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List of Northwestern Pacific Railroad locomotives

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The Northwestern Pacific Railroad was formed by merging several smaller railroads and forest railways of northern California into a single line northward from San Francisco Bay through the California Coast Ranges to Humboldt Bay. These railroads were built to move lumber to the national rail network from northern California coastal forests. The merged railroad was initially jointly owned by the Southern Pacific Railroad and Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway using a wide variety of locomotives from previous owners. Freight trains were pulled by ten-wheelers while eight-wheelers pulled passenger trains. A few of the newer locomotives survived while trains were increasingly pulled by Southern Pacific locomotives after Southern Pacific assumed control of the railroad in 1929.

Steam locomotives

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Number Builder Type Date Works number Notes
1 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1884 7400 ex-Eel River and Eureka Railroad #2 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #2 retired in 1916
2 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1883 7013 ex-Eel River and Eureka Railroad #1 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #1 retired in 1920
3 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1887 8947 ex-Los Angeles County Railroad #3 then Eureka and Klamath River Railroad #6 then Oregon and Eureka Railroad #6 retired in 1923
4 Norris Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1862 1009 ex-San Francisco and San Jose Railroad #2 then San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #1; used in passenger service between Tiburon and San Rafael;[1] retired 1920
5 Booth 4-4-0 1873 17 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #5 scrapped 1911
6 Booth 4-4-0 1870 14 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #2; used in passenger service between Sausalito and San Quentin;[1] destroyed by boiler explosion 1915[2]
7 Booth 4-4-0 1870 15 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #3; used in passenger service between Sausalito and San Quentin;[1] retired 1920
8 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1881 5485 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #8; shipped to Eureka in 1911 for construction through the Eel River canyon;[1] retired 1925
9 Grant Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1883 1664 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #9; used in passenger service between Sausalito and Glen Ellen;[1] reboilered 1917 retired 1938[3]
10 Grant Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1883 1665 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #10; used in passenger service between Sausalito and Glen Ellen;[1] reboilered 1917 scrapped 1937[4]
11 Grant Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1878 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #6 scrapped 1912
12 Grant Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1878 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #7; shipped to Eureka in 1911 for construction through the Eel River canyon;[1] retired 1926[5]
13 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1875 3831 ex-Santa Fe Railroad #07 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway retired 1929
14 Grant Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1888 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #14; used in passenger service between Sausalito and Glen Ellen;[1] reboilered 1915 retired 1926[4]
15 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1878 4416 ex-New Mexico and Southern Pacific Railroad #203>#503 then Santa Fe Railroad #103>#049 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #7 scrapped 1930
16 Pennsylvania Railroad 4-4-0 1886 1031 ex-Pennsylvania Railroad #452 then Chicago, St. Louis and Pittsburgh Railroad #452 then Pittsburgh, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis Railroad #8298>#298>#343 then Pacific Lumber Company #3 then Eel River and Eureka Railroad#4 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #4 retired 1930
17 Rogers Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1889 4155 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #17; used in passenger service between Sausalito and Duncan Mills;[1] scrapped 1935[6][7]
18 Rogers Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1889 4154 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #16 wrecked 1910[8]
19 Rogers Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1884 3305 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #12; shipped to Eureka in 1911 for construction through the Eel River canyon;[1] reboilered 1917 scrapped 1937[9]
20 Rogers Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1884 3306 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #13; used in passenger service between Sausalito and Duncan Mills;[1] reboilered ~1916 retired ~1932[10]
21 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-4-0 1904 24035 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #24; used in passenger service between Sausalito and Ukiah;[1] scrapped 1937[11]
22-23 American Locomotive Company 4-4-0 1908 44959-44960 used in passenger service between Sausalito and Ukiah;[1] scrapped 1938[12] and 1949[13][14]
51-54 American Locomotive Company 4-4-0 1914 54580-54583 scrapped 1938
99 E. Jardine 0-4-0T 1887 purchased by San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad 1898 sold 1910 North Bend Lumber Company[2]
101 Rogers Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1889 4212 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #18; used on the mixed train between Santa Rosa and Sebastopol;[1] scrapped 1928
102 Grant Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1888 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #15; used in freight service between Tiburon and Glen Ellen;[1] retired 1929
103 Richmond Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1901 3304 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #20 scrapped 1935
104 Richmond Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1901 3303 ex-California Northwestern Railway #31; shipped to Eureka in 1911 for construction through the Eel River canyon;[1] scrapped 1936
105 American Locomotive Company 4-6-0 1902 25620 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #21 scrapped 1934
106 American Locomotive Company 4-6-0 1902 25621 ex-California Northwestern Railway #32 then San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #25 scrapped 1934
107-108 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1904 23933 & 23951 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #22-23 scrapped 1937 & 1948[15][16]
109 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1900 18179 ex-California Northwestern Railroad #30; used in freight service between Tiburon and Sausalito;[1] scrapped 1948[17]
110 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1900 17759 ex-San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad #19 scrapped 1937
111-114 American Locomotive Company 4-6-0 1908 44955-44958 used for freight service between Willits and Santa Rosa;[1] #112 retired in 1962,[18] preserved California State Railroad Museum[19][7]
#114 wrecked 1946[20][16] #111 & 113 scrapped 1949 and 1947[5]
130-133 American Locomotive Company 4-6-0 1910 49089-49092 initially used in passenger service between Sausalito and Willits;[1] scrapped 1938
134-135 American Locomotive Company 4-6-0 1912 51536-51537 scrapped 1940
136-141 American Locomotive Company 4-6-0 1914 54578-54579 & 54975-54978 scrapped 1940-57[21]
142-143 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1922 55356 & 55473 scrapped 1953
170-172 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1907 30105-30106 & 31094 ex-Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad #4, #5 & #8 purchased 1918 scrapped 1946-1950[22]
178 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1906 29726 ex-Bullfrog Goldfield #13 > #11 purchased 1917 scrapped 1954[23]
179 American Locomotive Company 4-6-0 1907 44753 ex-Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad #12 purchased 1917 scrapped 1952
180-181 American Locomotive Company 4-6-0 1914 54979-54980 renumbered from #160-161 1918 scrapped 1952–1955
182-184 Baldwin Locomotive Works 4-6-0 1922 55351 & 55470-55471 #184 destroyed in Scotia Bluffs slide 1953 – others scrapped 1955
201-202 Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-6-2T 1903 22446 & 22474 ex-California Northwestern Railway #33-34 tenders added 1910; used in freight service on the Sherwood branch until #202 was shipped to Albion;[1] scrapped 1930–1937
225 H. K. Porter, Inc 2-4-2T 1887 905 ex-National City and Otay Railroad #5 then Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad #1 scrapped 1937
226 Hinkley Locomotive Works 0-6-0 1880 ex-Santa Fe Railroad #122>#2232 then Fort Bragg and Southeastern Railroad #2 scrapped 1910
227-228 American Locomotive Company 0-6-0 1910 48037-48038 scrapped 1948–1949
229-231 American Locomotive Company 0-6-0 1914 54981-54983 scrapped 1948–1950
251 Lima Locomotive Works Shay locomotive 21 September 1904 909 ex-Northwestern Redwood Company #1 then California Northwestern Railway 2nd #32; leased to Northwestern Redwood Company of Willits, California; leased to Portland, Eugene and Eastern Railroad; sold 1935 to Washington construction firm[24]
255 Heisler Heisler 1912 1254 ex-Jordan River Lumber Company #7 then Horseshoe Lumber Company #7 purchased 1922 sold Shaw Bertram Lumber Company 1924
300 Cooke Locomotive Works 2-6-0 1901 2624 ex-Southern Pacific Railroad #2140>#1714 leased 1929 retired 1934
301 Cooke Locomotive Works 2-6-0 1901 2626 ex-Southern Pacific Railroad #2142>#1716 leased 1929 retired 1934
351 Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-6-0 1887 8776 ex-Eel River and Eureka Railroad #3 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #3 renumbered from #151 1914 scrapped 1916
352 Baldwin Locomotive Works 2-6-0 1886 8092 ex-Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railroad #65>#314 then Santa Fe Railroad #0179 then San Francisco and Northwestern Railway #5 renumbered from #152 1914 scrapped 1929
353-354 American Locomotive Company 2-6-0 1908 45284-45285 renumbered from #153-154 1914 scrapped 1935

