25 is a 2-6-2 "Prairie" type steam locomotive that worked on the McCloud River Railroad.

25 ceremoniously opened the Burney Branch by bursting through a paper banner with a special excursion train.

[1] It wasn't long, however, before the locomotive was brought out again on July 3, 1955 to open the Burney Branch by breaking a paper banner with a special excursion train.

Shasta Alpine Scenic Railway ran regular excursions in the summer of 1964, and another contractor called the Shasta Huffen-Puff ran the service between 1967 and 1971, when equipment prices, insurance prices, and falling interest.

This era of excursions ended in 1975, when the locomotive travelled to the Tidewater Southern Railway to be used in Bound for Glory.

The McCloud River Railroad came under new ownership in 1977, and the new owners ordered President Bill Herndon to scrap the No.

25 was put on long-term lease to the Great Western Railroad Museum, which ran it on the McCloud in several annual excursions.

It made two excursions for railfan groups on November 1 and 2, but because most of the McCloud Railway is being abandoned, the locomotive ran on its homerails for the last time, and was put up for sale.

The locomotive is stored in the World War II-era blimp hangar and was steamed up on May 20 with passenger excursions planned to begin in the summer.