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Photographer: Syd Whittle
Taken: June 13, 2010
Caption: Locomotive #2 Returning From an Excursion Trip
Additional Description: Built in 1922 for the Hutchinson Lumber Company at Feather Falls, California, this "SHAY" was their road number 2. Later she became Feather River Railway's #2, owned by Georgia Pacific's Feather River Lumber Company. After the abandonment of the Feather River Railway in the mid-1960's, the #2 was acquired by the State of California for static display at the Oroville Dam. The locomotive was moved to Jamestown in 1975 as extra power for Sierra's ever growing excursion trains. This is the third #2 on the Sierra Railway, the first being a 4-4-0 used prior to 1900 for constuction on the railroad and the second #2 was a 0-6-0 which was off the roster by 1918. Currently #2 is the largest "SHAY" operating in California.
Submitted: June 27, 2010, by Syd Whittle of Mesa, Arizona.
Database Locator Identification Number: p114798
File Size: 3.148 Megabytes

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