MCCLOUD AMTRAK SPECIAL


(NEG#AMC-1)
Amtrak Special across from the McCloud Hotel

On September 28, 2008 a special train consisting of an Amtrak unit and five private cars was run from the San Francisco Bay Area to McCloud California. The train returned to the Bay Area on September 30, 2008.


AMC

    1. Across from the McCloud Hotel (Sample shown above)
    2. On the Dinner Train track at McCloud
    3. On the Dinner Train track at McCloud
    4. On the Dinner Train track at McCloud
    5. "Silver Lariat" and the water tank at McCloud
    6. "Silver Lariat" and the water tank at McCloud
    7. "Silver Solarium" next to the Dinner Train kitchen
    8. "Silver Solarium" next to the Dinner Train kitchen
    9. "Silver Solarium" next to the Dinner Train kitchen
    10. "Silver Solarium" next to the remains of the McCloud depot
    11. "Silver Solarium" on the Dinner Train track
    12. Dawn on the McCloud wye
    13. Backing around wye and heading for Mt Shasta
    14. Backing around wye and heading for Mt Shasta
    15. Lenticular Clouds top Mt Shasta as the train backs towards Mt Shasta near MP4
    16. "Silver Lariat"
    17. Backing up to the switchback near MP4
    18. The sun glints off the Amtrak unit as the train now heads from Mt Shasta with the locomotive leading
    19. Passing stored cars on the Pierce siding
    20. The "Plaza Santa Fe"
    21. The "Silver Solarium"
    22. The train is about to leave the Pierce Block and enter the Mt Shasta Block
    23. The train is about to leave the Pierce Block and enter the Mt Shasta Block
    24. The train is about to leave the Pierce Block and enter the Mt Shasta Block

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