Rare hotshot
The Shasta Route crests the southern Cascades in Siskiyou County, California about a mile and a half east of Grass Lake siding. From there, eastbounds negotiate 22 miles of continual downgrade before they encounter level trackage on the floor of the Butte Valley at Mount Hebron. Having completed the descent, an LABRD flies through Mount Hebron on August 1, 1994. Since the train is about fifteen minutes behind Amtrak 14, it should have a swift trip to the crew change at Klamath Falls.
At the time, double stack traffic was fairly rare on the Shasta Route. My notes on the slide mount say that the symbol of this train was LABRD, which I would guess I discovered at the time from either radio traffic or a crew standing lineup message. I'm not sure what the "D" in LABRD signified, as it was typically used for detours or reroutes. Anyone?
Rare hotshot
The Shasta Route crests the southern Cascades in Siskiyou County, California about a mile and a half east of Grass Lake siding. From there, eastbounds negotiate 22 miles of continual downgrade before they encounter level trackage on the floor of the Butte Valley at Mount Hebron. Having completed the descent, an LABRD flies through Mount Hebron on August 1, 1994. Since the train is about fifteen minutes behind Amtrak 14, it should have a swift trip to the crew change at Klamath Falls.
At the time, double stack traffic was fairly rare on the Shasta Route. My notes on the slide mount say that the symbol of this train was LABRD, which I would guess I discovered at the time from either radio traffic or a crew standing lineup message. I'm not sure what the "D" in LABRD signified, as it was typically used for detours or reroutes. Anyone?