Western Railroad Discussion > Here Is A Much Better Way For McCloud Railway #37 To Leave Town!

These past 2 weeks have been very hard for those of us who worked on the McCloud Railway in the past several decades.  To see the line in such disrepair that the last 3 diesels could not even make it out of town together is disheartening to say the least.  Since I sold the railroad (and the 2 steam locomotives) for Jeff, I guess I should not be surprised as to what has happened to it.  But still it is sad to see.

Here is how I want to remember the McCloud. 

It was a few years ago that I was readying one of the McCloud steam locomotives for one of my fall photo freights.  While I was firing up the steam engine I head the horn sound of the train leaving downtown McCloud.  It was the last "Pumpkin Train" of the day leaving for the pumpkin patch up on Signal Butte.  I quickly grabbed my camera and caught a shot of Mickey at the controls of McCloud Ry #37 as she roared by us in the yards.  Sure enough, there was a pumpkin riding on the nose of the unit to set the tone for the trip.

This is how I want to remember the McCloud Ry.

Martin



Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 10/23/16 16:17 by LoggerHogger.

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At least you had a camera, we were at SPI Burney on a sales call when one of the last runs picked up,
way too much of "it'll still be here tomorrow".

Out

No kidding, Martin. I can't tell from the photo but did the 37 still have the front motherboard on the left side? Sure looks patched up now.

Lee Hower - Sacramento

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I'm now picturing in my mind the #37 done up something like the Sacramento Southern power from last weekend...THAT would have been a sight to behold!

To answer your question Lee, the taped over numberboard is a legacy of the several months it spent sitting on the ties just above Howard about three years ago. 

Thanks for the photo and the memoris Martin...

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV

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What is the ancestry of the 2008 and the observation car behind it?  I was there in 2008 and don't remember seeing either one.

The 2008 is a former U.S.Army locomotive.