me. Usually, SD60s in the west tend to stay to the north, in places like Hinkle and Idaho, but as far as I know the majority are in the Midwest. Due to this, it makes it a rarity to see one of these in this part of the west. In California, the only of SD60 locomotives I know of that run are two standard cabs and a wide cab that were leased to the Trona Railway from UP, and this was very recent. Meanwhile, several SD60 series locomotives sit in storage lines in places like Long Beach and Roseville. As you could probably guess, this was the first time I was able to shoot one of these leading, and I plan on returning to shoot it over the Modoc Line one of these days.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/194077908@N07/">Tracking West</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/194077908@N07/54983907285/" title="Was It Worth It?"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54983907285_6b17384362_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Was It Worth It?" /></a></p> <p>After chasing CORP the day before, I had left Medford in the late evening for what could have been a several hour long drive home. However, I had been up since 1:20 that morning and had zero intention of driving all the way home. The weather conditions were awful over the Siskiyou Mountains, fog so thick you couldn't see more than a few feet ahead of you, and my eyes felt like they weighed a ton as I got closer to Yreka, I was spending the night no doubt. After pulling off the highway just outside of town where I knew there was a large open lot, I crashed for a couple hours before making the final push to Dunsmuir, my ultimate destination for the night. Since I had nothing to do the following day, I decided I would spend it on the Black Butte Subdivision.<br /> <br /> After waking up in the morning I had a general plan mapped out. The first train in daylight would be the MRVEU, the Roseville to Eugene manifest. I wanted to shoot it at the Hotlum Trestle with Shasta soaring above, then chase it north to find ZBRLC, which I would follow south to Redding. However, as I was at Hotlum the Z would pass, it had been moving very fast and got out of Klamath earlier than what it was expected to be. I did know that an MHKRV, the Hinkle to Roseville manifest, was following a few hours behind them, so I would just shoot that instead. As mentioned, I first went to Hotlum, but I had a problem.<br /> <br /> When I got there I realized that the shot was going to be completely backlit, shooting straight into the sun, and the train was taking forever, so I was having to look elsewhere. I decided to go to a spot at Andesite, though I had never been there. After driving down the main dirt road to get to the siding, I pulled off onto an access road to get to the spot. What I did not know though was that the access road was in very rough shape, rocky, overgrown, and some extremely steep hills. Though my car has all wheel drive, it barely made it over these hills, and I had to gun it, that kind of steep. All of these hills were extremely rocky, and I was just hoping a tire wouldn't go flat or burst, especially after finding a small cut of discarded barbed wire in the road at one point, which had clearly come from the fence next to the road. I also did not want to walk in from the main road as I had no idea where the train was, turns out I actually had a lot of time. After a hill just before my spot was to steep for my car, I was forced to walk the rest of the way in. I decided that I would just back up and park in an area just beyond the north end signals, as that was really the only area I saw to turn around and have easy access to walk in all at once. After waiting for about a half hour I finally saw movement. <br /> <br /> The train was several miles out as it came around the mountain, I believe I was seeing them at Hotlum from there but I can't be certain. I decided it would be a good time to hike in, and after a bit of walking I made it. The train was still several miles out at this point and I had a good view of it. I spent the remaining time figuring out how I wanted to shoot it, climbing over steep and loose rock on a cliff to get the shot. There was also a power pole very close to me that made it hard to frame the photo. As the train was just coming up by the north end signals I realized I had to get lower and closer to the tracks for the shot to work. Sliding down loose dirt, I set up on the side of the cliff and pulled off the shot just in time as a backlit GE screamed up the over 1% grade with smoke shooting out. Finally, I could head somewhere for lunch. I made it out of Andesite with nothing damaged, but the drive was definitely not one I enjoyed.<br /> <br /> Although I like the shot, I just don't know that it was worth the pain and effort to get it. If I wanted to I easily could have gone to Cougar and got it there, the shot would not have been much different and it takes only a fraction of the effort. I guess if I had a four wheel drive and a better vehicle for off-roading I probably would have been fine, but in a used and beat up Outback it was a struggle. Needless to say, I will not be attempting that again anytime soon.