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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]
Oldest known operational Heisler. [3] 1306: 1915: 2: 40 short tons (35.7 long tons; 36.3 metric tons) W. H. Eccles Lumber Company 3: Sumpter Valley Railway in Baker County, Oregon. 1369: 1918: 3: 75 short tons (67.0 long tons; 68.0 metric tons) Pickering Lumber Company 2: Travel Town open-air museum in Los Angeles. 1479: 1923: 2: 55 short tons ...
Originally, Sumpter Valley Railway 2nd 102. Renumbered to 19 in 1920. Purchased by the WP&YR in 1940. [45] Shipped to Skagway in 1941. Retired in 1957. Sold to Sumpter Valley Railroad in 1977 (SV #19). [4] 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 ...
This is a list of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow-gauge railways in the United States. Narrow-gauge railroads of various sizes existed across the US, especially during the late 1800s, with the most popular gauge being 3 ft gauge. [1] [2] Some of the more famous 3 ft gauge railroad networks in the US were based in California, Colorado, and Hawaii. These ...
Sumpter Valley Railway Passenger Station was the westernmost station on the Sumpter Valley Railway, which ran 80 miles (130 km) from Baker City to Prairie City in the U.S. state of Oregon. [4] The line reached Prairie City in 1910 but was abandoned in 1933, and the station became a private dwelling. [ 5 ]
The Sumpter Valley Railway, Middle Fork (John Day River) Spur, near Bates, Oregon, was built in 1916. Also known as the Oregon Lumber Company Railroad , it was designed by engineer Joseph A. West.
Heisler Two Truck 1899 1040 Placed in West Side Memorial Park, Tuolumne, Ca. in 1960 3 Heisler Two Truck 1899 1041 Converted to standard gauge in 1947. Converted back to 3 ft (914 mm) circa 1962. Now Roaring Camp & Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad No. 2 (operational) 4 Heisler Two Truck 1901 1049 Scrapped 1950 5 Lima: Two Truck Shay: 1902 730
The steam locomotive, as commonly employed, has its pistons directly attached to cranks on the driving wheels; thus, there is no gearing, one revolution of the driving wheels is equivalent to one revolution of the crank and thus two power strokes per piston (steam locomotives are almost universally double-acting, unlike the more familiar internal combustion engine).