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<p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/126284387@N05/">Christopher J. Earle</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/126284387@N05/54692144697/" title="Whitebark on Mt. Eddy"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54692144697_00caff6e4c_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Whitebark on Mt. Eddy" /></a></p> <p>Whitebark and view to the west.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/126284387@N05/">Christopher J. Earle</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/126284387@N05/54693296655/" title="Foxtail cones"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54693296655_1a32955874_m.jpg" width="189" height="240" alt="Foxtail cones" /></a></p> <p>Maturing cones of foxtail pine, Pinus balfouriana</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/126284387@N05/">Christopher J. Earle</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/126284387@N05/54692962416/" title="Foxtail pine"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54692962416_9097b66bfd_m.jpg" width="180" height="240" alt="Foxtail pine" /></a></p> <p>Big old foxtail</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/156798429@N08/">SeanFKelly</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/156798429@N08/54659507658/" title="A View that Never Gets Old"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54659507658_03c5df4a7c_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="A View that Never Gets Old" /></a></p> <p>It's now been 11 years since my first visit here, and while the big yellow railroad continues to frustrate and disappoint with sluggish train speeds and ever-dwindling traffic, Amtrak almost always provides a good start to a sunny summer day on the Black Butte Sub. A 90-minute-late edition of the daily northbound Coast Starlight blasts upgrade, with just under two miles of the climb remaining to the crest of the Southern Cascades at Grass Lake. At this location just north of the long-removed siding of Cougar, the train is moments away from reaching the 5,000-foot-above-sea-level contour, and is already higher than the top of the better known Cascade Summit at Pengra Pass in Oregon, which this train will cross in several more hours. Remnants of the ancient code line remain at left, which is much more aesthetically-pleasing than the ugly modern line to the right, put in just a few years ago (perhaps related to the transition of the signal system to fiber?)</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/54657868133/" title="Morning Sunshine and Only a Set of Eyes Required!"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54657868133_2faef6e859_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Morning Sunshine and Only a Set of Eyes Required!" /></a></p> <p>During a recent stay in Mount Shasta, California, I was fortunate to take in a breathtaking setting that captivated my attention with a morning vista of Mount Shasta. The picturesque view was to the northeast, with the majestic summit and peak of Mount Shasta. The morning sunlight seemingly bathed the mountainside to my front. The rest of the image composition was aligning myself with the nearby street and the evergreens on both sides. The other thing I kept in mind was to expose for the highlights on the mountainside to not blow any highlights, knowing I could pull out the shadowed area later in post-production.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/amtrakdavis22/">Jake Miille</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/amtrakdavis22/54648114086/" title="Last Light at Mount Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54648114086_d6fe018c4e_m.jpg" width="240" height="154" alt="Last Light at Mount Shasta" /></a></p> <p>Union Pacific’s hottest West Coast Z train is just about halfway through its 1,100+ mile journey between Los Angeles and Tacoma, Washington. Union Pacific 6810 is on the point of the ZLCTM as it climbs the base of Mount Shasta near Hotlum, California. <br /> <br /> The 43 hour journey along the I-5 Corridor started in the early morning hours of July 31st at LATC (Los Angeles Transportation Center). The ZLCTM traversed the infamous Tehachapi Pass as well as the Central and Sacramento Valley’s before beginning the climb into the Southern Cascade Mountains. With only several minutes before sunset, I was very fortunate to capture this train in daylight. <br /> <br /> UP 6180 — ZLCTM 31 — Hotlum, California <br /> <br /> <br /> July 31, 2023 <br /> <br /> jakemiillephotography.com</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/54643798407/" title="It Isn’t Hard to Find Beautiful Places in Shasta-Trinity National Forest"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54643798407_405f088f33_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="It Isn’t Hard to Find Beautiful Places in Shasta-Trinity National Forest" /></a></p> <p>At a roadside pullout along the Everitt Memorial Highway in Shasta-Trinity National Forest with a view looking to the northeast. Mount Shasta is the backdrop for this picturesque setting with a forest of pines and evergreen trees nearby.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/shawhorton/">Shaw Horton</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/shawhorton/54614958285/" title="Mount Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54614958285_6c8ded8a98_m.jpg" width="240" height="149" alt="Mount Shasta" /></a></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/54609718356/" title="My Playtime is Outside"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54609718356_625331362e_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="My Playtime is Outside" /></a></p> <p>While hiking along the Black Butte Trail with a view looking to the east-northeast in Shasta–Trinity National Forest. This picturesque setting is something that I happened to turn around to look at along the hiking trail. The rest of the image was moving around until I had much more of a wide opening with the trees, looking down the mountain I was on, and then across the valley to the ridges and peaks with Mount Shasta. I chose to angle my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera slightly downward so I could create more of a sweeping view looking across to Mount Shasta off the distance. I figured that in raising the horizon higher into the image would bring out more of a sense of grandeur to the setting.