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Hammond Lumber Company #33
Builder/Year: Lima 1922
Type: 3-truck Shay
Weight: 90 tons
Construction #: 3180
Location: Samoa Roundhouse
Satus: non-operational
Purchased to haul logs over the steeper grades east of Cranell, No. 33 survived various company name changes: Hammond Lumber Co., Hammond & Little River Redwood Co., Ltd., Hammond Redwood Co., and finally back to Hammond Lumber Co. In 1944 it was sold to the Pickering Lumber Corporation where it was operated in the Sierras for 19 years. After logging trains were discontinued, it was sold to the Westside & Cherry Valley Railway tourist line in 1976; unneeded by the line, it was sold to the Association in 1981.