A Pengra Party

by Aaron Hockley

Last weekend I was up on Pengra Pass on the ex-SP Cascade Crossing in Southern Oregon. We worked east from Oakridge and ended up as far south as Grass Lake, California. I’d heard rumors they run trains on the line but you sure wouldn’t think much of it based on what we saw. Only one southbound in daylight on Saturday, and only one train at all in daylight on Sunday. Despite the shitty train volume, I managed to get a few decent foamy photos:

Sunrise at Oakridge with a passing auto rack train

Amtrak 14 near Chiloquin

Clean GEVOs and decent lighting at Chiloquin

Further south at McDoel

Passing the old water tower at Grass Lake

Light trails remain after the departure of Amtrak 11 from Chemult

Amtrak 14 in a snowstorm at Mowich

Crossing a bridge at Westfir

I have some other photos that I intend to post as standalones, with more commentary or observations over the next few weeks. In addition, some non-train photos from the trip will end up on my Flickr stream in the next day or so.

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