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Sugar Pine Lumber Company 4

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Sugar Pine Lumber Company 4
SPL No. 4 in storage at the Strasburg Rail Road's yard in 2021
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
DesignerSugar Pine Lumber Company
BuilderAmerican Locomotive Company
Serial number66033
Build date1925
Specifications
Configuration:
 • Whyte2-8-2ST
Gauge1,435 mm (4 ft 8+12 in)
Loco weight197,500 lb
Career
OperatorsSugar Pine Lumber Company
Pacific Lumber Company
Wawa and Concordville Railroad
Wilmington & Western Railroad
Numbers
  • SPL 4
  • PALCO 37
  • W&C 37
  • WWRC 37
Delivered1925
Retired1990
Restored1966 (1st restoration)
2023–2024 (cosmetically)
Current ownerAge of Steam Roundhouse
DispositionOn static display

Sugar Pine Lumber Company 4 is a 2-8-2ST "Mikado" built by the American Locomotive Company in 1925. After the Sugar Pine Lumber Company went bankrupt in 1933, it wound later be purchased by Pacific Lumber Company and renumbered to 37. The engine was briefly purchased to railfan Frank Bayliss before starting its heritage railroad career on the Wawa & Concord Ville Railroad in 1966.[1] The engine saw service on the Wilmington & Western Railroad before being retired in 1990. In 2003, the Timber Heritage Association purchased the locomotive and had her stored at the Strasburg Railroad starting in 2010 with intentions of operational restoration.[2] In 2023 the Timber Heritage Association sold the engine to the Age of Steam Roundhouse where it received a cosmetic restoration and is now on display.[3][4]

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References

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  1. ^ Johnston, Hank (2011). Rails to the Minarets: The Story of the Sugar Pine Lumber Company (4th ed.). Fish Camp, California: Stauffer Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 978-0-9846848-0-9.
  2. ^ "Locomotives". timberheritage.org. Retrieved October 3, 2023.
  3. ^ "https://www.facebook.com/railwaypreservationnews/". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2023-10-22. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  4. ^ "Railway Preservation News • View topic - Age of Steam Acquires Sugar Pine/Pacific Lumber 2-8-2T 37". www.rypn.org. Retrieved 2024-08-22.