In the 1924, she was purchased by the McCloud River Railroad. While in the shops shortly after arrival, the shop crews reported they found bullet holes in her tender and parts of her cab. This led to a rumor that 19 had encountered Pancho Villa and his band of revoluntionaries somewhere in Mexico. Thus earning the 19 the nickname of "Pancho". She served many faithful years on the McCloud River until the advent of diesel locmotives in the 1950's and all McCloud steamers were sidelined from freight service. Luckily around the same time, the nearby Yreka Western was looking foir 2 steam locomotives to continue pulling there freight trains. McCloud River's 2 Mikados, the 18 and 19 were purchased by the Yrek,a Western in 1958 and began operations the next year pulling freight and excursion passenger trains that had recently been started. The 18 and 19 double headed on these excursion train until 1967 when the 18 blew a cylinder head on the return trip from Yreka. She was moved around the Yreka yards for the 30 years until being sold back to the McCloud River in 1999. On the other hand, 19 has served faithfully. From 1970-1988, Pancho was leased to the Oregon Pacific and Eastern Railroad out of Cottage Grove, Oregon and operated there starring in the movies "Emperor of the North" and "stand By Me". When the OP&E went bankrupt, she was sent back down to Yreka and began pulling the Blue Goose excursion trains in 1989 and ever since then (except during 2003-2005 for flue replacement and legal problems) she has served faithfully ever since.