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Blake Brothers Co. #1 - s/n 1351
Built 01/1917 - Std gauge - 47 tons - 2 trucks 130d
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Top photo was taken in 1948 near Point Richmond California. It is courtesy of the Marc Reusser collection  

Blakely Railroad #3 - s/n 1004
Built 05/1896 ~ Std. gauge ~ 45 tons ~ 2 trucks 130d

The locomotive, owned by the Port Blakely Mill Co., operated near Kamilche, Washington.  The locomotive was named "Maggie"
The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-1371
Blumauer Brothers Lumber Co. #200 -  s/n 1098
Built 09-1906 ~ Std gauge ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Tenion, Washington
The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-2614
Bloedel-Donovan Lumber Mills #1 - s/n 1373 @ Skykomish, Washington
Built 05/1918 - Std gauge - 36 tons - 2 trucks 130d

Photo from H. Hansen collection
Blue Jay Lumber Co. #3 - s/n 1023
Built 09/1898 - 36" gauge - 25 tons - 2 trucks 

The locomotive operated near Pochahontas, Pennsylvania
The image is part of the James B. Bane collection.

Blue Jay Lumber Co. #10 - s/n 1252 -  destined for Blue Jay, West Virginia
Built 06-1912 - Std gauge - 78 tons - 3 trucks 130d

The locomotive was named "P. T. Lynch"
Blue Ridge Stone Co. #1- s/n 1456 - at Roanoke, Virginia 
Built 1922 -  Std gauge - 22 tons - 2 trucks 

The company's operations were near West Jefferson, North Carolina 130d 

Photo courtesy of the Marc Reusser collection.
Bluestone Mining & Smelting Co. #1 - s/n 1351
Built 01-1917 ~ Std gauge ~ 47 tons ~ 2 trucks 130d


The locomotive operated near the company's Wabuska, Nevada location.
Blytheville Burdette & Mississippi River Rwy #6 - s/n 1149
Built 1909 ~ Std. gauge ~ 23 tons ~ 2 trucks 130d

The locomotive, owned by the Three States Lumber Co., operated near Burdette, Arkansas.
Due to the placement of the saddle tank above the boiler, a square sand box added just below and on either side of the front portion of the smokebox replaced the typical Heisler boiler mounted round sand dome.
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection
~ Negative #02286
Blytheville Burdette & Mississippi River Rwy #7 - s/n 1341
Built 1916 ~ Std. gauge ~ 40 tons ~ 2 trucks 130d

The locomotive, owned by the Three States Lumber Co., operated near Burdette, Arkansas.
Due to the placement of the saddle tank above the boiler, a square sand box added just below and on either side of the front portion of the smokebox replaced the typical Heisler boiler mounted round sand dome.
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection
~ Negative #02287
Bokhoma & Northern Railroad #61 - s/n 1133
Built 1907 - Std gauge - 28 tons - 2 trucks 

The locomotive, owned by the Frisco Lumber Co., operated near Bokhoma, Oklahoma
The photo is part of the Terry Passmore collection.    Note the discrepancy between the 1906 date on the photo and the 1907 build date.


Booth-Kelly Lumber Co. #4 - s/n 1327 - near Wendling, Oregon in March, 1924
Built 03/1916 ~ Std gauge ~ 63 tons ~ 2 trucks 130d

Photo credits:
> top       ~  Curtis Irish collection.  Taken in March, 1924.
> bottom ~  The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-1298

Borate & Daggett Railroad #1 - s/n 1018
Built 02/1898 - 36" gauge - 25 tons - 2 trucks 

The locomotive, named "Marion", was owned by the Pacific Coast Borax Co..  It operated near Daggett, California 
The photo is from Wikipedia.org


Borate & Daggett Railroad #2 - s/n 1026 - @ Daggett, California
Built 01/1899 -  36" gauge - 35 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive, named "Francis", was owned by the Pacific Coast Borax Co..  It operated near Daggett, California 

This and a 2nd Heisler were used by the company to haul borax out of the Mojave Desert.  They replaced the famous "Twenty-Mule Teams" previously used for the same purpose.  Lower photo is of #2 on a trestle near Borate.