</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@N07/54596748138/" title="Far From the Daylight"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54596748138_809672c316_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Far From the Daylight" /></a></p> <p>Although the striking Daylight streamliners have for many years been an iconic part of railroad history, the routes these ran on are a good chunk of what made them super famous. Although the main services were the Coast Daylight, Shasta Daylight, and San Joaquin Daylight, there was also a smaller route called the Sacramento Daylight. On top of this, SP had launched a few in Texas, the Sunbeam, Hustler, and Owl, however these were less known and shorter lived trains. The creation of Amtrak saw the end of these iconic streamliners, and eventually the Coast and Shasta Daylight routes were merged to create the Coast Starlight. However, a couple changes were made: the new route would not go to San Francisco, but would rather continue north out of San Jose, and an extension was made for the train to connect all the way to Seattle from Portland. Amtrak had the commuter operations take care of the passengers going to San Francisco until Caltrain was formed in 1985 to take over all passenger operations between San Jose and San Francisco.<br /> <br /> Over fifty years after the end of the Daylights and nearly thirty after the demise of the Southern Pacific, passenger trains looks a lot different through the Cascades now. On this day, Amtrak 14 rolls along the Upper Klamath Lake in the late morning. Standing tall behind the train is Mt. Shasta, which the train had been going around only a couple hours prior. The orange and red streak has been gone for decades, long replaced with a streak of grey with red, white, and blue stripes. As unfortunate as it is that the colorful and unique streamliners are a thing of the past, at least passenger service still exists, and if you get lucky you may even see an old car or two still roaming the rails.</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@N07/54586724366/" title="Still Thriving"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54586724366_19b0e73eab_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Still Thriving" /></a></p> <p>In the 1990s, Amtrak had a fleet of EMD F40PH locomotives that were in need of a replacement. Amtrak partnered with General Electric to make the &quot;Genesis&quot; series of locomotives, however due to delays Amtrak needed a fleet of new locomotives to be put in service while the new P40DC (later P42DC) locomotives were being built. This is when GE turned to their previously made B32-8 and modified it with passenger specs and a wide cab to make the P32-8BWH.<br /> <br /> Being delivered and entering service in 1991, these dash 8s found themselves running on everything alongside the soon to be retired F40PHs. These new units were famously nicknamed &quot;Pepsi Can&quot; as the paint scheme applied to these did somewhat resemble a can of Pepsi. Of the 20 that were delivered two would get sold off to Caltrans, and these would become CDTX 2051 and 2052, which quickly became very famous. Around the turn of the century, the dash 8s would find themselves being painted into the Phase IV paint, and by this point worked mostly alongside the Genesis series with the last F40PHs being retired around 2002. However, it wouldn't take long before Phase IV was phased out, and by 2016 Amtrak 515, the last Phase IV, would head to Beech Grove, IN to get the Phase V paint.<br /> <br /> The delivery of the Genesis locomotives marked the point where the dash 8s would be seen on just about anything. Unlike the dash 8s, the P40DCs and P42DCs were designed basically only for mainline running as these had a cowl body, this made the dash 8s a universal unit as these don't have a cowl body which made them more preferable for switching while also still being good for running trains. Eventually, this would find the dash 8s being stuck as switchers and on MOW work, although sometimes still being put on the mainline. On top of this, Amtrak California's two dash 8s would be retired from mainline service in 2018, with 2052 being completely dead and 2051 becoming the Oakland yard switcher where it still runs today.<br /> <br /> In 2016, a new competitor who in recent years prior had pushed into the U.S. locomotive market, rolled out something that threatened the career of the fleet of now all P42DCs. Siemens had released the SC-44, known as &quot;Chargers,&quot; which were built to takeover regional routes such as the Cascades, Midwest services, and Surfliner. This would immediately lead to the retirement of the majority of Amtrak's F59PHIs, removed the need of P42s on these services, and other railroads that bought chargers would phase out their older power. This would prove to be a bad decision for these railroads as the units have several design flaws that caused them to break down a lot. Despite this, in 2021 the first ALC-42, the long distance version of the SC-44, was delivered to Amtrak. Both variants experience similar problems, with the first runs of the ALC-42 in service being plagued with problems. Very quickly, this would become so bad it caused the dash 8s to see a massive reappearance on trains and Class I leaders became more common than ever as breakdowns became that common, especially in the winter. It also didn't help that the P42s were old and therefore had been racking up many miles, causing them to occasionally break as well. Despite that, even though the chargers were supposed to replace the aging GEs, so far it has become quite the opposite situation, with trains such as the Coast Starlight and Empire Builder seeing these P42s constantly, even though Amtrak had ALCs fully take over these trains quite some time ago.