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Oregon California & Eastern Railroad Klamath Falls Yard- 1994 |
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In the last days of 1994 the author of this web page had just wrapped up his first semester of college.
He then joined his family on a quick trip from the family home near Burney, CA up into southern Oregon. The family stayed one night in a hotel directly adjacent to the site of the Oregon California & Eastern yards in Klamath Falls. Parked on a short remnant of track directly behind the hotel were a couple pieces of former OC&E equipment owned by the Great Western Railroad Museum. The equipment consisted of Baldwin DS-4-4-750 #101, two modern skeleton log cars, an ex-BN coach, and ex-OC&E caboose #2006. These photos were taken by the author of this website in the morning. The last log train over the OC&E had run a little under four years before, and the rails had been lifted the previous year. |
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Looking west at the nose of the #101. |
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The remains of a spur curving away from the yard towards the north. |
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The #101 and its orphaned train. Apparently taking this photo from the sunny side of the train did not cross my mind at the time. |
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A close up of the couplers joining the two log cars. |
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The old yard tracks looking west. The Southern Pacific freight yards can be seen in the distance. |
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Looking east from the end of track down a right of way where the trains run no more. |
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