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McCloud Rails : Passenger Operations: Excursion Photos
Trains Unlimited Special 2005 Page 2 |
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The NRHS special
was supposed to arrive in McCloud before the regularly scheduled Shasta Sunset Dinner Train
left town. However, the special ran late, and the dinner train met the special at Signal
Butte. The first section has already gone into the very tail end of the switchback, and
the second section is approaching the switchback as the #38 waits for the special to clear.
George Landrock photo
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The #37 leading the second section into the switchback tail track. Ken Storey photo |
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Once the second section of the special was tucked into the tail track, the dinner train followed course.
Many of the passengers on the special had tickets to ride the dinner train that night, and those passengers
switched trains here. Engineer Malen Johnson is standing next to the front steps of the #38.
Ken Storey photo |
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The #38 looking forward at the Milwaukee Road skytop observation car that brought up the rear of the
NRHS special at Signal Butte. Once the passengers settled back into the trains the dinner train backed
out of the switchback, heading uphill, while the two sections of the NRHS special went the other way
down towards McCloud. Ken Storey photo |
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Early the next morning the SP F-unit sits in front of the McCloud shop building. Roger Titus photo |
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The Milwaukee Road observation car sitting in front of the shop building. Roger Titus photo |
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Another shot of the Milwaukee observation car. Roger Titus photo |
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The first section of the special departing McCloud behind the #37. Roger Titus photo |
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The first section slips past the #38 and out of the upper end of the yard.
Roger Titus photo |
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The second section starting its departure from McCloud after the first section is safely away.
Roger Titus photo |
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The power for the second section bathed in the morning light at Signal Butte.
Roger Titus photo |
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