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Viewing Album: CPLT 3-Truck Shay #2
By:
Gary Everhart
Dates:
7/27/1963 - 7/27/1963
Album Info:
Fairly nice photo of Camino, Placerville & Lake Tahoe 3-truck Shay #2. The photo is from the Jeffrey Moreau collection.
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Title:
CPLT 3-Truck Shay #2 - Camino, Placerville & Lake Tahoe
Description:
Built by Lima, completed October 5, 1921 as Little River Redwood Company #4 (serial #3172), it was purchased by the Michigan-California Lumber Company who also owned CPLT in 1936. CPLT was an 8 mile Class III short-line railroad operating in the Sierra Nevada in California hauling lumber from the El Dorado national Forest. After serving the CPLT, it was donated to Travel Town by the MCLC in 1955 and placed on static display there. Specs - serial #3172, 3-truck Shay, 36" drivers, 12x15" cylinders, engine weight of 65 tons. The photo is from the Jeffry Moreau collection.
Photo Date:
7/27/1963
Upload Date:
11/6/2020 10:55:16 AM
Location:
Los Angeles (Travelt, CA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CPLT 2(Shay 3 Truck)
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