This video is for me an extension of my grade 8 geography class. I was in grade 8 back in September 1966 and we studied the American west, from the Imperial Valley to logging in Washington state, and I enjoyed every minute of it. In 1978 I was on vacation in Washington state and drove close to Hoquiam. Log trucks and sawmills everywhere--it made me so happy to see it all.
We used to pace the log trains along Hwy. 101 on Axford prairie where you could watch them for about a mile. My Dad was a steam engineer for Crown Zellerbach for awhile and both uncles retired as steam locomotive engineers for Crown at Cathlamet.
Number 38 was originally built new by Baldwin as Weyerhauser's No. 4 out of Klamath Falls, Oregon. I'm privileged to have not just hauled logs over her old grades west of Klamath Falls, but have visited her many times where she lies in pieces along the spur south of town. It breaks my heart. God, what a beautiful engine!
You can see a short clip of Number 38 in action when it was Weyerhaeuser #4 in the 1951 season one episode of the Adventures of Superman, entitled "The Ghost Wolf."
The 38 was built new for Weyerhauser as their No. 4 out of Klamath Falls. I hauled thousands of loads of logs across her old railroad grades. She's still alive ---barely--- stored in pieces on a siding south of Merrill, Oregon, not far from where she first went to work in the woods. I love this old girl.
@@MililaniJag As far as I know this engine spent her entire post-Weyerhaeuser, post-Sierra career with Rayonier. The 2-6-6-2's at Vail, Longview, and Tenino were nearly identical though. I believe they were the #120 and the #200.
@@jeremyasher297 She's alive but in pieces. Her engines and frames are sitting on a siding south of Klamath Falls, with her boiler and cab several hundred feet to the east.
Sad that the beautiful mallet was dumped in the woods all alone with nobody to look after her. What trashy thing to do to a very good articulated that worked on a logging railroad for years.
Zach, the #38 is sitting on a UP siding in Merrill, Oregon, part of Fred Kepner's collection. As you may know, the 38 was built new by Baldwin for Weyerhauser as their no. 4 out of Klamath Falls. I hauled thousands of loads of logs over those old railroad grades back in the 80's, years after the rails had been pulled up. When I still lived in Klamath Falls I'd swing by Fred's place every so often to encourage him to contact Weyerhauser's archive office to apply for grant money for the restoration of the locomotive. I even offered to help him with that, and he'd always say something like, "Okay, well, maybe some day". Nice guy, but likes being left alone. I haven't been back there for 8 years, and I hope the #4 is still doing okay.
That is the caboose, which functions as an office for the conductor and a place for the rear brakeman to ride. The conductor is responsible for all the paperwork associated with shipping of freight and passengers. The rear brakeman before the days of automatic braking systems was responsible for setting brakes manually on rail cars, and he also was an extra set of eyes to watch for things going wrong such as "hot boxes" (smoking undercarriage due to friction, which could result in a fire) or a derailed railcar. Due to automation and digitization of records, the caboose was retired from all U.S. railroads long ago, and replaced with an "end of train device". Today you only see cabooses in museums or model railroads.
My impression is that as the major rail companies transitioned over to diesel-electric engines, their old steam engines were sold off and small logging companies bought them up and used those for some time. Am I correct?
Well, yes and no... the 2-6-6-2 No. 38 in this video formerly operated on the small Sierra Railroad in California, but many logging locomotives were built small (like the saddletank mallets and small traditional steam locomotives) for service on western logging railroads, where they sometimes traded hands over the years. In the south, the mainline Southern Railway sold a 2-8-2 to the Kentucky-Tennessee Railroad; when that short coal hauling line quit, the 2-8-2, which had been renumbered 12, was restored as Southern's 4501, and it exists today in Tennessee. Here's a link to that on video, when it was at the Kentucky-Tennessee: ruclips.net/video/WEe3VqI36BU/видео.html
This video is for me an extension of my grade 8 geography class. I was in grade 8 back in September 1966 and we studied the American west, from the Imperial Valley to logging in Washington state, and I enjoyed every minute of it. In 1978 I was on vacation in Washington state and drove close to Hoquiam. Log trucks and sawmills everywhere--it made me so happy to see it all.
We used to pace the log trains along Hwy. 101 on Axford prairie where you could watch them for about a mile. My Dad was a steam engineer for Crown Zellerbach for awhile and both uncles retired as steam locomotive engineers for Crown at Cathlamet.
Neat memories.
