LOCOMOTIVE ROSTER

Locomotive Roster

Timber Heritage Association,
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park Logging Museum

Number Name (if any),
Former railroad or lumber company owner,
Type (weight, wheel arrangement, name, if any), Builder, Year, Construction number

No. 1 Falk, Elk River Mill & Lumber Co. **No. 1 Falk, Elk River Mill & Lumber Co., 9-ton 0-4-0, Marshutz & Cantrell, 1884.
This "gypsy" type locomotive was purchased by Noah Falk in San Francisco and shipped by vessel to Arcata, CA. It was first used at the Dolly Varden Mill in north Arcata until the mill was closed in 1885. In 1886 it was moved to Falk, California, for use on the Elk River Mill & Lumber Co. railroad. Logs were hauled from the woods to the mill. When the railroad was extended five miles up a narrow, winding canyon, a larger locomotive was purchased in 1903. The Falk was relegated to switching duties at the mill. In 1927 it was retired. The locomotive was given to the city of Eureka, California, for use in a 1936 Fourth of July parade operating on street car tracks. It was then displayed at Fort Humboldt and given to the State of California when the military fort became a state park. Restored by Association volunteer labor and State Parks funding in 1986, it operates monthly during the summer at Fort Humboldt State Historic Park Logging Exhibit. Owned by the City of Eureka, loaned to California State Parks.

No. 1 Gypsy, Bear Harbor Lumber Co.
No. 1 Gypsy, Bear Harbor Lumber Co., 12-ton 0-4-0, Marshutz & Cantrell, 1892, Cn. 3014.
Purchased new, it was used to haul tanbark (used in tanning leather) to the wharf at Bear Harbor. In 1894 the two mile railroad was extended ten miles further inland by way of an incline to access other timber. The railroad was further extended toward the Eel River in 1903 and work on a sawmill at Andersonia begun. The railroad operated until 1905 when the mill owner was killed in a freak accident at the almost completed mill which never opened. Stored in a shed until it collapsed, the locomotive sat outside until 1962. It was donated to the State of California, sat outside at Fort Humboldt until 1972; was rebuilt by the Association in 1979 and operates at Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, Eureka, California, on occasion. Owned by California State Parks.

No. 2, Bear Harbor Lumber Co. No. 2, Bear Harbor Lumber Co., 24-ton 2-4-2T, Baldwin, 1898, Cn. 15832.
This second locomotive was purchased when early plans to extend the railroad to the Eel River were made. Delivered by steamer from San Francisco, it was unloaded at Bear Harbor. It was operated only a short time until the railroad shut down in late1905. Stored outside for many years, parts were stolen; it was donated to THA in derelict condition in 1979 by heirs of Bear Harbor Lumber Co. owners.

No. 7, Arcata and Mad River Railroad No. 7, Arcata and Mad River Railroad, 50-ton 2-truck Shay, Lima, 1918, Cn. 3014.
Built in 1918 for the Lamson Logging Company in Euphala, Washington as their No. 1, this locomotive was purchased second-hand by A.& M.R.R. in 1942. It hauled logs and lumber freight the 7.5 miles between Korbel and Korblex and on the 10 mile Northern Redwood Lumber Company logging railroad. In 1956 Simpson Redwood Company purchased the N.L.R. and A.& M.R.R. and abandoned the logging railroad out of Korbel. No. 7 was donated to city of Arcata, California, for display in a city park. From 1970 to 73 it was returned to service on A.& M.R. to pull a tourist train. After again being retired and returned to the city, it was leased to the Association by the City of Arcata to restore in 1986.

No. 15, Hammond Lumber Co. No. 15, Hammond Lumber Co., 90-ton 2-8-2 Mikado, Baldwin 1916, Cn. 43563.
Former Humbird Lumber Co. No.4, former Mason County Logging Co. No. 12 at Bordeaux, WA, the locomotive was purchased by Hammond Lumber Co. December 7th 1941 and renumbered No. 15. It worked mostly pulling log trains from Crannell to Samoa. After the first diesel was purchased, No. 15 was used only when the diesel was out of service. Hammond became Georgia Pacific in 1956. About a year before the railroad was shutdown completely, No. 15 was donated to the city of Eureka, California, for display at Sequoia Park (1960). The city donated the locomotive to the Association in 1979.

