Nostalgia & History > A chance encounter with the McCloud

The recent posts depicting the challenges in moving the McCloud locomotives off the property spurred me to a search through my files for any relevant material. I had always meant to record their freight operations, but never got around to it- with one small exception. Back in the summer of 2004, I was returning from Oregon with a friend and we chanced upon the McCloud 36 & 37 interchanging with the UP in Mount Shasta. After leaving Mount Shasta, we caught one runby at a grade crossing, and later at the Signal Butte switchback. I have no idea why we didn't go all the way to McCloud. The harsh summer light does little justice to the subject, but I'm glad that we had that one chance encounter. C'est la vie...

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Great sequence! Thanks greatly for posting.

Regards, Jim Evans

Great video.  Train seems to be going fairly quick for riding the footboards, though.

Ed

Thanks for sharing. I didn't see anthing wrong with the lighting. The switchback scenario is interesting. I take it they were going downgrade?

​Victor A. Baird
http://www.erstwhilepublications.com

Yes, they'd been going downgrade for a while before reaching the switchback.

Thanks for posting the video...now that brings back some memories.

Jeff Moore
Elko, NV

Extremely well done.   Really sheds some light on the mysteries of their operation.