<br /> <br /> Seen in this photo is a perfect example of that. Early morning on UP's Black Butte Subdivision sees Amtrak 14, the northbound Coast Starlight, making its way to Seattle. This day there were no chargers in sight, just a dash 8 and a P42. Due to breakdowns, Amtrak 160 was the only unit ready to take the train, but it needed a second motor so Amtrak 510 left its usual duties switching and occasionally running commuters out of LA to take this. Notably, 160 is one of Amtrak's heritage painted motors, painted in the dash 8s iconic &quot;Pepsi Can&quot; scheme. Unfortunately, once this power set returns to LA tomorrow, it appears that 510 is going straight back to its usual routine.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/dancingbohunk/">Dancing Bohunk</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/dancingbohunk/54585203066/" title="Mount Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54585203066_e05cbc1249_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Mount Shasta" /></a></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/54570496695/" title="Life in the Mountains of Shasta–Trinity National Forest"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54570496695_af07865194_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Life in the Mountains of Shasta–Trinity National Forest" /></a></p> <p>While hiking along the Heart Lake Trail From Castle Lake with a view looking to the northeast. This picturesque location is situated within the Shasta–Trinity National Forest, featuring Castle Lake and a backdrop of a distant ridge and peaks, including Mount Shasta. I liked the layered look present in this image and used the nearby plant life and evergreen trees as foreground interest for a look beyond. I also angled my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera slightly downward, so that I could bring out more of a sweeping view across this national forest landscape.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jbyoder/">JBYoder</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbyoder/54567223077/" title="2025.05.31 - Mount Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54567223077_4b48ca7e97_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="2025.05.31 - Mount Shasta" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jbyoder/">JBYoder</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbyoder/54568320713/" title="2025.05.31 - Mount Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54568320713_655a2199e5_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="2025.05.31 - Mount Shasta" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jbyoder/">JBYoder</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbyoder/54568097256/" title="2025.05.31 - Mount Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54568097256_f20c79d1bd_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="2025.05.31 - Mount Shasta" /></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/planosteve/">planosteve</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/planosteve/54527775530/" title="CRW_7042-Edit"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54527775530_9e50bdc540_m.jpg" width="240" height="135" alt="CRW_7042-Edit" /></a></p> <p>another view of Mt Shasta</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/jbarc/">jbarc in BC</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/jbarc/54523665447/" title="Mount Shasta"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54523665447_b5c2a30904_m.jpg" width="240" height="182" alt="Mount Shasta" /></a></p> <p>Northern California on our way home from Arizona<br /> <br /> Mount Shasta (/ˈʃæstə/ SHASS-tə; Shasta: Waka-nunee-Tuki-wuki; Karuk: Úytaahkoo) is a potentially active stratovolcano at the southern end of the Cascade Range in Siskiyou County, California. At an elevation of 14,179 ft (4,322 m), it is the second-highest peak in the Cascades and the fifth-highest in the state. Mount Shasta has an estimated volume of 85 cubic miles (350 cubic kilometers), which makes it the most voluminous stratovolcano in the Cascade Volcanic Arc. The mountain and surrounding area are part of the Shasta–Trinity National Forest.<br /> <br /> In Explore May 17/25</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/54522228836/" title="Taking Stock of Beautiful Places in Shasta–Trinity National Forest."><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54522228836_3d76ed2688_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Taking Stock of Beautiful Places in Shasta–Trinity National Forest." /></a></p> <p>While walking around and exploring the area around the Bunny Flat Trailhead with a view looking to the northeast across this mountain landscape with small trees and other plant-life and then an evergreen forest off in the distance. Mount Shasta is the backdrop that seemingly rises into the skies above. This is located in Shasta–Trinity National Forest. I chose to angle my Nikon Z8 Mirrorless Camera slightly downward, so that I could bring the horizon and mountain peak higher into the image. I felt that might help bring out a sense of grandeur to the entire setting.</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/people/bodro/">bodro</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/bodro/54506878686/" title="Faery Falls (beautiful waterfall on the Ney Springs Canyon Trail)"><img src="https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54506878686_cf10446b11_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Faery Falls (beautiful waterfall on the Ney Springs Canyon Trail)" /></a></p> <p>my bird videos: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@bodro.photography" rel="noreferrer nofollow">www.youtube.com/@bodro.photography</a></p>

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