Oregon Industrial Railroads

Daylight Locomotive & Machine Works (DLMX) F45 #743
Eugene, OR
July 30, 1987

Gregory Timber?
Glendale, OR
July 12, 1984

GE 45-ton

Oregon Coast Express
Alco C-415's #702 and #701

Timber, OR
August 8, 1993

Rich Franklin Corp. (RFRX) B23-7 #4203

Albany, OR
September 2001

Ex-BNSF
Exx-Metro-North Commuter
Nee Conrail

Weyerhaeuser
Springfield, OR operation

Keith Ardinger photos

Line abandoned in 1987(?)

More info to follow...

Oregon Steel Mills
Portland, OR
November 4, 2004

EMD SW9 or SW1200 #3547

Stimpson Timber
Seghers, OR
August 27, 2004

GE 45-ton? #7

Rick Franklin
Lebanon, OR
May 1, 2004

GE B23-7 #4205

WATCO
Springfield, OR
June 17, 2000

CF7 #1002

WATCO performs contract switching for Weyerhaeuser's plant in Springfield.

GE 25-ton #500
(30410, 7/49)

Transferred from Lewiston, UT, plant by 1985, previously at Paul, ID

Amalgamated Sugar also has GE 45-ton #100 (29221, 1/48). Acquired new (always at this location?)

GE 50-ton #4
(31535, 5/52)

Ex ASARCO (Shelby, CA)

To Schnitzer Steel (by 1985), re# 488, then re# 1549

"The Short Line" #72 (1985) says about American Ship Dismantlers: Facilities taken over by FMC Corp., all locomotives moved to Schnitzer Steel"

GE 45-ton no#
(13004, 3/41)

Acquired M/78
Ex US Navy #65-00553 (Moffat Field, CA) (acq. 1970)
Exx US Air Force #7209 (Holabird, MO) (transfered 9/49)
Exxx US Air Force same# (Camp Campbell, KY)
Nee Raritan Aresenal (New Jersey)

To Schnitzer Steel (by 1985), re#2457

"The Short Line" #72 (1985) says about American Ship Dismantlers: Facilities taken over by FMC Corp., all locomotives moved to Schnitzer Steel"

no#

Cumberland, MD
Sept. 1980

Bend Millwork Co., of Bend, OR, leased a fleet of these double door box cars from U.S. Leasing starting about 1974. I don't know how many cars they leased, nor when they were returned. I moved to Bend in 1994, the mill is still there, but no longer ships or receives by rail.

GE 44-ton

GE 44-ton no#
(18150, 12/43)

Acquired in 1973.
Ex US Air Force #7493 (Wright patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, OH)

45-ton Whitcomb no#
(60398, 2/44)

Acquired from Schnitzer Steel (Oakland, CA)
Ex US Marine Corp #? (Camp Pendleton, CA)
Nee US Navy #?

Sold to Schnitzer Steel (Portland, OR), re# 297-2, then re# 1566 (all by 1985)

GE 80-ton #501 (leased from Dick Samuels/Oregon Pacific RR)

Originally US Army, last used at Ft. Lewis (Washington)

Acquired in 1989 by Bob Steele & Associates for use Oregon Coastline Express, re# 700. Was rebuilt with many parts donated from Port of Tillamook Bay RR's 80-ton GE #110.

Acquired in 1999 by Samuels Pacific Industries. Re# EPTC 501 in 2003. (EPTC reporting marks were for Dick Samuel's "East Portland Traction Co.", which was merged into the Oregon Pacific on Jan. 1, 1997.

Alco S-2 #RE-1029
(69417, 2/41)

Leased from RELCO
Ex Chrome Crankshaft #1
Nee Los Angeles Junction Ry. #1

EMD NW2 #RE-1206

Leased from RELCO
Ex BN 487
Nee GN 150

This unit is now privately owned and was in storage at Battleground, WA on May 13, 1991:

Sheldon Perry photo

A larger, higher resolution image of this photo, along with an image of this unit as Valdosta Southern #473 can be found on North East Rails GM SW10-12 Industrial Locomotives page.

The Coos Bay Lumber Co., operating out of Powers, OR, acquired three of these rare dynamic brake equipped SW1200's from EMD in 1954. Coos Bay Lumber Co. was acquired by Georgia-Pacific Corp. in 1957, and railroad operations ended in 1972.

No.	Model	Serial	Built	Disposition
1201	SW1200	19661	8/54	To US Sugar, Clewiston, FL.
1202	SW1200	19662	8/54	To Valdosta Southern RR (Valdosta, GA), re# 473.
1203	SW1200	19663	9/54	To Oregon, Pacific & Eastern same#. To CANFOR (Vancouver Island, BC), re# 4808, then    re# 304 in 1977.