Awesome footage! I remember the Milwaukee Road and later SNCT going to Port Angeles from Port Townsend. Bike trail now.
Number 38 was originally built new by Baldwin as Weyerhauser's No. 4 out of Klamath Falls, Oregon. I'm privileged to have not just hauled logs over her old grades west of Klamath Falls, but have visited her many times where she lies in pieces along the spur south of town. It breaks my heart. God, what a beautiful engine!
You can see a short clip of Number 38 in action when it was Weyerhaeuser #4 in the 1951 season one episode of the Adventures of Superman, entitled "The Ghost Wolf."
@@capnhawk51 Thanks for letting me know! I'll try to find that clip.
The 38 was built new for Weyerhauser as their No. 4 out of Klamath Falls. I hauled thousands of loads of logs across her old railroad grades. She's still alive ---barely--- stored in pieces on a siding south of Merrill, Oregon, not far from where she first went to work in the woods. I love this old girl.
Were these Weyerhauser engines ever based out of Vail or Tenino,WA.? Thx!
@@MililaniJag As far as I know this engine spent her entire post-Weyerhaeuser, post-Sierra career with Rayonier. The 2-6-6-2's at Vail, Longview, and Tenino were nearly identical though. I believe they were the #120 and the #200.
Was 38 scrapped or is she preserved today?
@@jeremyasher297 She's alive but in pieces. Her engines and frames are sitting on a siding south of Klamath Falls, with her boiler and cab several hundred feet to the east.
Sad that the beautiful mallet was dumped in the woods all alone with nobody to look after her. What trashy thing to do to a very good articulated that worked on a logging railroad for years.
This may be a dumb question but.. Is the reversing gear on a Mallet linked for both engines or are there 2 reversing levers?
My brother's and I use to play on these engines at Poisons camp #3 not of Hoquiam.
Very nice. Thank you
You are welcome! Thanks for watching.
What will become of locomotive #38?
Zach, the #38 is sitting on a UP siding in Merrill, Oregon, part of Fred Kepner's collection. As you may know, the 38 was built new by Baldwin for Weyerhauser as their no. 4 out of Klamath Falls. I hauled thousands of loads of logs over those old railroad grades back in the 80's, years after the rails had been pulled up. When I still lived in Klamath Falls I'd swing by Fred's place every so often to encourage him to contact Weyerhauser's archive office to apply for grant money for the restoration of the locomotive. I even offered to help him with that, and he'd always say something like, "Okay, well, maybe some day". Nice guy, but likes being left alone. I haven't been back there for 8 years, and I hope the #4 is still doing okay.
Direct and indirect walscherts valve gear on this loco
What the car with yellow box for? Extra water? House brake crew? Or idler style car to spread out load on bridges?
That is the caboose, which functions as an office for the conductor and a place for the rear brakeman to ride. The conductor is responsible for all the paperwork associated with shipping of freight and passengers. The rear brakeman before the days of automatic braking systems was responsible for setting brakes manually on rail cars, and he also was an extra set of eyes to watch for things going wrong such as "hot boxes" (smoking undercarriage due to friction, which could result in a fire) or a derailed railcar. Due to automation and digitization of records, the caboose was retired from all U.S. railroads long ago, and replaced with an "end of train device". Today you only see cabooses in museums or model railroads.
never been to the rayonier scenic logging steam railway.
nice video where do you get all you your music from?
My impression is that as the major rail companies transitioned over to diesel-electric engines, their old steam engines were sold off and small logging companies bought them up and used those for some time. Am I correct?
Well, yes and no... the 2-6-6-2 No. 38 in this video formerly operated on the small Sierra Railroad in California, but many logging locomotives were built small (like the saddletank mallets and small traditional steam locomotives) for service on western logging railroads, where they sometimes traded hands over the years. In the south, the mainline Southern Railway sold a 2-8-2 to the Kentucky-Tennessee Railroad; when that short coal hauling line quit, the 2-8-2, which had been renumbered 12, was restored as Southern's 4501, and it exists today in Tennessee. Here's a link to that on video, when it was at the Kentucky-Tennessee: ruclips.net/video/WEe3VqI36BU/видео.html
airailimages k&t number 12 was the 4501, she was renumbered 12 when the k&t bought her
Many also went to overseas as the US dieselized before much of the rest if the developing world.
rayonier scenic logging steam railway my name is Ian Ray jr.
1:16 that kind of looks like no.5’s body
Neat!
I Will Find 38, Wherever She Is, And Put Her Back In Operation