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McCloud River Railroad Company
Locomotive #7 Baldwin 4-6-0 Built- 5/1886 c/n- 7935 Drivers- 57" Cylinders- 17.5x24 Weight- 92,000 lbs. Boiler pressure- 150 lbs. Tractive effort- 17,400 lbs |
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If McCloud ever had a mystery locomotive it would be the #7. Large drivered ten wheelers weren't exactly well suited to they type of railroading McCloud practiced, and there also aren't any direct connections or associations explaining how a cast off mainline locomotive from the desert southwest ended up in northeastern California in the first place. Never the less, this unique example of its type on the McCloud roster served the railroad well for almost twenty years.
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The #7 is seen here moving a train of logs. Photograph courtesy of Heritage Junction Museum of McCloud, Inc.
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The #7 with a work train, courtesy of Heritage Junction Museum of McCloud, Inc.
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The #7 plowing snow in McCloud. T.E. Glover collection.
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The former McCloud River #7 powering a construction train on the Hetch Hetchy Railroad. Jerry Lamper collection.
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