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Rib Lake Lumber Co. #1 - s/n 1755
Built 06/09/1906 - Std. gauge - 8" x 12" cylinders - 29" drivers - 28 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive operated at the company's Rib Lake, Wisconsin location.

Photo credit: The Wisconsin Logging Book, 1839-1939

Rich Lumber Co. #1 - s/n 309 - near Gardeau, Pennsylvania
Built 08/26/1890 - Std. gauge - 9" x 8" cylinders - 28" drivers - 20 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive operated on the company's Keystone Railroad.

Rich Lumber Co. #4 - s/n 553 - @ Wanakena, New York
Built 04/14/1898 - Std. gauge - 12" x 12" cylinders - 32" drivers - 50 tons - 3 trucks

The photo caption incorrectly states the locomotive's road number as #5.

>The photo was taken circa late 1902 or thereafter when the company's operations in Granere, Pennsylvania closed and moved to Wanakena. The locomotive cab is still lettered for the Granere location's South Branch Railroad. ³⁰⁷^d

Richton Investment Co. #65 - s/n 1738 - near Richton, Mississippi on April 2, 1941
Built 09/08/1906 ~ Std. gauge ~ 12" x 15" cylinders ~ 36" drivers ~ 65 tons ~ 3 trucks

Riderville, Centerville & Blockton Railroad #510 - s/n 510
Built 07/23/1896 - 40" gauge - 9" x 8" cylinders - 27" drivers - 20 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive, owned by the E. E. Jackson Lumber Co, operated near Riderville, Alabama

The photo is part of the Duke and Weeks collection hosted by the Alabama Department of Archives & History ~ Photo ID: Q9477

Rio Grande & Pagosa Springs RR #1 - s/n 1561
Built 08/17/1905 ~ 36" gauge ~ 10" x 12" cylinders ~ 29½" drivers ~ 37 tons ~ 2 trucks

The railroad, owned by the New Mexico Lumber Co., was located near Lumberton, New Mexico. The locomotive was the railroad's third to carry the #1 road number. It was destined to be renumbered by the railroad to carry the #4 road number.
Photo credit: Pagosa's Railroads

Ritter, W. R. Lumber Co. - s/n 1650
Built 01/23/1906 ~ 36" gauge ~ 8" x 8" cylinders ~ 26" drivers ~ 20 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Tillman, South Carolina. As pictured, the locomotive was set to standard gauge.
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #29029

Ritter, W. M. Lumber Co. #4 ~ s/n 424
Built 12/17/1892 - 42" gauge - (2) 6" x 10" cylinders - 22" drivers - 10 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Hampton, Tennessee at a gauge of 36" (shown) for Ritter.
The photo was published in Blue Ridge Stemwinder

Ritter, W. M. Lumber Co. #7 - s/n 2519 - Devon, West Virginia
Built 02/17/1912 - 36" gauge - 8" x 12" cylinders - 29" drivers - 32 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive operated on the company's Big Sandy & Cumberland RR.
This common carrier railroad was chartered by the W. M. Ritter Lumber Company of Columbus, Ohio on January 25,1900.

Photo & data source:

"American Narrow Gauge Railroads" by George W. Hilton / Stanford University Press - Stanford, California 1990. <> Ed Bond collection.

Ritter, W. M. Lumber Co. #19 - s/n 1568 - near Swandale, West Virginia
Built 09/16/1905 - Std. gauge -12" x 15" cylinders - 36" drivers - 65 tons - 3 trucks

Photo courtesy of the Marc Reusser collection.

Ritter, W. R. Lumber Co. #1935 - s/n 1935
Built 04/10/1907 ~ 36" gauge ~ 10" x 10" cylinders ~ 28" drivers ~ 33 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near McClure, Virginia
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K1245.

Ritter, W. R. Lumber Co. #2002 - s/n 2002
Built 10/04/1907 ~ Std. gauge ~ 10" x 12" cylinders ~ 29½" drivers ~ 32 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Daisy, Virginia. As pictured, the locomotive is 42" gauge.
Photo credits:
> top ~ Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #29035
> bottom ~ Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #29034

Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge RR #7 - s/n 2465 - preserved at Felton, California
Built 07/28/1911 - 36" gauge - 11" x 12" cylinders - 32" drivers - 60 tons - 3 trucks

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

Rockport Redwood Co. #52 - s/n 1685 @ Rockport, California in 1940
Built 04/20/1906 - Std gauge - 10" x 10" cylinders - 28" drivers - 33 tons - 2 trucks

Rockport Redwood Co. #53 - s/n 2847 @ Rockport, California in 1940
Built 05/05/1916 - Std gauge - 12" x 15" cylinders - 36" drivers - 70 tons - 3 trucks

