70-ton end-cab switcher, No. 205, was purchased in 1955 and used until it was sold to Modesto & Empire Traction in 1990. A second-hand Baldwin 40-ton switcher, No. 206, was in use from the 1970s through 1983 when it was given to the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento where it is currently on display. In 1982 the railroad purchased a brand new General Electric 125-ton SL-144 center cab switcher, No. 207. Only 29 of this configuration were built by GE, all for various industrial customers around the country despite initially marketing the model as a “next generation” switcher for Class I railroads. Under the GE center cab, the locomotive rides on over 100-year-old 60- to-90 pound rail. The second-hand rail for this line was brought to the site after intially being used by the Hammond Lumber Company in Mill City, Ore. Although speed on this line is limited to ten m.p.h., a train of ten loaded center beams and wood chip cars will tax the 1100-h.p. engine as it digs into the short but near 2 percent grades. In fact, there are two separate locations on the line where trains encounter these steep grades, which will slow the train to to three miles per hour.


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