West Side Lumber Company railway
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Narrow gauge
| Name | Number | Builder | Type | Date | Works number | Notes |
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| Fido | H.K. Porter H. K. Porter, Inc H. K. Porter, Inc. manufactured light-duty railroad locomotives in the USA, starting in 1866. The company became the largest producer of industrial locomotives, and built almost eight thousand of them... |
0-4-0ST | Sold to the Sierra and San Francisco Power Company's Schoettgen Pass railroad | |||
| Star | H.K. Porter H. K. Porter, Inc H. K. Porter, Inc. manufactured light-duty railroad locomotives in the USA, starting in 1866. The company became the largest producer of industrial locomotives, and built almost eight thousand of them... |
0-4-0ST | ex-Cliff House Railroad, San Francisco | |||
| 1 | Heisler Heisler locomotive The Heisler locomotive was the last variant of the three major types of geared steam locomotive, Charles L. Heisler receiving a patent for the design in 1892 following the construction of a prototype in 1891. Somewhat similar to a Climax locomotive, Heisler's design featured two cylinders canted... |
Two Truck | 1899 | 1038 | Sold to the Swayne Lumber Company; scrapped 1940 | |
| 2 | Heisler | Two Truck | 1899 | 1040 | Placed in Tuolumne City park in 1960 | |
| 3 | Heisler | Two Truck | 1900 | 1041 | Converted to standard gauge Standard gauge The standard gauge is a widely-used track gauge . Approximately 60% of the world's existing railway lines are built to this gauge... in 1947. Converted back to narrow gauge circa 1962. Now Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad is a narrow gauge tourist railroad in California that starts from the Roaring Camp depot in Felton, California and runs up steep grades to the top of nearby Bear Mountain, a distance of 3.25 miles The travel is through a redwood forest.The steam engines date... No. 2 (operational) |
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| 4 | Heisler | Two Truck | 1901 | 1049 | Scrapped 1950 | |
| 5 | Lima Lima Locomotive Works Lima Locomotive Works was an American firm that manufactured railroad locomotives from the 1870s through the 1950s. The company took the most distinctive part of its name from its main shops location in Lima, Ohio. The shops were located between the Baltimore & Ohio's Cincinnati-Toledo main line... |
Two Truck Shay Shay locomotive The Shay locomotive was the most widely used geared steam locomotive. The locomotives were built to the patents of Ephraim Shay, who has been credited with the popularization of the concept of a geared steam locomotive... |
1902 | 730 | Scrapped 1950 | |
| 6 | Lima | Two Truck Shay | 1903 | 817 | Scrapped 1942 | |
| 7 | Lima | Three Truck Shay | 1911 | 2465 | ex-Butte and Plumas Railway #4; now running on the Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad The Roaring Camp & Big Trees Railroad is a narrow gauge tourist railroad in California that starts from the Roaring Camp depot in Felton, California and runs up steep grades to the top of nearby Bear Mountain, a distance of 3.25 miles The travel is through a redwood forest.The steam engines date... |
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| 8 | Lima | Three Truck Shay | 1922 | 3176 | Now displayed at Canyon City, Colorado at the Santa Fe Depot after service on the Georgetown Loop Georgetown Loop The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a narrow gauge heritage railroad located in the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, Colorado, in the United States.... and static display at the Old Georgetown Station with C&S caboose #1012. Lettered for the Royal Gorge Route.(Was Georgetown Loop 8, Static Display) |
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| 9 | Lima | Three Truck Shay | 1923 | 3199 | Operable at Midwest Old Thresher's Reunion Old Thresher's Reunion The Midwest Old Thresher's Reunion was started in 1950 and has taken place every Labor Day weekend since in the small town of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa... , Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Lettered for West Side Lumber Company. Trucked to Silver Plume, CO, arrived February 2, 2011. Colorado Historical Society will rebuild 9 to operate on Georgetown Loop Railroad - estimated completion 2012. The 12, a Baldwin 2-6-2, will go to Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, after #9 enters service on the Georgetown Loop RR. |
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| 10 | Lima | Three Truck Shay | 1928 | 3315 | Now running on the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad is a historic narrow gauge railway with two operating steam train locomotives located near Fish Camp, California, in the Sierra National Forest near the southern entrance to Yosemite National Park... |
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| 12 | Lima | Three Truck Shay | 1927 | 3302 | ex-Swayne Lumber Company railway #6. Now at Colorado Railroad Museum Colorado Railroad Museum The Colorado Railroad Museum is a non-profit railroad museum The museum is located on at a point where Clear Creek flows between North and South Table Mountains in Golden, Colorado.... , Golden, CO after service on the Georgetown Loop Georgetown Loop The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a narrow gauge heritage railroad located in the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, Colorado, in the United States.... . (Was Georgetown Loop 12, Operational) |
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| 14 | Lima | Three Truck Shay | 1916 | 2835 | ex-Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company #10. Now at Colorado Railroad Museum Colorado Railroad Museum The Colorado Railroad Museum is a non-profit railroad museum The museum is located on at a point where Clear Creek flows between North and South Table Mountains in Golden, Colorado.... , Golden, CO after service on the Georgetown Loop Georgetown Loop The Georgetown Loop Railroad is a narrow gauge heritage railroad located in the Rocky Mountains in Clear Creek County, Colorado, in the United States.... . Lettered for Argentine Central. (Was Georgetown Loop 14, Operational) |
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| 15 | Lima | Three Truck Shay | 1913 | 2645 | ex-Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company #9. Operable at Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad is a historic narrow gauge railway with two operating steam train locomotives located near Fish Camp, California, in the Sierra National Forest near the southern entrance to Yosemite National Park... . |
Standard gauge
| Name | Number | Builder | Type | Date | Works number | Notes |
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| Old Betsie | H.K. Porter H. K. Porter, Inc H. K. Porter, Inc. manufactured light-duty railroad locomotives in the USA, starting in 1866. The company became the largest producer of industrial locomotives, and built almost eight thousand of them... |
0-6-0 tender | 1886 | 770 | Built as a 2-6-0 for the Prescott and Arizona Central Railroad | |
| 1 | Heisler Heisler locomotive The Heisler locomotive was the last variant of the three major types of geared steam locomotive, Charles L. Heisler receiving a patent for the design in 1892 following the construction of a prototype in 1891. Somewhat similar to a Climax locomotive, Heisler's design featured two cylinders canted... |
Two Truck | 1899 | 1036 | ex-Sierra Railway #9 | |
| 3 | Heisler | Two Truck | 1901 | 1049 | converted from narrow gauge in 1947 (see above) | |
| 14 | Baldwin Baldwin Locomotive Works The Baldwin Locomotive Works was an American builder of railroad locomotives. It was located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, originally, and later in nearby Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Although the company was very successful as a producer of steam locomotives, its transition to the production of... |
4-4-0 tender | 1882 | 5851 | ex-Sierra Railway #4 |
Various artifacts of the railroad and photographs are preserved at the Tuolumne City Memorial Museum
Tuolumne City Memorial Museum
The Tuolumne City Memorial Museum preserves the history of this mining and logging town on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California....
in Tuolumne, CA. The museum also arranges annual field trips to West Side logging camps in the woods.