No. 29, The Pacific Lumber Co. No. 29, Pacific Lumber Co., 60 ton 2-6-2 Prarie, Baldwin, 1910, Cn. 34484.
Purchased new in 1910, serving 51 years, it was the last remaining steam locomotive at Pacific Lumber Co. Delivered as a wood burner, it was converted to burn oil during its first summer on the property. It probably hauled lumber to the company wharf at Fields Landing before completion of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad in 1914. It later hauled logs near Freshwater and from South Fork and Carlotta. Log trains ran over the N.W.P. to get to Scotia with P.L. equipment, but N.W.P. crews. Toward the end of her service, No. 29 served as backup for larger steam locomotives and later three diesel locomotives. It was retubed in 1960, then retired in 1961. In serviceable condition, it was stored in the engine house until donated to the Association in 1986.

No. 33, Hammond Lumber Co. No. 33, Hammond Lumber Co., 90-ton 3-truck Shay, Lima, 1922, Cn. 3180.
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.

No. 54, Mutual Plywood
As Elk River Mill & Lumber Co. No. 3

No. 54, Mutual Plywood
Converted to a Murphy diesel No. 54, Mutual Plywood Corp., Converted to diesel from 24-ton 2-truck Heisler (1927), Cn. 1546.**
Originally built as Elk River Mill & Lumber Co. No. 3, it worked only 10 years until the mill shut down for good; a junk dealer scrapped the boiler and sold the rest to Mutual Plywood Corp., a Murphy diesel engine was mounted on the frame and it was used as a mill switcher. In the 1960s it became U.S. Plywood Corp. No. M62; U.S. Plywood was subsequently purchased by Simpson Timber Co. Sold to Frank Bayliss for display at a small tourist railroad at Alton, it was purchased from him by the Association in 1991. It is operational.

Other Locomotives in Humboldt County

No. 1, Mattole Lumber Co.

No. 1, Mattole Lumber Co., 3-foot gauge 9-ton 0-4-2T, Vulcan, 1908, Cn. 1240.
In order to haul tanbark to a wharf, a two mile narrow gauge railroad was built in 1908. The railroad's only locomotive was purchased new and delivered to Eureka by ship. For ten years almost everything in and out of the isolated Mattole Valley was hauled on the railroad and ships anchored in the doghole. The railroad closed in 1918 and the locomotive sat in the engine house near the mouth of the Mattole River. In 1950 the locomotive was sold to Henry Sorensen, rescued and rebuilt. It operated on his McKinleyville farm from 1956 until it was recently donated to the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento. It continues to operate on occasion at that museum.

No. 6, Kiso Forest Railway of Japan

No. 6, Kiso Forest Railway of Japan, 12-ton 0-4-2T, Baldwin, 1929, Cn. 60873.
Purchased by Henry L. Sorensen in 1960, it was shipped from Japan to San Francisco and trucked to McKinleyville. He converted it from 30" to 36" gauge. It operated on his farm until donated to the California State Railroad Museum in 1999. It is also operational.

No. 9, Pacific Lumber Co.

No. 9, Pacific Lumber Co., 36-ton 2T Heisler, Heisler Locomotive Works, 1921, Cn. 1446.
This locomotive was purchased by the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Scenic Railway in Marin County, California, (their No. 9) and is the sole surviving locomotive of that unique railroad. It was sold to Siskiyou Lumber Co. at Macdoel, California, in 1924 becoming their No. 1 and again sold to Dolbeer & Carson Lumber Co. in 1938 and renumbered No. 5. In 1953 it was sold to Pacific Lumber Co. for historical display purposes and later renumbered to its original number, No. 9. It is displayed outside Pacific Lumber Company's museum in Scotia, California.

