Re: Yreka Western Trivia Question
Author: Tom Moungovan
Date: 10-02-2010 - 06:39
Mikado Wrote:
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> No. 1 was a 2-4-2T (Ol' Betsy)- Baldwin
> No. 2 was a 4-4-0 - Cooke
> No. 3 was a 4-6-0 - Schenectady
> No. 7 and 8 were 0-6-0's - Brooks and Baldwin
> No. 9 was a 2-6-2 - Baldwin
> No. 10 was a 2-6-2 - Baldwin
> No. 18 and 19 are both 2-8-2's - Baldwin
> No. 94 was a 3 truck shay - Lima
> No. 100 was a 2-8-2 - Brooks (which was purchased
> by the YW, but never ran on the property. It was
> sent to scrap.)
I think that all that you've put down here is correct. The Shay was scrapped around 1946
IIRC. There is one more locomotive that I was thinking of...here's a hint, it was leased
for a time and does show up on records.