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Oregon Shortlines

White City Terminal & Utility
WCTU Railway





Sheldon Perry collection
White City Terminal & Utility
White City, OR
date unknown

Plymouth 35-ton ML8
(4485, 5/43)

Ex US Army #7604

Sold to Norman Holmes
Resold to Mt. Vernon Terminal (Mt. Vernon, WA), re# 4


Sheldon Perry collection
WCTU Railway
Plymouth 35-ton ML8 #1
(4504, 7/43)

White City, OR
Sept. 1974

Ex US Army 7623.

Sold (donated?) to Feather River & Western (museum, Portola, CA) by 1985


Sheldon Perry photo
WCTU Ry.
White City, OR
March 8, 2002

EMD SW1200? #RSS-82


Sheldon Perry photo
RSSX EMD SW1200? #1503
Portland, OR
Aug. 24, 2003

Enroute to WCTU Ry., White City, OR


Sheldon Perry collection
WCTU Railway
GE 70-ton #5117
(31162, 9/51)

White City, OR
Oct. 1971

Ex-SP same#


John Bauer photo
WCTU Railway
70-ton GE #5117

White City, OR
July 12, 1984

Ex-SP same#


John Bauer photo
WCTU Railway
GE 70-ton #5119

White City, OR
July 19, 1985

Ex-SP same#




Tom Sweeney photos
WCTU Railway
White City, OR

Oct. 2001

WCTU GE 70-tonner #5119 is ex-Southern Pacific, where it carried the same road number. It was retired by the SP and sold to General Electric in February 1968. It was held for resale by GE at their Oakland, CA, shop, and resold to the White City Terminal & Utility Co.

The WCTU had previously acquired SP's 70-ton GE #5117 in November 1966. It is still on the property as of October 2001, reported to have been parked in the enginehouse the day Tom took these photos.

Newest addition on the WCTU is EMD SW1200 #82, equipped with optional Flexicoil trucks. Tom reports that the unit was received in White City in April or May of 2001, but has not seen service.

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This page was updated on July 23, 2006