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For the second time in 15 months, a Union Pacific Railroad freight train derailed on the Cantara Loop near Dunsmuir.

For the second time in 15 months, a Union Pacific Railroad freight train derailed on the Cantara Loop near Dunsmuir.

For the second time in 15 months, a Union Pacific Railroad freight train derailed on the Cantara Loop near Dunsmuir.

A Union Pacific Railroad train derailed Tuesday near Dunsmuir, CA at the location of several previous accidents.

Railroad Model Craftsman Extra Board With Mount Shasta looming in the background, a light freight powered by Southern Pacific Mikado 3227 crosses the Hotlum trestle to reverse direction on the Grass Lake Wye. Southern Pacific Shasta Route in HO Otis McGee/photo by Dan Munson Growing up in the 1950s, I occasionally “played with” trains. But, by my teens, my attention had turned elsewhere. Not until years later, in need of a distraction from the rigors that came with my career, did I return to model railroading. I was not particularly focused and, at the outset, I knew nothing about the gro...