The Yreka Western Railroad Company (reporting mark YW) was a shortline railroad that operated freight trains and passenger excursions between the Central Oregon & Pacific interchange at Montague and the City of Yreka, California.

The freight traffic on the Yreka Western Railroad was primarily wood chips, forest products, propane, and machinery and bulk commodities.

In 1986, the YW started operating a steam passenger train excursion known as the "Blue Goose" between Yreka and Montague.

She served many years there hauling log trains until being sold to the Yreka Western Railroad in 1953.

On September 19, 2016, it was announced that #19 would be up for sale in an upcoming auction and on October 6, 2016, was purchased by the Age of Steam Roundhouse, and is currently being restored in her Emperor of the North paint scheme.