McCloud River Railroad Company
McCloud Railway Company
Locomotive #1810

EMD GP-7u
Built- 8/1951
c/n- 15691
Horsepower- 1,500


The McCloud shops never did end up doing anything with the #1810, and it spent several years being shoved from one part of the yard to another. Nevada Industrial Switch finally brought a small mechanical crew into McCloud in the summer of 1993, and they actually got it fired up towards the end of the summer shortly before they shipped it out.

U.S. Army #1822, seen here in Willows, Florida, on 12 March 1994, depicts the as built configuration of both the McCloud #1804 and #1810, with the high hoods and AAR switcher trucks. Keith E. Ardinger photo.

Alaska Railroad #1821 in Anchorage on 22 June 1972, a few years before it would be remanufactured and renumbered 1810. Jim Herold photo.

The #1810 in Anchorage on 6 August 1978. Unknown photographer.

The #1810 again in Anchorage on 2 July 1979. Keith E. Ardinger photo.

The #1810 is is seen here on 1 April 1988 in the scrap yard in Klamath Falls, Oregon, shortly before being sold to the McCloud River. Photo is by and courtesy of Jerry Lamper.

Another photo of the #1810 in Klamath Falls, this one by Lee F. Hower and shot in June 1988.

The #1810 sitting in the McCloud yards in September 1991. Photo is by and courtesy of Jerry Lamper.

One final shot of the #1810 in McCloud, this one by Keith Ardinger and shot on 7 March 1994.

#1810 in Portland, Oregon, in 1999. Keith E. Ardinger photo.

This is a photo of the #1810 as it appeared on the Oregon Pacific Railroad. Photo courtesy of Larry Tuttle.

Another view of the #1810 on the Oregon Pacific Railroad, this one shot on 26 February 2002 by Keith E. Ardinger.

Oregon Pacific painted the #1810 in this scheme immediately prior to shipping it to Archers-Daniel-Midland. Keith E. Ardinger photo, 18 February 2008.