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  1. Power for the Dinner Train

    Power for the Dinner Train

    McCloud Railway #38 being warmed up in the shop before powering the Shasta Sunset Dinner Train on Saturday, 19 January 2008.
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    • Category: Buildings and Structures
  2. Two Weeks from the End

    Two Weeks from the End

    McCloud Railway #37 approaching Bartle Tank in June 2006, less than two weeks from the end of freight operations east of McCloud.
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    • Category: Regionals and Shortlines
  3. McCloud River Plow

    McCloud River Plow

    McCloud River #1767- August 2005
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    • Category: Maintenance of Way and Non-Revenue Cars
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    Comment by 'JDLX' in media 'Steam to diesel back to steam'

    TrainPohll- Wrong. It is a SD38, not a SD40-2. The McCloud River never did own any SD40-2s. The McCloud replaced its first generation diesels (8 Baldwins of various models) with 3 new SD38's in May 1969. They added a single SD38-2 in 1974. The SD38-2 went to UP in 1997, and the other...
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    Comment by 'JDLX' in media 'Steam to diesel back to steam'

    Russian- Simple answer to your question. Money. What money the railroad has gets spent on other things. Painting passenger cars is not something that ranks high enough on the priority list to get funded. The dinner train is painted, but unless a new owner takes over the VIA cars never will...
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    Comment by 'JDLX' in media 'Lazy Weekend at Rye'

    Great shot... For what it's worth the Lewis & Clark no longer operates that railroad...the LINC died when the Temple family outbid them for the operating contract for the line. I'm not sure if the Temple family has a new name for the railroad or not...it might be run as a division of...
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    Comment by 'JDLX' in media 'McCloud Rwy'

    Nice series of photos, George. Malen can work for the Shasta Sunset without affecting his retirement. As a result he has run just about every passenger train that has run since his retirement...in his words, just enough to pay the premium on his health insurance. JDLX Elko, NV
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    Comment by 'JDLX' in media 'Kalamath Northern 206'

    Baldwin 40-ton switcher... Looks a lot better now than it did while actually in service on the KNOR... To see for yourself go to http://www.trainweb.org/westernrails/kn/kn.html JDLX Elko, NV
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    Comment by 'JDLX' in media 'Dolton Junction Chicago'

    Copper Basin Railroad, not Copper Canyon... Ex-SP SD39. Nice picture.
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    Comment by 'JDLX' in media 'McCloud #36 & #37'

    Forgot one thing...what is really amazing is to look at the 1955 footage of the Lake Britton bridge and surroundings on the Pentrex tape to see how much vegetation there has changed in 48 years.
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    Comment by 'JDLX' in media 'McCloud #36 & #37'

    Can't see a train on the east side of the lake now until about 20 feet before it comes onto the bridge... Things have grown up quite a bit there.
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    Comment by 'JDLX' in media 'McCloud Caboose #102'

    Nope...after a decade of inactivity the #102 was re-activated in 1995 for the tourist business, and it was painted red with white trim at that time. The red paint is starting to fade...that's what you see here. When the #101 was destroyed in a yard switching accident in the McCloud yards...
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  13. McCloud Caboose #102

    McCloud Caboose #102

    McCloud Railway caboose #102 follows 18 cars of forest products and two diesels near Cayton, CA, USA. Photo taken November 2002.
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    • Category: Western United States
  14. McCloud #36 & #37

    McCloud #36 & #37

    McCloud Railway Sierra job crossing the Lake Britton bridge northeast of Burney, CA, USA. Photo taken November 2002.
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    • Category: Western United States


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