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Foothill Rails--Misc.--Pickering Lumber Co
Pickering Lumber Co

Along The Line
1. 2.
1.-2. These two views were taken at Ralphs on the Sierra RR. Shown are the Sierra and Pickering right of ways.
This is where the Pickering Lumber Company tracks diverged from the Sierra RR.

Rolling Stock
1. 2. 3.
1. Pickering steam crane #2 was part of the Railtown 1897 collection until moving to Baldo Locomotive Works in Willits,CA in 2022.
2. Caboose #2 at Jamestown's Railtown 1897.
3. Caboose #3 at Jamestown's Railtown 1897.

Equipment Supplement by John Taubeneck(.doc file)

Locomotive Roster
Pickering Lumber (Standard Lmbr/Sugar Pine Ry)
Number Type Builder Bldr.# Built History & Notes Dispositon
#1 Climax 2tr Climax #746 1906 ex Sugar Pine Ry #1,
nee Sierra #21		 to Grant Rock & Gravel,
to Railway Equip. Co.,
to Stillwater Lmber,
to Zimmerman,Wells,Brown,Co,
to Sigardson & Bartholomew Logging,
to Jamestown-Oregon Lmbr,
scrapped??
#1:2 Hiesler 3tr Hiesler #1272 1913 ex Standard Lmbr #1,
nee Sunset Timber #1		 to private owner,
to display Monterey,CA,
to PLA storage, Fremont,CA,
to Oregon Coast Scenic
#1:3 8Ton DLC Plymouth #2767 1927 ex Frank B Marks,
nee Garfield & Co		 to Westside Lmbr #1:4,
to West Side & Cherry Vly #1,
to private owner stored Smith Flat,CA,
to NCNGTM,Nevada City,CA
Standard
Lmbr #1		 Shay 2tr Lima #1785 1906 3ft guage
(S.Fork Mill),
ex Empire City #1:2,
nee Union Const #1
(Stanislaus Ry)		 to US Bureau of Reclamatin,
to El Dorado Lime & Mineral,
scrapped
#2 Shay 2tr Lima #2296 1910 ex Sugar Pine Ry#2 to California Peach Growers #2,
to Howard Creek Lmbr #4,
to JW Hotchkiss #4,
to Hobbs Wall & Co #2,
to Aaron Ferrer & Sons,
scrapped 1941
#2:2 Hiesler 3tr Hiesler #1369 1918 ex Standard Lmbr #2:2,
nee Hetch Hetchy #2		 to Travel Town,Los Angeles,CA
#3 Shay 2tr Lima #2297 1910 ex Standard Lmbr #3,
nee Sugar Pine Ry #3		 to display Standard,CA,
to display Sonora,CA
#4 Hiesler 2tr Hiesler #1269 1913 ex Standard Lmbr #4,
nee Sugar Pine Ry #4		 to Guy Atkinson Const #4,
to Macco Const #644,
scrapped
#5 Heisler 3tr Heisler #1268 1913 ex Standard Lmbr #5,
nee Sugar Pine Ry #5		 to Connel Bros Trucking,
to PLA,Castro Point Ry #5,
to PLA,Niles Cyn,CA
#6 Shay 3tr Lima #3170 1921 ex Hetch Hetchy #6 to display EPTM,El Portal,CA
#7 Heisler 2tr Heisler #1105 1906 ex Standard Lmbr #7,
ex Hetch Hetchy #1,
nee Dempsey Lmbr #1		 to Guy Atkinson Const #2062,
to Macco Const #2062 Casey Jones,
scrapped 1946-47
#7:2 Shay 3tr Lima #3286 1925 ex Long-Bell Lmbr #??,
ex Standard Logging #80,
nee Fruit Growers Supply #5		 to Westside & Cherry Vly,
to Sugar Pine #7,
to private owner,
leased to PLA, then CSRM,
to display Railtown 1897,Jamestown,CA
