Steam & Excursion > Her Current Paint & Grime Does Little To Give Away Her Past!

The photographer that stumbled upon Fruit Growers Supply #34 switching cars around the mill at Westwood, California in the 1940's would have been surprised to know of the colorful history of this particular locomotive.

This good looking 2-6-0 was originally built by Baldwin in 1913 for the famous Ocean Shore Railroad that ran south out of San Francisco and along the Pacific Coast. On this line she was numbered 21 and pulled both passenger trains and freight trains until that line folded in the early 1920's.

Soon after the OCR folded, she was sold to The Pacific Lumber Co. of Scotia, California where she entered logging service with them as their #34. She was later sold to the Red River Lumber Co. of Westwood and then in 1944 when RRL sold out to Fruit Growers Supply she wore their paint on her tender. Just a few years before she was retired FGS renumbered her as their #1.

From the beautiful California Coast to the towering Redwoods and finally to the vast pine forests of Westwood, this 2-6-0 had quite a working career.

Martin



Edited 6 time(s). Last edit at 08/19/17 08:46 by LoggerHogger.

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This is a fine loking engine.

Would like to point out that a few days back someone was explaining slide valves and piston valves on steam locomotives. It appears that at some point, this locomotive was converted from slide valve to piston valve. Who supplied these "kits" for conversion atop the previous slide valve chamber?  Baldwin?

TIA

4-6-0 Martin???? She looks like a 2-6-0 to me!

I reread Martin's summary twice and couldn't find ANY mention of 4-6-0.

Labby Wrote:
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> This is a fine loking engine.
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> Would like to point out that a few days back
> someone was explaining slide valves and piston
> valves on steam locomotives. It appears that at
> some point, this locomotive was converted from
> slide valve to piston valve. Who supplied these
> "kits" for conversion atop the previous slide
> valve chamber?  Baldwin?
>
> TIA

Franklin.

NathanNon-Lifting Wrote:
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> Franklin.


The same Franklin that later supplied rotary-cam poppet valve gear?

Gordon

gbmott Wrote:
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> The same Franklin that later supplied rotary-cam
> poppet valve gear?
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> Gordon

Indeed. Franklin Railway Supply.

> I reread Martin's summary twice and couldn't find
> ANY mention of 4-6-0.

Check the edit times. Martin is excellent about presenting an accurate caption and will continue to edit out errors and edit in new information.

My original post showed her as a 2-6-0 in the first reference. They typo was only in the last reference. That is what the correction was.

It is easier if people PM me on these corrections so posts like these don't distract from the actual posts.

Martin