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McCloud Rails : Equipment & Rolling Stock Details
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MCR 1837
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This was one of two bucker/flanger plows built in the McCloud shops in 1938 to bolster the snowplow fleet. The plows were double-ended, and both included a flanger blade within the carbody to remove snow from between the rails. Both plows were originally equipped with doghouses on their decks for crew protection, as the flanger blades had to be raised and lowered by hand. The two plows were originally numbered 1751 and 1753. The #1753 was re-built with hydraulic controls in the early 1980’s, eliminating the need for the doghouse and the blade operator. That plow was wrecked during the winter of 1992/1993. The #1851 was then pulled out of storage and re-built with hydraulic controls as well, becoming McCloud Railway #1837 in the process. This plow remains as the primary snowplow in use on the railroad today.
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The #1751 and #1753 are seen here in the McCloud yard on 17 Sept 1982. Photo by Jimmy Bryant, courtesy Nevada Historical Society.
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The #1751 in 1984. Note the old steam locomotive headlight mounted on the doghouse. Pat Holden photo, Jeff Moore collection.
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The #1753 in 1984. This plow would be re-built with hydraulic controls and lose the doghouse within a year of this photo. Pat Holden photo, Jeff Moore collection.
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Near Milepost B-38, 5/2003. The #1753 is seen here resting where it fell, just off of the right-of-way not far from Milepost B-38 on the Burney Line. Photo taken 10 May 2003 by Roger Titus and is used with permission.
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Near Milepost B-38, 5/2003. Close-up of the nose of the wrecked #1753 near Milepost B-38 on the Burney Line.
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McCloud, CA, circa 1998. The #1837 received an all-black paint job with the silver lightning stripes and numerous reflectors as part of its rebuild in 1993.
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McCloud, CA, 5/2002.
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The #1837 is seen here at the head of a regular dinner train at Signal Butte on 23 December 2001. Photo by and courtesy of Roger Titus.
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The view over the top of the plow from the cab of a diesel. Signal Butte, 23 December 2001. Photo by and courtesy of Roger Titus.
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In the fall of 2006 the
railroad shopped and repainted the remaining plow. Lee Christopher took this photo on the last day of 2006.
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