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McCloud River Railroad Loading #18 for Butte |
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As noted on the News section of this website, the former McCloud River #18 got trucked from its current home on the Virginia & Truckee Railroad in western Nevada to Butte, Montana, in the fall of 2024 for use in filming "1923", a spinoff of the highly successful "Yellowstone" franchise. Matt Simons was on hand to help load the #18 onto trucks at the Eastgate depot. All photos are by Matt unless noted. |
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The #18 ready to be loaded on the trucks.
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One of the trucks used to move the locomotive to Montana.
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Getting one of the trucks ready for the loading process.
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A trailer spotted and ready for loading.
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The V&T used one of their diesels and a flatcar to load the #18.
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Loading the tender onto the truck.
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Once the tender had been loaded and the next truck spotted it was the locomotive's turn.
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The #18 being loaded onto the truck.
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The #18 loaded and ready to head for Montana.
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The following day I passed the #18's tender on Interstate 80 near Humboldt, Nevada, a family member riding with me got this photo. Several weeks later I passed the #18 again on Highway 95 north
of McDermitt, Nevada, but I could not get turned around in enough time to catch up with the locomotive to get some pictures.
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