Roster information courtesy Jeff Moore

45-ton Whitcomb
(60651, 9/45)

Originally US Navy #65-00153 (Ammo Depot, Seal Beach, CA).
To Port of Tillamook Bay RR #2.
To Oregon-Washington Plywood no# (Garibaldi, OR).
To US Railway Mfg. Co. #1 (Springfield, OR) 6/77.
To  Evans Car Repair (same location).

#7

My references show only one unit for Fought & Company (Tigard): no# Brookville 8 ton BMD (2897, 4/43), ex US Navy 9134400287(?), nee South Portland Drydock & Repair (South Portland, ME)

GE 45-ton no#
(31301, 4/52)

Acquired in 1976 from PNC
Ex Omaha Public Power District #2 (Florence Plant)

EMD SW1200 #1202
(19663, 9/54)

Ex Coos Bay Lumber Co. same# (same location)

Sold to Valdosta Southern, re# 473

GE 50-ton #D6021
(30791, 1/51)

Ex C.D. Johnson Lumber Co. #8 (same location).

GE 70-ton #30

Sept. 21, 1994

GE 50-ton #551 (also listed as 45-ton)
(31802, 5/53)

Acquired as #51, re# 551 by 1985.
Ex Bechtel Corp. (Construction?) (same location?)

Hanna Nickle is now Glenbrook Nickel Co.

GE 65-ton #552
(29373, 5/48)

Acquired as #52, re# 552 by 1985
Ex East Erie Commercial #16
Nee Quebec, Northshore & Labrador #90

This unit may have been re# 553?
Hanna Nickle is now Glenbrook Nickel Co.

Alco T-6 #9624

ex-Portland Terminal #47

May 30, 1994
Sheldon Perry photo

Whitcomb 45-ton #1
(60651, 9/45)

Ex Evans Railcar same# (same location)
Exx US Railway Mfg. Co. same# (same location) (acq. by them 6/77, on their roster in 1985)
Exxx Oregon-Washington Plywood no# (Garibaldi, OR)
Exxxx Port of Tillamook Bay RR #2
Nee US Navy #65-00153 (Seal Beach, CA, Ammo Depot)

To Gunderson Rail Car Services same# (same location)

Plymouth 15- or 25-ton

As of 1985, this location rostered two Plymouths, one 15-ton and one 25-ton

GE 45-ton no#
(12985, 1/41)

Ex Chelatchie Prairie RR (WA)
Exx Alaska RR #7331 (not used)
Exxx US Army #7331
Nee Revenna Ordnance Works #451

Plymouth MDT no#
29.5" gauge
Rebuilt from TMDT (B-unit)

Ex East Broad Top (PA tourist line)
Nee Bethlehem Steel (Bethlehem, PA)

GE 35-ton #100
(33927, 9/61)

Ex Harvey Aluminum (same location)
Exx Harvey Aluminum (Torrance, CA)

Plant closed 12/84, dispostiion unknown

10-ton Plymouth DDT no#
42" gauge
(6369, 8/63)

Ex-Dravo Corp. (Reedsville, OH)

See above

2-8-2 #3

GE 25-ton no#
(32634, 5/56)

Acquired new
Was previously #852, carries no number as of 1985

Colorado & Wyoming EMD SW8 #203 Used here in the late 1990's

Alco T-6 #756

Ex-Portland Terminal RR
Sold to International Terminals (Portland)

GE 23-ton #737
(13146, 5/41)

Originally US Maritime Admin
To Alaska RR #51, retired by 1950
To Todd Shipbuilding Corp. (Portland?)
To  Schnitzer Steel (Portland?), re# L-1, then re# 297-11
To Inter City Metals
To Gilmore Steel in 1984

I have not figured out the relationship between all the Portland steel facilities. No mention made of Oregon Steel for this unit in "The Short Line" magazines 1985 Oregon rosters for this unit.

GE 45-ton #40

EMD GP9 #1330

GE 70-ton #20

Porter 50-ton #126.650
(76533, 6/44)

Acquired from/Ex Dulien Steel (Portland, OR)
Exx US Navy #65-00113 (Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA)
Nee US Navy Operating Base #6 (Oakland, CA).

To Gilmore Steel
OSM listed in TSL #72 (1985) as "Oregon Steel Mills, Div. of Gilmore Steel"

SW8 or SW900 #RE-902

EMD GP? #4509

no# GE 45-ton
(15246, 4/42)

Ex General Services Admin. #2 (Bell, CA)
Exx US Army #7047
Nee Casad Ordnance Depot (New Haven, IN)

GE 45-ton no#
(15246, 4/42)

Casad Ordnance Depot (New Haven, IN).
US Army 7047.
Gen. Serv. Admin 2 (Bell, CA).

