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Steam & Excursion > Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at StrasburgDate: 09/14/09 21:28 Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at Strasburg Author: Mgoldman Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T seen here at the Strasburg
Railroad on September 13th, 2009. At one time this engine ran at the Wilmington and Western (1983 through 1987) - anyone have pics? It sat at Marshallton (part of the W&W) afterward for some time having somewhat recently been moved to Strasburg for a hoped for restoration to operation for a proposed Humboldt Bay Scenic Railroad ran by the Timber Heritage Museum of Eureka, California. Here's some related information: http://www.steamlocomotive.info/F82003.cfm /Mitch Date: 09/14/09 21:31 Re: Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at Strasburg Author: Macster Wow, so that is what our 2-8-2T looks like naked! That's cool! Great pic!
Date: 09/14/09 22:31 Re: Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at Strasburg Author: AdamPhillips Is that LIRR 39's roof sheet in the foreground? That great little 2-8-2 looks like a wet cat. Thanks for sharing.
Date: 09/15/09 05:25 Re: Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at Strasburg Author: LoggerHogger Actually TPL #37 is the larger size of the ALCO 2-8-2T's. Hammond #17 at MRSRR is the smaller size engine. Both similar, but #37 is noticably larger.
I do hope they can get her running once again back in the Redwood Country where she spent so much of her life after running as Sugar Pine Lumber #4 in the Sierra's. Martin Date: 09/15/09 13:29 Re: Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at Strasburg Author: coosbaytoday Nice pictures, guess the TP&L #37 is bigger than the Coos Bay Lumber Minarets?
Think they were 98 tons or so. Thanks Todd Montgomery Eugene OR Date: 09/15/09 13:36 Re: Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at Strasburg Author: LoggerHogger Todd,
The CBL 2-8-2T's (not actually Minarets since that was the name reserved for the ALCO 2-10-2T)were of the larger variety as was TPL #37. The smaller ones were the Hammond pair, the Long-Bell set, etc. Martin Date: 09/15/09 13:47 Re: Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at Strasburg Author: coosbaytoday Thanks for the clarification. Thought the TP&L #37 looked like the CBL#9,10,11&12.
Great picture you shared of the #37. Todd Montgomery Eugene OR Date: 09/15/09 16:24 Re: Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at Strasburg Author: Mgoldman Wow... thanks for posting that shot of #37 Martin.
Puts it all in perspective. Seeing her on the East Coast, let alone a tourist line like the W&W (as much as I love the line) just does not do justice to that engine. It was about as out of place in DE as the Daylight was in MI. Here's a pic from Marshalton, DE in October of 2005. /Mitch Date: 09/16/09 20:25 Re: Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at Strasburg Author: moonliter In Martin's photo there is one single stage air compressor in view, was there another pump on the engineer's side also? Were the two cross-compound compressors necessary when the engine was in regular service hauling logs or were they added when the engine went into tourist train service?
Gerry Gaugl Ottawa ON Date: 09/17/09 05:13 Re: Pacific Lumber #37 2-8-2T at Strasburg Author: LoggerHogger The engine had 2 cross-compund pumps on her from the ALCO factory and when in service on the Sugar Pine Lumber Co.
The photos shows that one of the crosscompunds was replaced with a single pump for time while she was at TPL. Likely that one of the cross-compunds needed work and a single was put on temprarily. Martin |