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Fruit Growers Supply Co. No. 3 

Southern California Chapter
Railway and Locomotive Historical Society

This unique locomotive was the Chapter's first acquisition, coming to Pomona in 1954.  It was donated by Sunkist Growers, Inc. and its subsidiary, Fruit Growers Supply Company.  Number 3 is a Climax type, geared locomotive and was used on Fruit Growers' logging railroad at Hilt, California.  This breed of locomotive was once popular, along with the more widely used Shay and Heisler, on the tortuous, rugged logging railroads of our country. All six axles on the locomotive are powered, through a series of gears and flexible shafts primarily driven by the two inclined cylinders on each side.  Compared to the conventional rod locomotive the flexibility of the Climax made it ideally suited for the rough terrain of the logging railroad.

Total weight:               65 tons                    Top speed:               12 mph
Length:                       46' 3"                       Fuel:                         Fuel oil
Steam pressure:          180 psi                     Built:                        Climax Manufacturing Co.,  1909
Drivers:                       35"

Picture Gallery (click thumbnail for larger picture)

On display in Pomona

Frontal view, Dec 1998
 

Entire side view as it sits today

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