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The Sumpter Valley Railway, or Sumpter Valley Railroad, is a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge heritage railroad located in Baker County, in the U.S. state of Oregon.Built on a right-of-way used by the original railway of the same name, it carries excursion trains on a roughly 5-mile (8.0 km) route between McEwen and Sumpter. [2]
The resulting locomotive, maker's N O 148 of 1944, was the last Heisler-design steam locomotive to be built, and closely followed Heisler practice but with the addition of a Belpaire firebox and front-mounted water tanks that featured a unique curved leading edge.
Restored to operation on Sumpter Valley Railroad in 1995. [46] Delivered to WP&YR in 1941 with the tender from SV Loco #50 (4-6-0, Baldwin #42865, 1916). Loco 1st 81 received the ex-#191 or 194 tender from Rotary #1 or 2 in 1949. [41] In 1993, WP&YR Loco 1st 81 (by then, Sumpter Valley Railroad #19) received the former tender of SV Ry. Loco #20 ...
A geared steam locomotive pulling an excursion train on the Sumpter Valley Railway in Oregon. A gas-electric doodlebug constructed by the East Broad Top Railroad and Coal Company of Pennsylvania. Crewmen in front of a locomotive on the defunct East Tennessee & Western North Carolina Railroad c. 1914.
Feb. 28—The snow still lies deep in Sumpter, but preparations are underway for the 2022 season of the Sumpter Valley Railroad. The restrooms and picnic shelters now have new roofs at the McEwen ...
Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, a 2-6-6-2 is a locomotive with one pair of unpowered leading wheels, followed by two sets of three pairs of powered driving wheels and one pair of trailing wheels.
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It hauled timber trains over the TTT Railway northern section, while Heisler types worked the mountainous southern section. However, Number 7 was regularly serviced at the company's Mokai engineering workshop. To reach Mokai, this locomotive successfully negotiated the southern section with curves as tight as 99 feet (30 m) radius.