YESTERYEAR DEPOT COLLECTION

McCLOUD RIVER RAILROAD COMPANY
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MCR Shay #1

 Image, McCloud Lumber Co. RR, Camp No. 1
   Order No. MCR001I

 Original print from the Fred C. Stoes Collection                       c

 Several men pose in front of a long string of flatcars
 loaded with saw logs at McCloud Lumber Co. Camp No. 1.
 A Shay with the steam engine on the opposite side is
 seen in the foreground on the log train.

   "The Shay featured on this page is McCloud River
 Railroad #17.  The Shay was one of two purchased new
 by the company in 1911 (#16, c/n 2401 and #17, c/n 2402).
 The pair served on the McCloud until 1924, when they were
 sold to Fruit Growers Supply Company as their #'s 4 and 5
 for use on their Lassen Operations logging railroad out of
 Susanville, CA.  The pair served until 1952, when the
 logging railroad was closed in favor of trucks
 and the Shays were scrapped."
                               .....Jeff Moore
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MCR 2-8-2  #19

 Image, McCloud River Railroad 2-8-2 #19
   Order No. MCR19I

 Original print from the Fred C. Stoes Collection

 A nice McCloud River Railroad 2-8-2 locomotive #19
 poses with caboose #31.

  "The McCloud photo on this page features the #19, which
 has a very interesting history.  Built by Baldwin in 1915
 as c/n #42000 for the Caddo & Choctaw Railroad (Arkansas)
 as their #4; then to Choctaw River Lumber Company as their
 #4; then to United Mining & Smelting Company #2069
 (in Mexico).
    Purchased by McCloud River in 1924, it became their #19.
 Sold 1953 to Yreka Western Railroad, Yreka, CA as their #19;
 to Oregon Pacific & Eastern Railroad (Cottage Grove, OR) #19
 1970; back to Yreka Western #19 1988.  Still on the YW, but
 is not in service at the moment due to boiler work needed
 under the new operating rules.

   Caboose #031, coupled to the #19, is an ex-Great Northern
 car.  It was donated in 1964 along with some other equipment
 to a proposed railroad museum to be located just south of
 Dunsmuir, CA.  The museum fizzled but was later resurrected
 as the commercially operated Railroad Park Resort, which
 survives to today.  The #031 is still there."
                                              .....Jeff Moore

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