Redding Record Searchlight. McCLOUD -- The Shasta Sunset Dinner Train will stop service on Jan. 1 after more than 13 years, owner Jeff Forbis announced this week. The train started operations on June 1, 1996, and has been an integral part of the community in McCloud. Forbis says he hopes that someone will purchase and continue the operation of the business, but he will not operate the dinner train next year. “It has been a joy for me to give our customers the opportunity to experience the nostalgia and elegance of what train travel used to be," Forbis said in a statement. "It was as if we traveled to another era every time we left the station.” The Shasta Sunset Dinner Train's final run will be New Year's Eve. For ticket information, call 964-2142.
