Pacific Lumber Company #9 Heisler locomotive at Scotia, CA,
8/8/01. The Heisler design used a 2-cylinder 90-degree V design with
one cylinder on either side of the boiler and a center driveshaft to each
of the powered trucks. Heisler's were build by a number of manufacturers;
although this one's builder is unknown. Like Shay's and Climax's;
they were popular in logging operations.
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Pickering Lumber Company Heisler #10 at Elbe, WA, 9/02/08.
Built in 1912 for the Blue Jay Lumber Co., and acquired by Pickeing in
1929 where it work apparently into the 1950's. It's current owner
is the Mt Rainier Railroad & Logging Museum.
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Camas Prairie Railroad #92 Heisler locomotive at Lewiston, ID,
8/26/09. It was built in 1924 for the Ohio Match Company and later
sold to Potlatch Forests, Inc. It was donated to the city of Lewiston
in 1963.
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