This is backwoods railroading at the end of an era.

McCloud #25 departs for it's last excursion. The 2-6-2 engine is currently for sale.

Excursion director Henry Luna taking the seat and assisting fireman Martin Hansen in getting #25 successfully up the hill on her last trip. The little prairie type engine was carrying a heavy load... (more)

#25 going into the McCloud engine house after her last excursion run. This engine is for sale.

#25 being prepared for her final trip on the McCloud Railway.

Remarks: With engineer Malen Johnson at the throttle and McCloud owner Jeff Forbis on the rear steps, #38 is being used to switch cars to be used on a scheduled steam locomotive that day. Air brak... (more)

#25 is pulling out of the center of McCloud on a photo excursion. It may well have been the last time.

McCloud #25 is making a photo runby on the tail track of the Signal Butte switchback. This was scheduled to be the last operation for this locomotive on the McCloud as well as the use of steam pow... (more)

Pulling a photo "freight" McCloud 2-6-2 #25 is arriving at Signal Butte as it pulls onto the tail track of the switchback. This coming Sunday, Nov. 2nd is scheduled to be the last use of steam on ... (more)

A horizontal view of an earlier posting with the Eastbound Scrap train at Big Canyon on the McCloud Railway with Mt. Shasta looming in the background.

McCloud #38, an SD38, is passing thru Big Canyon with several empty scrap gons which will used to load rail from the dismantling of the McCloud. Owner Jeff Forbis is on the fireman's side of the c... (more)

Led by SD38 #38, what amounts to a funeral train is being made up at Pierce on the McCloud Railway. Tje loaded gons contain some of the rail removed in the past few weeks from the McCloud Railway ... (more)

Photo run near MP 2

#25 on the now abandoned (and awaiting removal) section of McCloud's line to Bartle at Nebraska Curve

photo run on the west leg of the wye