References

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  • Koch, Michael (1971). The Shay locomotive: Titan of the Timber. Denver, CO.: The World Press. ASIN B0006WIHIE. OCLC 637411163.
  • Stindt, Fred A. (1978) [1964]. The Northwestern Pacific Railroad: Redwood Empire Route (3rd ed.). Redwood City, CA.: Fred A. Stindt. ASIN B0007F4A2M. OCLC 458861017.
  • Stindt, Fred A. (1974). Trains to the Russian River. Pacific Coast Chapter of the Railway & Locomotive Historical Society.
  • Stindt, Fred A. (1985). The Northwestern Pacific Railroad, 1964-1985. Vol. 2. Kelseyville, CA.: Fred A. Stindt. ISBN 978-0-9615-4650-2.

Footnotes

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t Silverthorn, W.A. (1952). "Early Days on the NWP". The Western Railroader. 15 (152). Francis A. Guido: 4&5.
  2. ^ a b Stindt (1974), p. 44.
  3. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 53 & 72.
  4. ^ a b Stindt (1974), p. 72.
  5. ^ a b Stindt (1974), p. 53.
  6. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 72-73.
  7. ^ a b Stindt (1985), p. 33.
  8. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 48.
  9. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 52.
  10. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 58 & 72.
  11. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 71.
  12. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 70–71.
  13. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 41 & 71.
  14. ^ Stindt (1985), p. 28.
  15. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 69.
  16. ^ a b Stindt (1985), p. 37.
  17. ^ Stindt (1985), p. 35.
  18. ^ "NWP #112 Fan Club". Nwprr.net. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  19. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 73.
  20. ^ Stindt (1974), p. 52 & 59.
  21. ^ Stindt (1985), p. 36–37.
  22. ^ Stindt (1985), p. 34.
  23. ^ Stindt (1985), p. 33–35.
  24. ^ Koch (1971), p. 412.