GE 25-ton #LDE-1
(15682, 6/42)

Acquired as #LDE-1, re# LDE-401
Ex US Maritime Commission #L-060-3 (location?).

Disposition/Status unknown

GE 44-ton #LDE-2 (3rd)
(12910, 9/40)

Acquired as #LDE-2 (3rd), re# LDE-402 by 1978 (see photo below)
Ex Hallack Howard Lumber #50 (location?)
Exx Donovan Lovering & Boyle Const.
Nee Great Northern #5200

Disposition/Status unknown.

GE 25-ton #LDE-401 and GE 44-ton #LDE-402

GE 45-ton #LDE-403
(17851, 7/43)

Acquired in 1970 as #LDE-3., re# LDE-403
Ex US Air Force (location?)
Nee US Army #7499 (Tacoma, WA)

Disposition/Status unknown

April 17, 1984

Keith Ardinger photo
Sheldon Perry collection

EMD SW9 #777
(18733, 11/53)

Acquired 7/81 from Chrome Crankshaft
Ex Rock Island same#

Now owned and operated by Smurfit Newsprint (same location)

GE B23-7 #4201

GE B23-7 #4201

GE B23-7 #4201

GE B23-7 #4203

#2

no#

no#

#15

As #1547
October 1982
Ken Ardinger photo
Keith Ardinger collection

Plymouth 45-ton
(4786, 6/45)

Acquired as #145-17
re# 1547 by 10/82

Ex-American Ship Dismantlers #1
Nee Puget Sound Naval Shipyard #12 (US Navy #65-00208)

G.J. Bolinsky photos
Keith Ardinger collection

GE 25-ton #2

EMD SW9 #777

At Coast Engine & Equipment Co., Tacoma, WA
1992

Smurfit Newsprint's plant in Newburg, OR, is switched by this ex-Rock Island SW9. Rock Island 777 was acquired by locomotive dealer Chrome Crankshaft after the Rock Island shut down in 1980. It was acquired 6/81 for use at the Newburg plant by Publishers Paper, then owner of the plant.

In 1992 I photographed the unit, by then lettered for Smurfit Newsprint, at Coast Engine & Equipment Co. in Tacoma, WA., it's prime mover apparently being rebuilt judging by the empty space behind the open hood doors.

EMD SW9 #777
(18733, 11/53)

Ex Publishers Paper same# (same location) (acq. by PP from CC 7/81)
Nee Rock Island same#

GE 44-ton

EMD SW900 #346
(20959, 1/56)

Originally River Terminal (Ohio) #95
To Republic Steel #346 (2nd)
To LTV Steel #346
Acquired by Superior Lumber in 1999 from LTV Steel.

GE 45-ton #?

Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton RS4TC's #4021 and #4024
(51251, 5/54) (51254, 6/54)

Military-spec switchers from the passing Amtrak "Pioneer"

GE 25-ton #75
(15688, 6/42)

Previously used at Riverbank Army Ordnance (Riverbank, CA).
At The Dalles by 1976, painted red/white/blue and numbred 1776 for the bicentennial.

Used for dam tours.

GE 45-ton #?
(27591, 5/44)

Ex US Marine Corp. #279670
Exx US Navy #65-005222  (China Lake, CA)
Nee US Army #8513

Used for dam tours

BLW DS-4-4-750 #102
(74815, 5/50)

Ex-Baldwin Demonstrator #751
Scrapped by Sessler Metals (Klamath Falls) c.1984

EMD GP9 #311

Caboose #715

Klamath Falls, OR
Aug. 19, 1995

Weyerhaeuser operated four Baldwin switchers on their "Woods Line" that headed north out of Sycan, OR. DS-4-4-750's 101 and 102 were formerly Baldwin demonstrators 750 and 751, built in May 1950 and apparently acquired the same year. Two similar Baldwin S-8's were built in May 1951 as Weyerhaeuser 103 and 105 (Number 104 was "skipped" since that number was still carried by a steam locomotive). The four Baldwins were retired about 1984, replaced by ex-Burlington Northern GP9's.

The 101 was acquired by Fred & Lucy Kepner of the infamous "Great Western Railroad Museum". The OC&E/Weyerhaeuer roster in the June 1990 issue of CTC Board indicates that it was "sold to Northwest Railway Equipment, 1990". You can see a small "NRE 750" stenciled on the side of the hood near the nose. Apparently both NRE and the Great Western Museum are owned by the Kepners.

The 101 is parked along a short stretch of the old OC&E in Klamath Falls, behind the "Bi-Mart" store at SE 6th Street and Washburn Way.

Unfortunately, the 102, 103, and 105 were scrapped by Sessler Metals in Klamath Falls.

Plymouth