Remembering the McCloud River Railroad

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2 жыл бұрын

Journey to Northern California and watch McCloud Railway number 18 pull a fall photo excursion in October of 2004 and clear snow from the rails in January of 2005. This turned out to be the last steam operations to be seen on the McCloud before the rails were pulled up between McCloud and Burney, CA in the mid 2000's.
This is part of our program titled "Northwest Heritage Railways" which is available on DVD, Hi-Definition Blu-ray and Digital Download by visiting 7ideaproductions.com. www.7ideaproductions.com/prod...

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@Dannyedelman4231 10 ай бұрын

Omg i miss this railroad 💔

@louispepi3389 2 ай бұрын

This is wild, I was on this trip with my Dad!

@Saminakapoor 2 жыл бұрын

I wish some KZfaq channel showed McCloud Number 25# on that bridge😭

@imagreatbigman Жыл бұрын

Its sad that this line is all gone now. I actually drove by that bridge from Stand By Me a couple days ago while i was heading north.

@Saminakapoor 2 жыл бұрын

3:06 train! 3:29 vern hugs the tracks and then he gets up 6:41

@StormySkyRailProductions 2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME video, I cringed when I seen the crew having to dig out switches from the snow since I have been doing that throughout my railroad career with the CP. Thanks for sharing this with us all.

@7ideaproductions 2 жыл бұрын

Digging switches does not look like the most romantic part of railroading.

@StormySkyRailProductions 2 жыл бұрын

@@7ideaproductions No not really, There would be times my crew and I would rather be changing out rail or something rather than cleaning out switches.

@jlet4ever 2 жыл бұрын

I miss seeing the Bear go by my house in the 70s :(

@kawasakiz76 Жыл бұрын

What a great video!!

@7ideaproductions Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@Senor0Droolcup 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this wonderful view of a truly great railroad

@timosha21 2 жыл бұрын

I am a train 🚆and I approve this video

@gretchenchadwick8343 9 ай бұрын

My son is special needs and he loves trains 🚆🚂🚃🚄🚅🚇🚈🚉🚊🚝🚞🚋🛤 they're one of his favorite things in the whole world 🌎. He finds the McCloud River Railroad very interesting and hopes that real soon or sooner than soon that the entire railroad is rebuilt and used again for both freight and passenger trains but he does not want that to be wishful thinking he wants it to be a reality!

@jaydee975 3 ай бұрын

TRAAAAAIN!!!!!! 😂 Well at least we know when the next train was due! 😂

@robertweldon7909 2 жыл бұрын

7/20/2022 This was nice video about a remarkable short line/logging/lumber rail road. There is a book written about this rail road's history (from the 70's). I believe that you can still find it. I had a copy, which I gave to a friend, now he won't give it back. I don't blame him. ;=)

@davidmihevc3990 2 ай бұрын

If you are referring to Pine Across the Mountain, yes excellent book. It is sad that most of the McCloud Railroad is gone now.

@jongrant1215 2 жыл бұрын

To me, this is the REAL northern California, full of history, both good and bad. Often people refer to Northern California as SFO, Sacramento, etc. Real Northern California is north of SFO and Sacramento. It is sad to see how it is changing so much.

@7ideaproductions 2 жыл бұрын

Completely agree with you. I have always enjoyed visiting this part of the state.

@jongrant1215 2 жыл бұрын

@@7ideaproductions it is a different world up there. I love the area.

@TheRailfanDan 2 жыл бұрын

Wow that was a great watch and man did you really get some material there that we all can look on in the years to come and reminisce about what used to be so great! The action you caught with #18 using that plow to clear snow was just fantastic!

@7ideaproductions 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dan. I will never forget those trips. I was 33, working in radio and had just bought my first semi-professional (Sony DVX2100) camcorder. Pentrex used this footage in their "Extreme Steam II" DVD and that led to me launching 7idea Productions. Eventually I would quit my radio job and pursue this full time. Going on 14 years now!

@TheRailfanDan 2 жыл бұрын

@@7ideaproductions Wow very cool! I can definitely see why they were interested in using the footage. You've served the railroad and railfan community well with your quality work over all those years!

@7ideaproductions 2 жыл бұрын

@@TheRailfanDan Thanks Dan!

@lucaknight_ 2 жыл бұрын

Wait but what happened to the locomotives i really hope they still live

@davidmihevc3990 2 ай бұрын

#25 is alive and well on the Oregon Coast Scenic Railway in Garibaldi, Oregon. The #18 is down on the Virginia and Truckee in Carson City, Nevada. Not sure what became of the #19 that ran in Cottage Grove and the Yreka Western in Yreka, California.

@vivyan92 Жыл бұрын

TRAAAAAAIN!

@srimulyaningsih3232 2 жыл бұрын

Remember stand by me

@7ideaproductions 2 жыл бұрын

Yes that is the bridge.

@KWAHU93 Жыл бұрын

🔥

@driveincanada9713 2 жыл бұрын

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

@the_official_kyle_7772 2 жыл бұрын

You guys should do a documentary about a railroad like the N-C-O.

@evanf1293 2 жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure some of this footage came from Pentrex's Extreme Steam 2 dvd as I recognize about 90% of the footage of 18 in this vid.

@7ideaproductions 2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right! They used most of my footage from those two events in the final segment of Extreme Steam II. I was just starting to film trains back in 2004 and it was a huge honor for me to have Pentrex use some of my stuff.

@evanf1293 2 жыл бұрын

@@7ideaproductions wow, what an impressive story.

@mikeyjasoncampbell9694 6 ай бұрын

That bridge looks familiar. It looks like the same bridge from the movie “Stand by me” train bridge scene 3:16

@Matchboxtruckman163 4 ай бұрын

You didn’t hear them talk about that when they showed it?…

@paytongauthier6452 2 жыл бұрын

Wait so why did they get rid of the tracks where the stand by me bridge is?

@jimmyhook4852 2 жыл бұрын

Say @7idea Productions..... since you partook in those two events in 2004 and 2005.... did you also meet the Pentrex camera crew there as well?

@7ideaproductions 2 жыл бұрын

No but I did make this footage available to Pentrex, if it looks familiar. Their program "Extreme Steam II" includes a lot of what you see here in the final segment.

@jimmyhook4852 2 жыл бұрын

@@7ideaproductions Ah. :) Heh.... I happen to have Extreme Steam II btw. :)