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5/24/2024
 
 
 
 
 
Owner: SVRY
Model:Heisler 3-TruckBuilt As:WHEL 3 (3-Truck)
Serial Number:1306Order No:
Frame Number:Built:0/1915
Notes:two-truck, former WH Eccles Lumber 3
Other locos with this serial:  AZER 3(2-Truck) SVRY 3(3-Truck)
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SVRY 3-Truck Heisler #3 - Sumpter Valley Rwy
Title:  SVRY 3-Truck Heisler #3 - Sumpter Valley Rwy
Description:  This 1915 Heisler wood burning 3' narrow gauge, geared locomotive weighs in at 42 tons and was principally used for hauling timber on the hastily built logging lines that radiated from the Sumpter Valley mainline. Operated out of Austin, Oregon until the mid 1920’s, #3 was later transferred to a company holding in Idaho, where she operated for several years before being set aside as a back-up boiler for a large sawmill. She was returned to Oregon and restored to service by the Sumpter Valley Railroad Restoration Inc. in 1976. Number 3 is currently one of the only regularly operated wood burning locomotives in North America. Unknown photographer
Photo Date:  6/11/1993  Upload Date: 9/17/2016 10:11:08 AM
Location:  Sumpter, OR
Author:  Gary Everhart
Categories:  Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:  SVRY 3(3-Truck)
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