Weyerhaeuser - Longview, WA

#112

See #304 (1st)

#300

Acquired new.

For sale at Longview M8/01.

#301

Acquired new.

Ken Ardinger photo

#302

Acquired new.

Ken Ardinger photo

#303

Acquired new.

For sale at Longview M8/01.

Sold to Meeker Southern (Puyallup, WA) in 2003, re#103.
Photos can be seen on RailroadForums.com

#304 (1st)

Acquired 9/47 as #112, ex-US Navy Ammunition Depot, McAlester, OK.
re# 304 (1st).

Sold to Longview Fibre Co. (Longview, WA), re# 7011 [by 2/55 when SW1200 #304 (2nd) delivered].
To dealer D.C. Southland 3/03/66.
To Vinnell Construction Co. (Starbuck, WA), re#652-1 (there in 1968).
To Lampson Railroad Contractors (Pasco, WA), re# 101(?).
To Columbia Industrial Park (Vancouver, WA) in 1973, re# 101.
To Columbia Business Center (same location).

Jan. 1970
Photographer unknown

#304 (2nd)

Acquired new.

Headquarters, WA - Nov. 1980
Keith Ardinger photo

#305 (1st)

Acquired new.

Off roster by 1990-1991.

Chris Marshall photo

#305 (2nd)

Acquired c.1990-1991, ex-Oregon, California & Eastern #312, exx BN #1870, nee NP #247.

Sold c.1994-1996 to dealer Inter Rail Transport (Fontana, CA).
To Cargil #305 (Devore, CA).

#305 (3rd)

Acquired second hand, history unknown [to me].

Keith Ardinger photo

#306

Acquired new.

#306B

See 308 (2nd)

Keith Ardinger photo

#307

Acquired new.

August 3, 1977
Keith Ardinger photo

Headquarters, WA - Aug. 3, 1978
Keith Ardinger photo

#308 (1st)

Acquired in 1974 from Morrison-Knudsen, ex-SP #6626, nee SP #7729.

Transferred 3/80 to Texas, Oklahoma & Eastern (DeQueen, AR), re# D-22.

#308 (2nd)

Acquired 6/79 as #306B from dealer Southern Rails (Montgomery, AL).
Built from an EMD TR4B (11948, 6/50), ex-B&O 9625, exx-C&O #6601B, nee-C&O #6001B.

Re# 308 (2nd) by 3/80.

Disposition unknown.

#308 (3rd)

Acquired c.1990-1991, ex-Oregon, California & Eastern #314, exx BN #1796, nee GN #723.

Keith Ardinger photo

#309

Acquired in 1975, ex-Reading #615.

For sale at Longview M8/01.

Photographer unknown

Portland, OR - Sept. 22, 1979
Ken Ardinger photo

#310 (1st)

Acquired in 1975 from Morrison-Knudsen, remanufactured from UP U25B #637 with 1600hp EMD 16-567B.

Transferred to Oregon, California & Eastern 9/79, not relettered or renumbered.
Scrapped.

Keith Ardinger photo

#310 (2nd)

Acquired in E/80, ex-UP #1845.

(Peter J. Replinger photo in Pacific News magazine April 1980 issue is dated 3/23/80)

#311 (1st)

Acquired c.1990-1991, ex-Oregon, California & Eastern #311, exx-BN #1747, nee-NP #347.

Sold to private party [by 1997], stored on Mt. Rainier Scenic RR (Mineral, WA).

#311 (2nd)

Acquired M/97 (second hand), history unknown.

#312

Acquired M/98 (second hand), history unknown.

#8080

Acquired 9/47, ex-US Army Trans. Corps. #8080.

Transferred [when?] to Weyerhaeuser Timber Co. (Sutherlin, OR), same#
Sold in 1958 to Port of Grays Harbor (Aberdeen, WA), re# 10.
Resold in 1973 to Port of Vancouver (Vancouver, WA), re# 3.
Resold in 1990 to Cliff Koppe Metals (Vancouver, WA).
Scrapped in 1990.

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Sources:

• Tall Timber-Short Lines April-May 1997, "Diesel Logging Locomotives - Weyerhaeuser in Washington State", rosters by John Taubeneck, Pete Replinger, John Henderson and many others.
• Pacific News magazine, March 1980, "Weyerhaeuser Longview - Washington's Grandest Logger" by C.G. Heimerdinger, Jr, roster from Pacific News files with data from Norman E. Anderson, C.G. Heimerdinger and Peter J. Replinger.
• The Railroad Press magazine, Jul-Aug-Sep 2002, "Ken Ardinger's Locomotive Notes"