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/markcstevens/">thor_mark </a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/markcstevens/54977807352/" title="Mountain Solitaire in Shasta–Trinity National Forest"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54977807352_3a75a61553_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Mountain Solitaire in Shasta–Trinity National Forest" /></a></p> <p>A setting looking to the northeast and taking in views across a picturesque setting in Shasta–Trinity National Forest (Castle Lake View Point). This was while hiking along the Heart Lake Trail From Castle Lake. In composing this image, I utilized the elevated position from the overlook to my advantage. I angled my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera slightly downward to capture a sweeping picturesque view of the lake, extending across to the distant ridges and peaks.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mudsharkalex/">mudsharkalex</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mudsharkalex/54978615751/" title="IMG_8954"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54978615751_14d28e51a8_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG_8954" /></a></p> <p>11/9/2025 -- View of Mount Shasta from the Vista Point along I-5.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mudsharkalex/">mudsharkalex</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mudsharkalex/54978913270/" title="IMG_8955"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54978913270_649146b9e2_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG_8955" /></a></p> <p>11/9/2025 -- View of Mount Shasta from the Vista Point along I-5.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/mudsharkalex/">mudsharkalex</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/mudsharkalex/54978913315/" title="IMG_8953"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54978913315_75a8bcda26_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="IMG_8953" /></a></p> <p>11/9/2025 -- Fun fact at the I-5 Mount Shasta vista point.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/194077908@N07/">Tracking West</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/194077908@N07/54975987331/" title="Endangered"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54975987331_4399678d44_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Endangered" /></a></p> <p>While many famous rail lines all over the country have had their downfalls over the years, some examples being the SP's Modoc Line, CNW's Cowboy Line, and the MILW's Pacific Extension, a new route is possibly soon to be added to this list. With the closure of Roseburg Forest Products' mill in Weed, a good chunk of the Siskiyou Line is going with it.<br /> <br /> The Siskiyou Line was built in the late 1800s, being the first track to connect California to the Pacific Northwest. However, this line is very unforgiving, with very sharp curves up to 14 degrees and grades as high as 4% make getting trains over this section of track very difficult. Because of this, SP was desperate for a faster and safer route to bridge the Pacific Northwest. The solution to this was the Natron Cutoff, which was built between Eugene and Black Butte. This would be completed in 1927, becoming better known as the extremely famous Shasta and Cascade routes. Meanwhile, the SP did not have plans to abandon the Siskiyou Line, it ran through cities like Medford and Roseburg, and was a very lumber heavy line. However, the Siskiyou was not the main routing for traffic anymore, as the cutoff was not only faster but also a lot less steep. This led it to being classified as a secondary, which was held all the way up until SP would get rid of the line.<br /> <br /> Throughout the years, the Siskiyou Line became a favorite for railfans. The sound of EMD 645s would scream through the mountains as trains climb and descended grades, Mount Shasta was visible in many areas along the line's southern reaches, and due to signal installation before the cutoff was built, the line was littered with semaphores, which lasted into the 2000s. However, it also has history of the wild west, with the line holding the title to the last great train robbery. This would be when the DeAutremont brothers made a failed attempt to rob a mail train at Tunnel 13 in 1923, killing four crew members and leaving with no valuables. Besides the history under SP, the line still makes history to this day.<br /> <br /> As SP found themselves digging a grave throughout the 70s and 80s, along with a failed merger with Santa Fe, the railroad eventually was sold to the Rio Grande. However, this did not mean the financial situation was getting any better. In 1994, SP sold the Siskiyou Line and Coos Bay Branch to Railtex, who formed the Central Oregon and Pacific (CORP). This is where the downfall of the line began to show.<br /> <br /> CORP was only a Class II railroad at the time, and neither line was cheap to maintain, with treacherous mountain grades on Siskiyou, and extreme bridge and tunnel maintenance on the Coos Bay. In total the railroad was over 400 miles long, and as mentioned none of it was cheap to maintain. Rail America bought Railtex in 2000, and in 2007 started looking at the possibility of abandoning the Coos Bay Branch after storms collapsed several tunnels, which eventually did happen. At the same time as the abandonment was going on, the Siskiyou needed serious improvements, and the company was looking at the possibility of tearing out the southern section of the Siskiyou Line. This was due to a tunnel fire in 2008 that left the tracks over the summit out of service for about ten years. However, when Genesee and Wyoming bought Rail America things started to look good. Since it provided a through route, another interchange point with UP, and access to industries, the line would fixed, being reopened in 2015.