Oregon-Washington Railroad & Navigation Company
Narrow Gauge Locomotives
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OWRR&N 4-4-0 -- 1 locomotive (ex South Pacific Coast)
| 1915 OWRR&N Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Third Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1920 OWRR&N Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
| OWRR&N N-1 | SPC 7 | SPC 26 | Ilwaco 3 (2nd) | Baldwin | 4224 | Dec 1877 | OWRR&N 1 | 1930 | 1 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 42 inches (later 43 inches)
- Cylinders: 12x18 inches (later 14x18 inches)
General Notes:
- Ilwaco purchased South Pacific Coast number 26 on February 2, 1907; delivered in August 1908
- Two sources disagree about the history of Ilwaco number 3 (2nd) and Ilwaco number 5; G. M. Best's "UP Notebook" shows South Pacific Coast number 9 as becoming Ilwaco number 3 (2nd) and South Pacific Coast number 7 as becoming Ilwaco number 5; Raymond J. Feagans in his 1972 book The Railroad That Ran By The Tide shows the opposite, and is the version used here.
Notes:
- OWRR&N number N-1 was built in 1877 as South Pacific Coast number 7; to South Pacific Coast 26 in (?); to Ilwaco number 3 (2nd) in 1908; to OWRR&N N-1 in 1915; to OWRR&N number 1 by 1920; vacated in 1930 following abandonment, sold for scrap to Union Steel & Rail, a Portland salvage company, scrapped in Portland after September 1931
OWRR&N 2-6-0 -- 1 locomotive (ex Utah & Northern)
| 1915 OWRR&N Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Third Number |
Fourth Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1920 OWRR&N Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
| OWRR&N N-2 | U&N 19 | U&N 23 | P&WV 1 | Ilwaco 4 | Baldwin | 5121 | May 1880 | OWRR&N 2 | 1930 | 1 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 40 inches (later 43 inches)
- Cylinders: 12x18 inches
General Notes:
- OWRR&N number 2 was the last locomotive in service on the Ilwaco Branch in September 1930.
Notes:
- OWRR&N number N-2 was built as Utah & Northern 19; to U&N 23 in 1885; sold February 1888 to Portland & Willamette Valley Railway number 1; after its relatively brief use as Portland & Willamette Valley, the locomotive sat idle for several years before being sold in 1906 to the Ilwaco Railway & Navigation Comapany number 4; to OWRR&N number N-2 in 1915; to OWRR&N number 2 by 1920; vacated in 1930 following abandonment; sold for scrap to Union Steel & Rail, a Portland salvage company, scrapped in Portland in April 1931, the boiler going to Astoria, Oregon.
OWRR&N 4-4-0 -- 1 locomotive (ex South Pacific Coast)
| 1915 OWRR&N Number |
First Number |
Ilwaco Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1920 OWRR&N Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
| OWRR&N N-3 | SPC 9 | Ilwaco 5 | Baldwin | 4956 | Feb 1880 | OWRR&N 3 | 1930 | 1 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 45 inches
- Cylinders: 14x18 inches
General Notes:
- Ilwaco purchased South Pacific Coast number 9 on July 18, 1908; delivered in August 1908
- Two sources disagree about the history of Ilwaco number 3 (2nd) and Ilwaco number 5; G. M. Best's "UP Notebook" shows South Pacific Coast number 9 as becoming Ilwaco number 3 (2nd) and South Pacific Coast number 7 as becoming Ilwaco number 5; Raymond J. Feagans in his 1972 book The Railroad That Ran By The Tide shows the opposite, and is the version used here.
Notes:
- OWRR&N number N-3 was built 1880 as South Pacific Coast number 9; to Ilwaco Railroad number 5 in 1908; to OWRR&N number N-3 in 1915; to OWRR&N 3 by 1920; vacated in 1930 following abandonment, sold for scrap to Union Steel & Rail, a Portland salvage company, scrapped in Portland after September 1931
OWRR&N 4-6-0 -- 1 locomotive (ex South Pacific Coast)
| 1915 OWRR&N Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
1920 OWRR&N Number |
Date Vacated |
Notes |
| OWRR&N N-4 | SPC 23 | Ilwaco 6 | Baldwin | 11925 | May 1891 | OWRR&N 4 | 1930 | 1 |
Description:
- Drive Wheel Diameter: 48 inches (later 50 inches)
- Cylinders: 16x20 inches (later 16x24 inches)
General Notes:
- Ilwaco purchased South Pacific Coast number 23 on January 1, 1907; delivered in August 1908
Notes:
- OWRR&N number N-4 was built in 1891 as South Pacific Coast 23; to Ilwaco number 6 in 1908; to OWRR&N number N-4 in 1915; to OWRR&N number 4 by 1920; vacated in 1930 following abandonment, sold for scrap to Union Steel & Rail, a Portland salvage company, scrapped in Portland after September 1931
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