Jeff Moore Wrote:
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> No activity at all in two years now, except the
> brush and trees keep getting taller, more copper
> is stripped from the equipment and facilities, and
> a little more rust sets in.
>
> A new company (McCloud Partners) has purchased the
> sawmill and is redeveloping it, they want to get
> the railroad back in service to support their
> planned industries and would like to get passenger
> trains returned as well, but to date it sounds
> like their discussions with the railroad ownership
> have yet to progress very far. That's probably
> the best hope for a revival at the present moment.
>
>
> I did note on my recent visit a new informational
> sign for the "Bob Gray Memorial Fuelbreak of the
> Northeast Mt. Shasta Fuel Reduction Project" has
> recently been erected near the Mt. Shasta
> Boulevard crossing, and it lists 4-Rails, Inc.
> (the Forbis family company that still owns all the
> real estate) as a working partner in the
> project...Bob Gray was a long-time employee of the
> U.S. Forest Service in McCloud who passed away a
> year or so ago, he married the daughter of a
> McCloud River Railroad shop employee. Bob was a
> fountain of knowledge and a popular guy in the
> McCloud community.
>
> Jeff Moore
> Elko, NV

Anything new on the 30, Jeff?