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Along The Line:
Porcupine |
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A blast in the early days of quarrying at Porcupine. Heritage Junction Museum of McCloud. |
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The shovel the railroad kept at Porcupine for decades to load cinders into railcars. Note the log flat equipped with short
gondola sides in service as a ballast hopper. Heritage Junction Museum of McCloud. |
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One more view of the shovel. Heritage Junction Museum of McCloud. |
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An eastbound Lookout job framed by the station sign in 2003. Roget Titus photo. |
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The Porcupine spur in June 2004, six months after operations over the line ceased. The line to the left is the mainline to Lookout, the line to the right is the spur into the ballast pit area. |
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In November 2004 the McCloud Railway ran one last work train to Porcupine to get ballast before BNSF started scrapping out the line. The
train is seen here getting loaded. Roget Titus photo. |
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The #37 pushing the loaded ballast hoppers back out to the mainline. Roget Titus photo. |
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The pit in August 2006 as seen from the grade of the spur. Jeff Moore. |
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The pit in August 2006 as seen from the grade of the spur. Jeff Moore. |
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