Baldwin 90 Ton 2-8-2
Cowlitz Chehalis & Cascade 15
Baldwin Construction Number: 44106
Built in September, 1916 as Puget Sound & Cascade 200, this locomotive was repossessed by Baldwin in 1926 and resold to the Cowlitz Chehalis & Cascade Railway, becoming its #15. The CC&C was incorporated in 1916 as successor to the Washington Electric Railway. The first 18 miles were opened from Chehalis to Onalaska in 1918 and the final 14 miles to Cowlitz was finished in 1928. Owned in part by mainline connections Great Northern, Milwaukee Road, Northern Pacific and Union Pacific, the CC&C was a typical lumber and log hauling shortline. The CC&C was abandoned in 1955 without ever owning a diesel. 15 was donated to the city of Chehalis and remained on display for over 30 years until it was restored for tourist passenger service by the Chehalis - Centralia Railroad & Museum.
Hammond Lumber Company 15
Baldwin Construction Number: 43563
Humbird Lumber Company of Sandpoint, Idaho took delivery this coal-fired locomotive in June of 1916 and numbered it 4. At some point prior to its sale to Mason County Logging Company of Bordeaux, Washington in 1931, the locomotive's smokebox was lengthened, resulting in its unique appearance, in particular its smokestack being offset from it cylinders. Numbered 12 by Mason County, it was converted to oil firing. On December 7th, 1941, the locomotive was sold to Hammond Lumber Company and renumbered 15, working primarily out of Samoa, California hauling log trains. After Hammond acquired its first diesel, 15 remained on standby service, hauling trains when the diesel was down for maintenance. Hammond Lumber became Georgia Pacific in 1956, and in 1960 the locomotive was donated to the city of Eureka, California for display at Sequoia Park. The City donated the locomotive to the Timber Heritage Association in 1979. Since 2009, 15 has been housed at Timber Heritage's Samoa Roundhouse, the locomotive's operating home during its years in service
Shelvin-Hixon 8
Baldwin Construction Number: 57708
In 1916 the Shevlin-Hixon Lumber Company of Bend, Oregon began logging in the area south of the city. Shevlin-Hixon was a big fan of Baldwin mikados, and in March of 1924 they recieved their sixth and final mikado, numbered 8. In 1926, the Great Northern Railroad finally received permission to build its long-sought line south from Bend to Klamath Falls. The S-H logging railroad lay directly in the path of the contemplated construction, and the GN saw it as a means to reduce the amount of initial construction required to build their new line. The result was that the GN purchased a 75 percent stake in the S-H "mainline" between Bend and La Pine, with S-H retaining the other 25 percent. S-H retained the right to operate log trains over the GN mainline to Bend, with the stipulation that all movements were controlled by the GN and that S-H trains and crews must operate under GN rules. By the 1940s, Shevlin-Hixon trains were traveling up to 60 miles from their logging camps over the Great Northern main to their sawmill, and as a result, the lumber company added water capacity to their locomotive's tenders by lengthening them. These lengthened tenders carried perhaps the most luxurious and unique head brakeman's seat or 'doghouse' in all of railroading: a 1930s Chevy coupe carbody, complete with steam heat. Shelvin-Hixon sold out to neighbor Brooks Scanlon in 1950, and the 8 remained in service until 1952.
McCloud 18
Baldwin Construction Number: 41709
Originally ordered by the Caddo River Lumber Company in November 1914, the financing package for the locomotive fell apart prior to delivery and the McCloud River Railroad assumed ownership. The newly completed 18 was then displayed at the Panama Pacific Exposition in San Francisco throughout 1915, finally arriving on the McCloud River Railroad in January 1916. The McCloud River Railroad was the shortline connection between the McCloud River Lumber Company and others operating in the shadow of Mt. Shasta to the Southern Pacific and Great Northern. 18 served the railroad as one of eight 90 ton mikados on the roster until 1953, when she was sidelined by new diesel locomotives. Sold in 1956 to the nearby Yreka Western, she operated in freight and excursion passenger service until a blown cylinder sidelined the locomotive in 1964. Spending the next 34 years out of service, the locomotive was repurchased by the McCloud Railway company in 1998 and was returned to service on home rails in February 2001. Sold again to the Nevada Commission for Reconstruction of the V&T Railroad in 2005, she is currently in service on the Virginia & Truckee. While not quite the movie star as other McCloud steam locomotives, 18 has appeared in the movie Water for Elephants and in a spinoff of the hit TV series Yellowstone.
McCloud/Yreka Western/OP&E 19
Baldwin Construction Number: 42000
In April of 1915 the Caddo & Choctaw Railroad ordered what turned out to be Baldwin's 42000th locomotive. Initially numbered 4, it was soon transferred to the railroad's parent company, Choctaw River Lumber Company, who had ordered a virtually identical locomotive in 1914 that they were unable to pay for; the future McCloud 18. By 1923, the McCloud River Railroad acquired the locomotive and numbered it 19. The locomotive had previously been sold and operated by two different mining operations in Mexico, and when it arrived on the McCloud it reportedly sported bullet holes, earning it the nickname "Poncho". 19 served the McCloud for 30 years, and was sold in 1953 to the nearby Yreka Western, where she hauled freight and passenger excursion trains until she moved north to Cottage Grove, Oregon and the Oregon Pacific & Eastern in 1970. During her 18 years on the OP&E, 19 became a movie star, featuring in the 1973 film 'Emperor of the North' and 'Stand By Me' in 1985. The locomotive returned to Yreka in 1989 and continued pulling passenger excursions and the occasional freight train until 2008. In 2016 the locomotive was sold at sheriff's auction to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugar Creek, Ohio, where she is undergoing a complete rebuild today.
Polson/Rayonier 90
Baldwin Construction Number: 59071
The Polson Logging Company of Hoquiam, Washington already owned a pair of smaller logging mikados when they placed an order for a 90 ton machine in March of 1926. Delivered with a 5000 gallon tender, superheater and Walschaerts valve gear, 90 was a much more modern machine than her older sisters, and Polson put her to work hauling trains along their mainline. She continued hauling logs when Polson was purchased by Rayonier in 1948, being joined by larger locomotives as Rayonier expanded. 90 continued to serve until March 31, 1962, when she and another locomotive were chosen to pull the last steam hauled log trains on the line at a special “Farewell to Steam” event that was attended by a large number of railfans, local citizens, and state officials, as Rayonier had made the decision to dieselize. Rayonier sold the 90 in 1963 to the Lions Club of Garibaldi, Oregon, where she was placed on display and painted as a Southern Pacific locomotive. Recently, the locomotive has been removed from display and is being restored to operation by the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad.