Deep Freeze Detour - a photo on Flickriver

Deep Freeze Detour

            The winter of 1988-89 was cold. Really cold. It was so cold that Union Pacific's line in Northeast Oregon through the Blue Mountains experienced severe operational problems due to the -30F temperatures.

To get around the problems, UP detoured trains through Northern California. One of the detours is arriving at Klamath Falls, Oregon on Southern Pacific's Modoc Line. The train is passing the wig wag that guarded the Tingley Lane grade crossing. 

At the time, no one suspected that in less than a decade, UP would own the SP, abandoning the route this train used to reach the Northwest.

Taken in: United States / Oregon / Merganser (historical) (show map)

Taken on: February 11, 1989

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Camera: Plustek OpticFilm 8200i (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Plustek OpticFilm 8200i
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Elements 15.0 (Windows)
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