Modoc Northern Railroad

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History:: Line originally part of narrow gauge Nevada-California-Oregon Railway.; Line taken over by Southern Pacific.; SP filed to abandon the line in March 1985.; Permission to abandon received in August 1985, but SP continued to operate the line.; Lake County agreed to purchase the railroad and took possession of it on January 18, 1986.; Operation of the line was contracted out by Lake County to Great Western Railway.; Contract with GWR expired in December 1996 and operation of the line, now renamed Lake County Railroad, was taken over by the county.; Line leased, and operation taken over, by Modoc Northern Railroad on March 18, 2007.; Lease by Modoc Northern ended 2009. Line operated by Frontier Rail as Lake Railway.; Lake Railway lost lease of line in 2017; replaced by new operator, Goose Lake Ry (GOOS).
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Unit	Bldr.	Model	B/N	F/N	B/D	History	Acq.	Ret.	Notes
650	EMD	SD9	23932	5555-22	1958	ex S&S Shortline; ex BS 652; nee DMIR 152			to WRIX 650; to WRIX/WIR 650; to WRIX 650
651	EMD	SD9	23118	5538-2	1957	ex BS 640; nee DMIR 130			to WRIX 651
700	EMD	GP7u	18604	5296-14	1953	ex LCR 700; ex CLC 700:2; ex CWWR:2 776; ex WTCX 776; ex NW 2436; nee NKP 436			to LRY 700; to WRL/LRY 700
1011	GE	B23-7	41983		1978	ex UCRY/ARN 1011; ex ARN 1011; ex NS 3974; nee SOU 3974			to LRY 1011; to Columbia Grain/LRY 1011 (Portland,OR); to CCET 1011, 2020
BNSF 3647	EMD	SW1000	31701	7879-4	1966	ex BNSF 3647; ex BN 579; nee CBQ 9315			to LTEX/BNSF 3647; to LTEX 1015
7780	GE	B30-7	42794		1980	ex UCRY 7780; nee SSW 7780			to UCRY 7780

Caboose: 01480

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Last updated: April 01, 2023