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Oregon Short Lines and Industrial Railroads
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J. H. Baxter Co.
This is an interstate wood preserving company.
Big Creek & Telocaset RR
There is an excellent web site covering the history of this line.
5 was built by Heisler in March 1924, #1501, was Ostrander Ry & Timber Co 5. It became BC&T 5 in 1940. Disposition is unknown but was probably scrapped after 1959.
106, 44 Ton, was built by General Electric in December 1946, #28340 as Almanor RR 106. It was sold as BC&T 106 in 1955 and transferred as Valsetz Lumber Co 1 in 1959. It became Boise Cascade Corp 1 and later became Valley & Siletz RR 8. It was sold to Stimson Lumber Co in May 1985 and sold to Oregon Coast Scenic RR in 2009.
Carlton & Coast RR
Flora Logging Co.
9 was built by Vulcan Locomotive in 1925, #3505. It was retired in 1939 and sold to Kaiser Shipyards in 1942. It was scrapped in the 1950s.
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Central Oregon & Pacific RR
This is a RailAmerica group.
J E Chambers & Sons
3 was built by Alco-Schenectady in November 1927, #67544, as Walter A Woodard Lumber Co 3. It became JEC 3 in 1942 and became Lorane Valley Lumber Co 3 in 1946. It was sold as Robert Dollar Co 3 in 1951 and donated to San Francisco Maritime Museum in 1959. It went to Bay Area Electric Association in 1978 and donated to Pacific Locomotive Association in 1999. It is in service as RDL 3 since 2007.
City of Prineville Ry.
Formed in 1918, the COPRY operates between Prineville and Prinveville Junction in Crook County, OR. The line is the oldest continuously operated municipal shortline in the U.S.
6 was built by Rogers in September 1901, #5657, as Great Northern 1102, Class 50. It became Class F-5 in 1903 and later rebuilt as Class F-5S. It was sold to CofPRy as 6 on July 7, 1945, and scrapped by California Bag & Metal Co in October 1955.
102, S1, was built by Alco in October 1941, #69596, as Spokane Portland & Seattle 10. In 1980 it became CofPRy 102 and was later sold to Far-Mar Co as 102. This later was absorbed by Union Equity Copperative Grain.
103, S3, was built by Alco in May 1952, #79774, as Brooks-Scanlon Inc 102. It became Oregon & Northwestern RR 102 in January 1957 and sold as CofPRy 103 on September 25, 1968. It was rebuilt by Morrison-Knudsen in April 1972 and sold to D A Wilson Co in 1983. It was sold as Kewash RR 103 in October 1983 and resold as Sisseton Southern RR 103 in 1988. It became Dakota Southern RR 103 in 1989.
985, GP9u, was built by Electro-Motive in June 1954, #19569, FN 5348-2, as Chicago Milwaukee St Paul & Pacific 2406, Class 17.5E-RS. It was renumbered 217 in 1959 and rebuilt at West Milwaukee in January 1970 as 985, Class 20E-RS. It was retired in December 1982 and sold as CofPRy 985 in 1983.
1551, SW1500, was built by Electro-Motive in July 1968, #33992, FN 7109-13, as Southern Pacific 2505, Class ES415-2. In July 1988 it was sold to Wilson Ry and then to Wisconsin Central Ltd as 1551 in August 1988. It was sold to David J Joseph Co as JTPX 1551 in 2006 and sold to Relco Inc as RLCX 1551. It was sold as COP 1551 in 2014.
Columbia Southern Ry.
The Columbia Southern Railway Company
came into existence in March 1897 with plans to build a line from the UP
mainline at Biggs Junction south into central Oregon. The first part of the
line, from Biggs Junction to Moro, was completed by December 1898. The new town
of Shaniko, 70 miles from Biggs Junction, was reached in May 1900. There were
many plans to extend the line south towards the Prineville area, but rough
country immediately south of Shaniko made further construction prohibitive.
Union Pacific provided most of the financing to build the railroad through its
Oregon Railway and Navigation Company subsidiary, and by 1906 the Columbia
Southern was fully controlled by the parent company.
Railroad headquarters were established in Shaniko, and the company built an
extensive shop complex that employed 80 people at one time. Shaniko was the
closest railhead to the vast expanses of central Oregon, and most of the trade
to and from the region passed over the rails of the Columbia Southern. The
busiest years of the railroad were 1910 and 1911, when UP relied on the railroad
to transport a lot of men and material on their way to help build the Des Chutes
Railway, which was battling with the Oregon Trunk Railroad for control of the
Deschutes River canyon. The completion of the joint Oregon Trunk/Des Chutes line
to Bend in 1911 diverted most of the through traffic off of the Columbia
Southern, and the line entered a steep period of decline.