#8 Heisler 2tr Stearns #1036 1899 ex Standard Lmbr #8,
nee Sierra #9		 to West Side Lmbr #1:3,
scrapped 1947
#8:2 Shay 3tr Lima #3254 1924 ex Long-Bell Lmbr #1008,
nee Cascade Timber #108		 to Malarkey & Malarkey,
to Vernonia,South Park & Sunset,
to private owner, stored Cottage Grove,OR, tender in Merrill,OR,
now reunited in Merrill 2008
to Oregon Coast Scenic
#10 Heisler 3tr Heisler #1252 1912 ex Standard Lmbr #10,
ex General Equip Co,
ex Yellow Pine Trustees #1252,
ex Birmingham Rail & Locomotive,
nee Blue Jay Lmbr #10 PJ Lynch		 to Connel Bros Trucking,
to PSRM,San Diego,CA,
to PLA,
to Klamath & Hoppow Vly #10,
to WWFIM,Mineral,WA,
to display Elbe,WA
#11 Shay 2tr Lima #788 1903 ex Standard Lmbr #11,
ex United Commercial Co,
nee Sierra #11		 to Verdi Lmbr #11,
to storage Carson City,NV,
to Clover Valley Lmbr #11,
scrapped 1952
#11:2 Shay 3tr Lima #3327 1929 ex Forest Lmbr #5 to private owner,
to BAERM,Rio Vista Jct,CA,
to private owner,
to WWFIM,Mineral,WA,
to Mt Rainier Scenic as Pickering #11
#12 Shay 3tr Lima #789 1903 ex Standard Lmbr #12,
nee Sierra #12		 to Connel Bros Trucking,
to PLA,CPRM,Richmond,CA,
to PLA,Niles Cyn,CA
#14 4-4-0 Baldwin #5851 1881 ex Sugar Pine Ry #4,
nee Sierra #4		 scrapped 1938
#33 Shay 3tr Lima #3180 1922 operated as Sugar Pine Ry #33,
ex Hammond Lmbr #33		 to Westside & Cherry Vly,
to THA,Glendale,CA,
moved to Samoa,CA
#101 SW900 EMD #21246 1956 to Annaconda Copper #295,
to Montana Resources #295
#102 SW900 EMD #21483 1956 to Ethyl Corp #105,
to Delta Western #105,
#103 SW900 EMD #25342 1959 to Fiberboard Corp #103,
to US Sugar Corp #159,
to USSC 203
#104 SW900 EMD #25343 1959 to Fiberboard Corp #104,
to Tooele Valley RR #104,
to Minnesota Corn Products
#735 44Ton GE #28337 1946 ex Tidewater Southern #735,
nee TS #135		 to Fiberboard Corp #735,
to Pacific RR Contractors,
to A&K Materials
No# DLC6 Plymouth #1966 1925 ex Garfield & Co to Fibreboard Corp,
to Judson Steel
No# DL6 Plymouth #2240 1926 to West Side Lmbr
No# HLB3 Plymouth #3102 1929 ex Fisher Ross McDonald & Kahn to Worden & Forsyth,
to Kaiser Sand & Gravel #307,
to KS&G #3702


References

Empire, Francis
Northern California Railroads-The Silver Age Vol 1&2, Fred Matthews
Rails In The Mother Lode, Adolf Hungry Wolf
Sierra Railway, Dorothy Newell Deane
Steam Echoes, Glenn Beier
Sugar Pine Railway Memories, Manny Marshall
The Sugar Pine Railway, Pam Connors/USGS
When Steam Was King, Gerald French
Western Steam Pictorial, Dunscomb & Dunscomb
A Rough Cut Life: Logging Railroad Stories, Catenary Productions
Gears In The Woods, Sunday River Productions
Logging In The Sierra, Pentrex
Pickering's Sugar Pine, Pentrex
Pickering's Sugar Pine, Catenary Productions

    
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