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The Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad or MRSR, formerly the Mt. Rainier Railroad and Logging museum (MRRR), is a steam-powered heritage railroad operating in the U.S. state of Washington between Elbe and Mineral. The railroad travels on trackage that passes through thick forest just south of Mount Rainier. The depot, gift shop and ticket office are ...
Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad in Garibaldi, Oregon. Operational. 1930: 1929: 3: 90 short tons (80.4 long tons; 81.6 metric tons) West Fork Logging Co #91: Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad in Elbe, Washington. Awaiting boiler work. 3: 78 short tons (69.6 long tons; 70.8 metric tons) Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad in Elbe, Washington. Static display ...
The invention of the Climax locomotive is attributed to Charles D. Scott, who ran a forest railway near Spartansburg, Pennsylvania between 1875 and 1878. A lumberjack of considerable mechanical ingenuity, Scott sought to bring an improved logging locomotive of his own design to market and brought the drawings to the nearby Climax Manufacturing Company in Corry, Pennsylvania.
The smallest engine the railway owned, was known as the "little 4". First engine delivered as a Vauclain Compound, and its superiority over the previous 3 engines resulted in them being sent back to Baldwin to be rebuilt. Broke a side rod and ran away in August 1896. CO-68 No. 4 (2nd) Cog steam 0-4-2T 1897 built by BLW
The Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad was the brainchild of L. T. "Tom" Murray Jr., President of the Murray Pacific Corporation. The Mount Rainier Scenic was, and is today, an excursion road that shuttles passengers about seven miles on former Tacoma Eastern tracks through the foothills of Mount Rainier using antique train equipment. The primary ...
Willamette 1924-built (Construction No. 16) Locomotive Rayonier No. 4 is on display in Port Angeles, Washington and being cosmetically restored. As of 2023, the lead community organization for the project is the North Olympic Peninsula Railroaders, a local charitable organization dedicated to railroad history. [8]
In both instances the engine crew members were killed or injured. The Z-2 2-8-8-2s wound up in helper service on Bozeman Pass . The Z-3s, purchased in successive batches, became the main line road and helper power on the route across Stampede Pass until the arrival of EMD's FTs in April, 1944.
The museum reopened in 2023 and made repairs to the tracks and the train engine. That same year, a partnership contract with the Mt. Rainier Scenic Railroad to begin joint operations on the CCRM rail lines did not materialize, but CCRM reached a joint operating agreement with Goose Lake Railway. [8] [9] Train rides began again in April 2024. [10]