Passenger service to Shaniko ended in 1936, and the line from Shaniko north to
Kent was abandoned in 1943. The line was further cut back to Grass Valley, and
all operations south of Biggs Junction ended in 1964/1965 when a flood in Hay
Canyon destroyed a large portion of the remaining line. The ICC granted
permission to abandon the last remnants of the Columbia Southern on 20 June 1967
10 was built by Brooks in November 1893, #2409, as Great Northern 364, Class 37. It was sold as Butte Anaconda & Pacific 31 on November 30, 1893, and renumbered 10 in 1898, It was sold as CSRy 10 in 1900s and sold as Oregon Railway & Navigation 10 on July 1, 1906. It became Union Pacific 4209 and sold as Montana Western RR 10 before August 1929. It was retired in 1947.
Condon Kinzua & Southern RR
CK&S was incorporated on May 8, 1928, to take over private logging roads. It operations was discontinued in August 1976 and abandoned on October 14, 1977.
104. 70 Ton, was built by General Electric in March 1951, #30845. It was sold as Saint Regis Paper Co 10 in 1977. It became Champion International 10 and later Stimson Timber Co 10.
Conlaugh & McKenna Lumber Co.
2978 was built by Lima in May 31, 1918, #2978, for Hofius Steel & Equipment Co. It was sold as North Bend Mill & Lumber Co 2978. It became Stout Lumber Co 2978 on January 12, 1924. It was converted as oil burner on October 7, 1925, and sold as McKenna Lumber Co 2978. It was sold as C&ML 2928 and sold as Oregon White Cedar Co 2978 on December 6, 1928. It was sold as Ingham Lumber Co 2978 and became as Robert Dollar Lumber Co 2928 on April 20, 1946. It was donated to San Francisco Maritime Museum in April 1961 and leased to Western Railway Museum in April 1985. It was donated to Rotes of Motive Power on April 9, 2005.
Coos Bay Lumber Co.
1201, SW1200, was built by Electro-Motive in August 1954, #19661, FN 4277-1. It became Georgia-Pacific Corp 1201 in 1956. In 1972 it was sold as United States Sugar Co 1201 and sold as Larry's Truck Equipment Co 1201.
1203, SW1200, was built by Electro-Motive in September 1954, #19663, FN 4277-3. It became G-P 1203 in 1956 and sold as Canadian Forest Products 4803 in August 1972. It was rebuilt and renumbered 304.
Coos Bay Rail Link
901, GP9, was built by Electro-Motive in May 1954, #19477, FN 5334-6, as Texas & New Orleans 245, Class DF-601 . The steam generator was removed in 1959. It was renumbered Southern Pacific 3416, Class EF418-2, in 1955 and rebuilt on June 22, 1972, as 3357, Class EP418E-2.. It was sold as Arizona Eastern RR 1754 in 1988 and transferred as San Joaquin Valley RR 1754. It was sold as San Pedro & Southwestern 901 in 2004 and transferred as Coos Bay Rail Link 901 in May 2014. It was sold as Scoular Co in July 2015 as SCOX 901.
1916, GP38-2, was built by Electro-Motive in November 1963, #28625, FN 5657-11, as Norfolk & Western 210, GP35. It was retired in April 1991 and sold to Transdynamic Inc in January 1992. It was sold as Great Smoky Mountain RR 210 in 1992 and sold as NPR 3510 in 2005. It was sold to J&L Consulting Ltd as JLCX 3510 and rebuilt as CBRL 1916, GP38-2 in 2019.
2018, GP38-2, was built by Electro-Motive in December 1965, 30953, FN 7831-17, as New York Central 3016, Class DRS-16a. It became Class EF-30 in 1966. It became Penn Central 3016, Class EF-30, in 1968, and Consolidated Railroad Corp 3016, Class GP-40, in April 1976. It was sold to Precision National Corp in July 1980 and as Chicago & North Western 5506 in July 1981. It becamr as Union Pacific 637, Class GP40, on May 9, 1996 and became UP 691 on July 23, 1997. It was renumbered 9968 on June 14, 2000. amd retired on June 20, 2001. It was sold at National Railway Equipment Co NREX 9968 and rebuilt as CBRL 2018. GP38-2.
Crossett Western Co.
10 was built by Alco-Brooks in March 1929, #67552. It was sold as Hammond Lumber Co 16 in 1943 and taken over by Georgia Pacific in October 1956. It was donated to City of Fortuna, CA, in 1966 and sold to Peter Replinger. It was leased as Chelatchie Prairie RR 10 in 2002.
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