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McCloud Rails
Equipment Roster McCloud River Lumber Company Passenger Equipment |
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The #63 at the Pondosa shop. Note the #52 still visible on the nose. Jeff Moore collection.
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The hulk of the #63 in Kinyon in the middle 1960s. Jeff Moore collection.
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The railbus had already been abandoned for several years at the time of this picture but was still in relatively decent shape. Photo courtesy of Heritage Junction Museum of McCloud, Inc.
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5/2003. The body of the railbus.
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5/2003. Notice how the tree has grown around the nose of the railbus.
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5/2003. The rear of the railbus.
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5/2003. Graffiti on the side of the car.
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5/2003. The interior of the car.
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Below are additional links to historic photographs of the Railbus from the Eastman Collection in the Special Collections Department of the University of California Davis Library; used with permission. These images should open in a new window. |
Below is a photo of McCloud River Lumber Company #50, a sister car to the #52, used in the same service. The converted truck is long gone, but the caboose shown behind it ended up off-rail in Pondosa, where it sat for many years before being rescued and restored by the Shasta-Cascade Rail Preservation Society. It is currently on display in |
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A close-up shot of the caboose. Photograph courtesy of Heritage Junction Museum of McCloud, Inc. |
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