Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2021.072.044 |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Description |
Hillcrest Lumber Company No. 10 crossing a bridge while hauling railcars loaded with logs. No. 10 is a standard gauge 3 truck Class "C" Climax steam engine, built May of 1928 by Climax Manufacturing Company. |
Image File Name |
unk - No. 10 Crossing a Bridge with Wood - Robertson River Valley - 2021072044 - jpg72 - 001 |
Place |
Robertson River Valley |
Provenance |
The locomotive was built for Hillcrest Lumber Company and was the second to last Climax engine built & delivered and was initially designated as Hillcrest Lumber Company No. 3. It worked at the company's Mesachie Lake mill. It was eventually re-designated No. 10 at an unknown date. In 1968, the mill was shut down and the locomotive was the last Climax engine in regular operating condition in the world. In 1979, it was sold to the Mt. Rainier Railroad & Logging Museum. |
Search Terms |
Hillcrest Lumber Company Climax Climax Manufacturing Company No. 10 locomotive Mesachie Lake Robertson River Bridge Railcar |
Collection |
Locomotives |
Subjects |
Locomotives Hauling Bridges & Trestles Railway Vehicles |