Now on the point of the 2:00 PM train after leading a sold-out 12:30 PM train, RC&BT Shay 7 "Sonora" heads into the Redwood forest outside of the station.
Marshal at Roaring Camp has shooed tourists away from climbing on front of locomotive for family photos, allowing an opportunity for me to take my own unobstructed photo.
Gear driven Shay locomotives tackles its first hill on the last excursion of the day through the coastal redwood forest above Santa Cruz, CA.
Taking water before start of run up into the redwoods.
The "Dixiana" puts her train away after returning from the 12:30 run up Bear Mountain. The little narrow gauge Shay has been running on the RC&BT since 1963.
A lone machinist prepares Shay #7 for the upcoming season while Shay #1 stands proud.
The Roaring Camp & Big Trees was working overtime this Easter as every train was sold out and extra trains had to be added. Here Shay #1 makes its second run of the day up the grade to Bear Mount... (more)
built by SMC as nĀ° 1041 in 1899. Origin West Side Lumber Co nĀ° 3
The Roaring Camp and Big Trees Railroad Shay number 1 prepares for the first Run of the day.
While the SCBT Ry is mostly a tourist RR, they do occasionaly move real freight as well.
The Beach Train pulling into Roaring Camp station at the start of it's trip down to the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