Rockport Redwood Co. #53 - s/n 2847 near Rockport, California in November, 1938
Built 05/05/1916 - Std. gauge -12" x 15" cylinders - 36" drivers - 70 tons - 3 trucks

Rogers Lumber Co. #298 - s/n 298
Built 06/11/1890 - 36" gauge - (2) 7" x 12" cylinders - 26" drivers - 13 tons - 2 trucks - "boot" boiler

The locomotive, named "B. W. Rogers", operated near Rogertown, Warren Co., Pennsylvania
The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-1847

Ross-Saskatoon Lumber Co. Ltd. #1 - s/n 2253 - @ East Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada - taken 1914
Built 02/02/1910 - 42" gauge - 8" x 10" cylinders - 26½" drivers - 28 tons - 2 trucks

The photo is part of the BC Archives Collection hosted by the Royal BC Museum

Ross-Saskatoon Lumber Co. Ltd. #2 - s/n 2623
Built 03/18/1913 - 42" gauge - 8" x 12" cylinders - 29" drivers - 32 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Waldo, British Columbia, Canada
The photo is part of the BC Archives Collection hosted by the Royal BC Museum ~ : Call Number: C-08534

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Rowlesburg & Southern RR #3 - s/n 3067 - Rowlelburg, West Virginia
Built 03/30/1920 - Std gauge - 10" x 10" cylinders - 29" drivers - 36 tons - 2 trucks

Photo source: Robert S. Waller Coll.

Rowlesburg & Southern #4 - s/n 746 - Rowlesburg, West Virginia
Built 12/02/1902 - Std. gauge - cylinders 12" x 12" - 32" drivers - 50 tons - 3 trucks

Photo from the Donald R. Hensley, Jr. collection with permission - ©1999

Royston Lumber Co. Ltd. #2 - s/n 3246
Built 12/15/1923 ~ Std. gauge ~ 10" x 12" cylinders ~ 29½" drivers ~ 42 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated at the company's Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada location.
Photo credit: Cumberland Museum and Archives
Top photo: circa 1920 ~ Bottom photo: circa 1919

Rucker Brothers Lumber Co. #5 - s/n 2710 ~ near Oso, Washington
Built 08/30/1913 ~ Std gauge ~ 12" x 12" cylinders - 36" drivers - 60 tons - 2 trucks

The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-0910

Rumbarger, Jacob L. Lumber Co. #2 - s/n 500
Built 10/15/1896 - Std gauge - 10" x 12" cylinders - 29½" drivers - 32 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Dobbin, West Virginia
The photo is from the Kyle Neighbors collection.

Rumbarger, Jacob L. Lumber Co. #301 - s/n 301
Built 05/16/1890 - 42" gauge - 9" x 8" cylinders - 26" drivers - 20 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Dobbin, West Virginia.
Photo published in Tucker County Available >here<

Rusk Iron Works - s/n 131
Built 06/04/1885 - 36" gauge - (2) 8" x 8" cylinders - 26" drivers - 9 tons - 2 trucks

The locomotive, named Belle of Rusk, operated near Rusk, Texas. The text on the water tank reads "Rusk Iron Works / Belle of Rusk"
Photo hosted by the Stella Hill Memorial Library, Alto, Texas

Russ, J. M. Lumber Co. - s/n 37
Built 06/05/1882 ~ 36" gauge ~ (2) 8" x 8" cylinders ~ 24" drivers ~ 8 tons ~ 2 trucks

Although the photo is of s/n 37 located near Collins, Mississippi, the precise owner of the locomotive as pictured is unknown. Of the three Collins, Mississippi owners of the locomotive, the one noted above has been arbitrarily assigned to facilitate publication of the photo here-in.

Photo credit: David Price collection at SamLindsey.com. Despite the photo's hosting site noting the locomotive is s/n 290, the staff of Shaylocomotives.com has since definitively identified the locomotive as s/n 37.

Russell & Pugh Lumber Co. #1 - s/n 1735
Built 06/01/1906 ~ 36" gauge ~ (2) 6" x 10" cylinders ~ 22" drivers ~10 tons ~ 2 trucks

The locomotive operated near Harrison, Idaho
The photo was published in The Harrison Area

Honaker Lumber Co. #8 - s/n 2436 - destined for Honaker, Virginia
Built 03/18/1911 - Std. gauge - 12" x 15" cylinders - 36" drivers - 70 tons - 3 trucks

The company was owned by the Russell Fork Transportation Co.
This image appeared on page 71 of Logging and Lumbering or Forest Utilization by C. A. Schenck

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Rutledge, Edward Timber Co. #104 - s/n 3075 - destined for Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Built 04/21/1920 - Std. gauge - 12" x 15" cylinders - 36" drivers - 70 tons - 3 trucks

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