Owner : Youngstown Iron & Steel Co. #3 (YIS) ~ Youngstown, Ohio.
C/N ???? ~ built ???? ~ ??" gauge ~ ???? cylinders ~ ? tons
The locomotive is estimated to have weighed 3-5 tons. YIS had at least one other Porter non-geared locomotive. It's gauge was 56½".
The photo is from the Rick Rowlands Collection
Data from Lawrence Hargis' Porter Steam Locomotive Roster.
Owner : Venezuela Sugar Co. #11 ~ Maracaibo, Venezuela.
C/N 5697 ~ built 08/1915 ~ 36" gauge ~ 4½" x 6½" cylinders ~ 5 tons
Data from Lawrence Hargis' Porter Steam Locomotive Roster.
Owner : A. Guthrie & Co. #1 ~ Saint Paul, Minnesota.
C/N 5676 ~ built 08/1915 ~ 56½" gauge ~ 4" x 5" cylinders ~ 3 tons
The company, a general contractor, owned an additional Porter geared locomotive with the C/N 5735. Data from Lawrence Hargis' Porter Steam Locomotive Roster.
Owner : Unknown
The photo is from the Smithsonian National Museum of American History ~ John H. White & John Watkins Collection ~ ID = NMAH.AC.0523
Construction:
The company's locomotives were driven by two horizontal steam cylinders, one
mounted on top of the main frame on either side of and next to the front
part of the boiler. The cylinders drove a large spur gear centrally
mounted on the lower part of the main frame and below the boiler. The
spur gear powered all four drivers(wheels) via either a sprocket gear and
chain configuration on one locomotive model or an eccentric disk and side
rod system on another model. Water for steam was carried in a
saddle tank above the boiler. Concave (double flanged) wheels were utilized to
straddle the poles of the "pole" railroad which these engines were
designed to run on. Pole railroads were basically tree logs (with limbs
removed) laid end to end for the entire distance of the railroad.
Owner : Unknown
This image appeared on page 377 of the August, 1899 issue of Railway and Locomotive Engineering.
Construction:
The company's locomotives were driven by two horizontal steam cylinders, one
mounted on top of the main frame on either side of and next to the front
part of the boiler. The cylinders drove a large spur gear centrally
mounted on the lower part of the main frame and below the boiler. The
spur gear powered all four drivers(wheels) via either a sprocket gear and
chain configuration on one locomotive model or an eccentric disk and side
rod system on another model. Water for steam was carried in a
saddle tank above the boiler. Concave (double flanged) wheels were utilized to
straddle the poles of the "pole" railroad which these engines were
designed to run on. Pole railroads were basically tree logs (with limbs
removed) laid end to end for the entire distance of the railroad.
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Owner : Lodi Railroad
As photographed, the crew cab has not been installed. The location of the railroad was not disclosed by the source. It is possible it was the Lodi Branch Railroad Co. later renamed Hackensack and Lodi Railroad near Hackensack, New Jersey.
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #18107