No. 1 Falk, Elk River Mill & Lumber Co.	*No. 1 Falk, Elk River Mill & Lumber Co., 9-ton 0-4-0, Marshutz & Cantrell, 1884.* This "gypsy" type locomotive was purchased by Noah Falk in San Francisco and shipped by vessel to Arcata, CA. It was first used at the Dolly Varden Mill in north Arcata until the mill was closed in 1885. In 1886 it was moved to Falk, California, for use on the Elk River Mill & Lumber Co. railroad. Logs were hauled from the woods to the mill. When the railroad was extended five miles up a narrow, winding canyon, a larger locomotive was purchased in 1903. The Falk was relegated to switching duties at the mill. In 1927 it was retired. The locomotive was given to the city of Eureka, California, for use in a 1936 Fourth of July parade operating on street car tracks. It was then displayed at Fort Humboldt and given to the State of California when the military fort became a state park. Restored by Association volunteer labor and State Parks funding in 1986, it operates monthly during the summer at Fort Humboldt State Historic Park Logging Exhibit. Owned by the City of Eureka, loaned to California State Parks.
No. 1 Gypsy, Bear Harbor Lumber Co.	*No. 1 Gypsy, Bear Harbor Lumber Co., 12-ton 0-4-0, Marshutz & Cantrell, 1892, Cn. 3014.* Purchased new, it was used to haul tanbark (used in tanning leather) to the wharf at Bear Harbor. In 1894 the two mile railroad was extended ten miles further inland by way of an incline to access other timber. The railroad was further extended toward the Eel River in 1903 and work on a sawmill at Andersonia begun. The railroad operated until 1905 when the mill owner was killed in a freak accident at the almost completed mill which never opened. Stored in a shed until it collapsed, the locomotive sat outside until 1962. It was donated to the State of California, sat outside at Fort Humboldt until 1972; was rebuilt by the Association in 1979 and operates at Fort Humboldt State Historic Park, Eureka, California, on occasion. Owned by California State Parks.
No. 2, Bear Harbor Lumber Co.	No. 2, Bear Harbor Lumber Co., 24-ton 2-4-2T, Baldwin, 1898, Cn. 15832. This second locomotive was purchased when early plans to extend the railroad to the Eel River were made. Delivered by steamer from San Francisco, it was unloaded at Bear Harbor. It was operated only a short time until the railroad shut down in late1905. Stored outside for many years, parts were stolen; it was donated to THA in derelict condition in 1979 by heirs of Bear Harbor Lumber Co. owners.
No. 7, Arcata and Mad River Railroad	No. 7, Arcata and Mad River Railroad, 50-ton 2-truck Shay, Lima, 1918, Cn. 3014. Built in 1918 for the Lamson Logging Company in Euphala, Washington as their No. 1, this locomotive was purchased second-hand by A.& M.R.R. in 1942. It hauled logs and lumber freight the 7.5 miles between Korbel and Korblex and on the 10 mile Northern Redwood Lumber Company logging railroad. In 1956 Simpson Redwood Company purchased the N.L.R. and A.& M.R.R. and abandoned the logging railroad out of Korbel. No. 7 was donated to city of Arcata, California, for display in a city park. From 1970 to 73 it was returned to service on A.& M.R. to pull a tourist train. After again being retired and returned to the city, it was leased to the Association by the City of Arcata to restore in 1986.
No. 15, Hammond Lumber Co.	No. 15, Hammond Lumber Co., 90-ton 2-8-2 Mikado, Baldwin 1916, Cn. 43563. Former Humbird Lumber Co. No.4, former Mason County Logging Co. No. 12 at Bordeaux, WA, the locomotive was purchased by Hammond Lumber Co. December 7th 1941 and renumbered No. 15. It worked mostly pulling log trains from Crannell to Samoa. After the first diesel was purchased, No. 15 was used only when the diesel was out of service. Hammond became Georgia Pacific in 1956. About a year before the railroad was shutdown completely, No. 15 was donated to the city of Eureka, California, for display at Sequoia Park (1960). The city donated the locomotive to the Association in 1979.
No. 29, The Pacific Lumber Co.	No. 29, Pacific Lumber Co., 60 ton 2-6-2 Prarie, Baldwin, 1910, Cn. 34484. Purchased new in 1910, serving 51 years, it was the last remaining steam locomotive at Pacific Lumber Co. Delivered as a wood burner, it was converted to burn oil during its first summer on the property. It probably hauled lumber to the company wharf at Fields Landing before completion of the Northwestern Pacific Railroad in 1914. It later hauled logs near Freshwater and from South Fork and Carlotta. Log trains ran over the N.W.P. to get to Scotia with P.L. equipment, but N.W.P. crews. Toward the end of her service, No. 29 served as backup for larger steam locomotives and later three diesel locomotives. It was retubed in 1960, then retired in 1961. In serviceable condition, it was stored in the engine house until donated to the Association in 1986.
No. 33, Hammond Lumber Co.	No. 33, Hammond Lumber Co., 90-ton 3-truck Shay, Lima, 1922, Cn. 3180. 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.
No. 54, Mutual Plywood As Elk River Mill & Lumber Co. No. 3 No. 54, Mutual Plywood Converted to a Murphy diesel	No. 54, Mutual Plywood Corp., Converted to diesel from 24-ton 2-truck Heisler (1927), Cn. 1546. Originally built as Elk River Mill & Lumber Co. No. 3, it worked only 10 years until the mill shut down for good; a junk dealer scrapped the boiler and sold the rest to Mutual Plywood Corp., a Murphy diesel engine was mounted on the frame and it was used as a mill switcher. In the 1960s it became U.S. Plywood Corp. No. M62; U.S. Plywood was subsequently purchased by Simpson Timber Co. Sold to Frank Bayliss for display at a small tourist railroad at Alton, it was purchased from him by the Association in 1991. It is operational.