<br /> <br /> In the years following, traffic on this reopened section, which starts in Medford and goes to Black Butte, has not been much, with only a few customers along the 95 mile section. The main customer on this portion of the line is Roseburg Forest Products in Weed, CA, who export woodchips and veneer. While there are a few other customers, RFP is what keeps this track worth running. However, in recent times the weekly car loads have been on a steep decline, and recently Roseburg announced the closure of the Weed mill's veneer production and the company's exit of the plywood market, killing whatever regular rail traffic remained. As of December 3rd, the closure of the plant saw the majority of the 140 people working there without jobs, a huge punch to the local community. However, this also leaves the Weed crew for CORP without jobs. With the final cut of cars in the plant, it may be one last train for this section of the Siskiyou.<br /> <br /> Originally, this train was supposed to leave on Tuesday, with only three loads, and some empty stored cars, like I said, the traffic really declined. However, with nobody at the mill to even load the cars, the train was forced to be postponed. I first had found out about this run from a friend of mine in Oregon, and we made a plan to chase it. However, we were very aware of the situation and knew it would probably be postponed. When it did, we still decided to go anyways, as there was still a slight chance it could run, but also because we had a backup plan to shoot the UP's Black Butte Sub. That morning when we met up at Weed, the engineer had already gotten there, but driving by the plant the cars didn't look to be loaded, though it was very difficult to get a good look. After a local who obviously knew the engineer went and talked to him, the guy saw us and let us know that the train would not be running, but possibly Thursday. After that, it was off to Klamath Falls. The local had a solo SD60 for power, neither of us had shot it leading yet, and every daylight road train had already passed us, so it was our only option anyways. By 1 PM, we were done for the day and split off, we both had long drives home ahead of us.<br /> <br /> On my way back I decided it would only make sense to stop in Weed, I wanted the iconic shot of the local power sitting with Mount Shasta. There was also a crazy cloud formation near the volcano, it sort of reminded me of a funnel cloud, which you can see in the photo. With no clue if I will see the last run, I wanted to make sure I had at least one shot on this part of the line, even if there was no moving train.<br /> <br /> As of the day I post this, there is apparently a meeting that's supposed to happen today to discuss when the last train will run, as it's still not ready to go. After this run, whenever it is, the fate of this line is very unclear, only time will tell. Personally, I don't think the track will be torn out or abandoned, UP has and continues to use it for reroutes, though if they really needed to they could also use BNSF's Gateway Sub. You also never know what will happen with the mill, maybe something will cause them to justify rail service again. As unfortunate as it is that the most scenic part of the Siskiyou Line will go silent, nothing lasts forever, and we all know that's especially true with the railroad.<br /> <br /> Oh and one last thing before I go, that single cab two tone Ford hiding in the shadows looks real nice.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/true2death/">TRUE 2 DEATH</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/true2death/54968395928/" title="Mt Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54968395928_4f76683a98_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Mt Shasta" /></a></p> <p>pre dawn</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/186246330@N03/">jcbartholomew</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/186246330@N03/54965754258/" title="Mount Shasta Sunrise"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54965754258_3426885ea4_m.jpg" width="240" height="192" alt="Mount Shasta Sunrise" /></a></p> <p>Mount Shasta, California</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/fish-bio/">FISH-BIO</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fish-bio/54948533899/" title="Mt. Shasta at sunset"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54948533899_29d2a72709_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Mt. Shasta at sunset" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/fish-bio/">FISH-BIO</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/fish-bio/54947392942/" title="Birds over Mt. Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54947392942_0f4ab53a22_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Birds over Mt. Shasta" /></a></p>

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