Demise of a Railroad, Part 1

I grew up in the small town of McCloud California, which is located

on the Southeast side of Mt. Shasta. It was a company owned lumber town and

I have many happy memories of living there.

One such memory is of the railroad. The McCloud River Railroad.

We used to go to sleep to the sounds of the trains getting ready to

haul a load 'over the hill' to Mt. Shasta City or east to

the Northern Pacific tracks in Burney.

If you've followed me at all you know I love trains. This railroad is why.

After the closing of the lumber mill the railroad was sold and became the

McCloud Railway, a tourist railroad. Unfortunately it didn't make it

and the railway was sold to scrappers.

A sad sight for this railfan and probably anyone else who lived

during it's hayday.

Here are a few photos I recently took while on a work 'vacation'.

I was thinking of changing them to sepia tone but the rust

kinda took care of that for me.

This is just a block or so from my childhood home.

Both these tell you something about the state of the track.

The owners bought a bunch of old passenger cars. Not sure why.

Now they're going to the scrap heap.

The title speaks for itself.

Ending this segment on a better note.

Go, See, Enjoy and Photograph

Dave