The photos were published in Railroads of Nevada and Eastern California, Vol. 2
 

Bostonia Coal & Clay Products Co. #20 - s/n 1591
Built 1929 ~ Std gauge ~ 90 tons ~ 3 trucks 

The locomotive operated near New Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
The photo is from the Tim Martin Collection via Casshews (Facebook group)

Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co. #5 - s/n 1188 ~ near Maxville, Oregon in 1923
Built 09-1910 ~ Std gauge ~ 42 tons ~ 2 trucks

Photo credits:

~ Upper  :  Regional Historical Collection at the East Oregon University ~ ID =  2010.15.00465
~ Lower  :  James B. Bane collection



Bowman-Hicks Lumber Co. #7 ~ s/n 1084
Built 1903 ~ Std gauge ~ ?? tons ~ 2 trucks

The photos were taken near Maxville, Oregon in 1923  & 1924
The photos are from the Regional Historical Collection at the
East Oregon University with the following IDs in order from top to bottom:

1 - ID = 2010.15.00464
2 - ID = 2010.15.00463
3 - ID = 2010.15.00198
4 - ID = 2010.15.00466

 

 

Breece, George E. Lbr. Co. #15 - s/n 1534 @ Mescalero Apache Reservation, New Mexico on  June 30, 1928
Built 1926 - Std. gauge - 70 tons - 3 trucks 130d

Photo credits:
~ E. S. Shipp collection from Logging Railroads of the Lincoln National Forest, New Mexico
~ Historical Society of New Mexico, Inc.
 
Brooks Scanlon Lbr. Co. #3 (Kentwood & Eastern RR)  s/n 1137 -  Kentwood, Louisiana 
Built 1908 - Std. gauge - 37 tons - 2 trucks 130d 
Note the two small sand boxes forward of and below the smoke box.   The saddle water tank prevented a typical sand dome installation.

Source: Logging Railroads of Alabama   || Walter Casler collection

Broughton Lumber Co. - s/n 1091 ~ at Willard, Washington
Built 06-1906 ~ Std gauge ~ 22 tons ~ 2 trucks

The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-2321
Broughton Lumber Co. - s/n 1155 - @  - preserved - photo taken in 1999 at Jack Rogers' Golden Age Museum in Ashford, Washington
Built 02/1929 - Std. gauge - 42 tons - 2 trucks 130d
  

Provided courtesy of Brian Fritz  - Copyright © 1999
Brown, George C. & Co. #5 - s/n 1399
Built 1919 ~ Std gauge ~ 26 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Proctor, Arkansas
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection
~ Negative #02886
Brownlee Lumber Co. #3 - s/n 1206 - destined for Shubuta, Mississippi
Built 1910 - 36" gauge - 18 tons - 2 trucks 130d


The locomotive operated on the company's Shubuta Valley Railroad
Photo credit: Shauble collection @ America's Age of Steam
Bryce Lumber Co. #1 - s/n ???? @ Jefferson, Texas
We are unable locate any facts on this locomotive or its parent company that would confirm the information (noted above) that came with the photo. 

Buffelen Lumber & Manufacturing Co. #5 - s/n 1462
Built 10/1922 - Std gauge -  63 tons  - 2 trucks 

The locomotive operated near Eagle Gorge, Washington
The lower photo is from the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad Collection.


Bunker-Culler Lumber Co. #1 - s/n 1109
Built 1907 ~ Std gauge ~ 52 tons ~ 2 trucks 130d

The locomotive operated near the company's Bunker, Missouri location.

Photo credits:
> top       ~  Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #03104
> middle ~  The "Hilterbrand Gallery" within webbdeiss.org


 
Butler Lumber Co. #1 - s/n 1099 ~ Article
Built 08/1906 ~ Std gauge ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks 130d

The locomotive operated near the company's Bow, Washington location.
Image credit: American Lumberman ~ page 69 ~ November 22, 1919

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