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Long-Bell Lumber Co. #3 -
s/n
2054 @ DeRidder, Louisiana on August 10, 1928 Built 07/25/1908 ~ Std gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 28" drivers ~ 36 tons ~ 2 trucks The photo is from the Tom Lawson Collection published in the Logging Railroads of South Carolina ~ Available >here< |
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Birmingham Rail & Locomotive Co. #1281 -
s/n
643
@ Birmingham, Alabama
on December 31, 1921 Built 02/25/1901 ~ Std. gauge - 9" x 8" cylinders ~ 26½" drivers ~ 20 tons ~ 2 trucks The company was a dealer and rebuilder of
railroad equipment. |
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Sinnemahoning Valley Railroad #4 -
s/n 206 Built 07/02/1888 ~ Std gauge ~ 13½" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 65 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive, owned by F.H. & C.W. Goodyear, operated near Austin, Pennsylvania The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #30127 |
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Comox Logging & Railway Co.
Ltd. #12 -
s/n 3311 Built 06/29/1927 ~ Std gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 50 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada |
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Western Maryland Railroad #6 -
s/n 3354 Built 5/14/1945 ~ Std. gauge ~ 17" x 18" cylinders ~ 48" drivers ~ 150 tons ~ 3 trucks ~ The last Shay built by Lima Locomotive Works The locomotive operated near Elkins, West Virginia |
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Wood & English Ltd. #5 -
s/n 3280 Built 03/09/1925 - Std gauge - 14½" x 15" cylinders - 36" drivers - 90 tons - 3 trucks
The locomotive operated near Englewood, British
Columbia, Canada
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California & Oregon Power Co. #3
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s/n 646 Built 04/25/1901 ~ Std. gauge ~ cylinders 10" x 10" ~ 28" drivers ~ 32 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Hornbrook, California |
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Thayer Lumber Co. #97 - s/n
547 Built 02/03/1898 ~ Std. gauge ~10" x 12" cylinders ~ 29½" drivers ~ 32 tons ~ 2 trucks The
locomotive operated near Muskegon,
Michigan |
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Markham & Callow, Inc. #1 - s/n
1574 Built 12/18/1905 ~ Std. gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 65 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Nehalem, Oregon |
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Alaska Junk Co. - s/n
1574 Built 12/18/1905 ~ Std. gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 65 tons ~ 3 trucks The Portland, Oregon company was an equipment dealer. |
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Saint Mary's & Southwestern Railroad #5 -
s/n
461 Built 05/24/1894 ~ Std ~ 15" x 14" cylinders ~ 38 ⅞" drivers ~ 80 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near Saint Mary's,
Pennsylvania |
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Portland Railway, Light & Power Co. #2 -
s/n 3207 Built 05/26/1923 ~ Std gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 50 tons ~ 2 trucks The photo was taken in 1923 during and as part of the Oak Grove Hydroelectric Project near the Oak Grove Fork of the Clackamas River in Oregon. The photo is from the Oregon Historical Society ~ Portland General Electric Photograph Collection ~ ID = OrgLot151_PGE16-403 |
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Portland Lumber Co. #5 -
s/n
1821 Built 01/26/1907 ~ 42" gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 45 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Rainier, Washington The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-0095 |
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Carter Caves & Olive Hill Railroad #119 -
s/n
119 Built 08/18/1884 ~ 42" gauge ~ (2)10" x 10" cylinders ~ 30" drivers ~ 15 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive, owned by Andrew Brown, operated near
Carter Caves, Kentucky. It was the second of
only two 3 truck, 2 cylinder Shays built.
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Cunningham, R. H. & Sons Co. #4 -
s/n 3146 Built 09/02/1920 ~ 36" gauge ~ 8" x 8" cylinders ~ 29" drivers ~ 24 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near
Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania |
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Weist, Francis & Co. ~ s/n
854 Built 10/31/1903 ~ Std gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 45 tons ~ 2 trucks On January 20, 1922, the locomotive derailed on a 600' long, 75' high trestle near Reliance, Oregon. The locomotive fell approximately 70'. Four company employees including company president, Francis M. Weist and one of his sons, ultimately lost their lives and an additional four were injured as a result of the accident. The locomotive was subsequently recovered, repaired, and ultimately served two subsequent owners until it's being scrapped on 11-28-1928. The image was published on page 14 of the March, 1922 issue of the Four L Bulletin a publication of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen (4 L) |
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San Vicente Lumber Co. #2 ~ s/n
1745 Built 08/31/1906 ~ Std gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 45 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Santa Cruz, California The photo is from the University of California @ Santa Cruz ~ ID = ms0427_pho_10156N1030 |
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Hoover-Yeager Lumber Co. #1 - s/n
2048 Built 01/20/1908 ~ Std gauge ~ 8" x 8" cylinders ~ 26½" drivers ~ 24 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive, owned by E. J. Hoover, Durbin, West Virginia The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K1389 |
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Rockcastle Lumber Co. #1 - s/n
2701 Built 04/17/1914 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 12" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 60 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Seth, West Virginia The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K3191 |
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Central Pennsylvania
Lumber Co. #71 - s/n
2810 Built 06/24/1915 ~ Std gauge ~ 14½" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 90 tons ~ 3 trucks The locomotive operated near
Laquin, Pennsylvania |
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Ashtola & Allegheny
Mountain Railroad #5 - s/n
641 Built 07/24/1901 ~ Std gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 33" drivers ~ 40 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive, owned by the Babcock Lumber Co., operated near Ashtola, Pennsylvania Photo credits: > top ~ Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K0124 > bottom ~ Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K0083.7 |
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Island Logging Co. Ltd.
#2 - s/n
3228 Built 09/15/1923 ~ Std gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 50 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive, owned by the Canadian Puget Sound Lumber & Timber Co. Ltd. operated near Duncan, British Columbia, Canada The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K1484 |
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McKelvey Brothers Inc.
#3 - s/n
3193 Built 10/27/1922 ~ 36" gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 50 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Orbisonia, Pennsylvania. Photo credits: > top ~ Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #24395 > bottom ~ Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K2189 |
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Elk Redwood Co. #4 -
s/n
2942 Built 10/27/1917 ~ 36" gauge ~ 11" x 12" cylinders ~ 32" drivers ~ 50 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Elk,
California. |
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Thompson, Albert & Frank E. #142 -
s/n 142 Built 01/09/1886 ~ Std. gauge ~ 10" x 8" cylinders ~ 26" drivers ~ 15 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Island
Run, Pennsylvania. |
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Burt Portland Cement Co. #1 -
s/n
2453 Built 05/12/1911 ~ Std gauge ~ (2) 6" x 10" cylinders ~ 22" drivers ~ 13 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated near Bellevue, Michigan The photo is part of the Don Harrison Collection |
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Buswell Lumber &
Manufacturing Co.
#2 -
s/n
1797 Built 12/08/1906 ~ Std gauge ~ 8" x 12" cylinders ~ 26½" drivers ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks The locomotive operated
near Star Lake, Wisconsin. |
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