An eastbound McCloud River train passes the water tank at Bartle that can be seen in the film "Stand by Me." The train is going to the Burlington Northern interchange at Lookout.

A McCloud Railway train returns from the BNSF interchange at Lookout late on a summer afternoon.

Crossing the trestle made famous by the film "Stand by Me," a McCloud River train heads for home at McCloud. The lumber loads came from the Sierra Pacific sawmill at Berry, near Burney.

A train departs McCloud for the BN interchange at Lookout.

BLE 862 is seen leading light power up to the harbor at Conneaut just outside of town. It is very rare to see the 862 leading on the road as the unit is used as the dock switcher all the time and ... (more)

The train to the Burlington Northern interchange makes an air test before departing McCloud.

A winter excursion on McCloud River's Lookout line plows snow.

The McCloud River 37 rests after an excursion in summer 1985.

The NRHS convention train has just arrived at Mount Shasta. It will be switched into two sections for the trip to McCloud.

A McCloud Railway 'Hill Job' climbs the grade to the switchback at Signal Butte. Rails in the shadow of Mt. Shasta were looking good.

McCloud Railway's once a week train to the BNSF interchange at Lookout rolls through Bartle, California. The "Stand by Me" water tank is about a hundred yards or so ahead. Mount Shasta l... (more)

Backing toward the UP interchange, a train of forest products rolls though the s-curves at Big Canyon on the McCloud Railway.

SD38 655 is running long hood forward as it leads a mixed freight west on the EJ&E's eastern branch known as the Porter Line in 1983.

During 1990, Burlington Northern leased two McCloud River locomotives. The units were primarily used between Klamath Falls, Oregon and Bieber, California on BN's South Local. The McClouds are a fe... (more)

An SD38/MT6 slug set rests at the east end of Oak Island Yard. These slug sets were the usual power at Oak Island hump during the last decade of Conrail's existence.