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[[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California|California]] / [[Narrow_Gauge_Railroads_of_California#Logging|Logging]] / [[Butte and Plumas Railway]]

Compiled by [[User:John Hall|John F. Hall]].
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<span class="paracap">T</span>'''he''' [[Butte and Plumas Railway]] was incorporated in 1910 and controlled by the Tahoe Land and Lumber Company. The Swayne Lumber Company had a small logging railroad nearby. In 1912 the idle TL&LCo and B&P were purchased by the West Side Lumber Company. Sometime in 1912 the West Side exchanged the B&P No. 4 Shay for the Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valley Railroad's No.1 Heisler. The TL&LCo and B&P remained idle until 1917 when the WSLCo. sold the TL&LCo. and B&P to the Swayne Lumber Company. The SLCo. then combined the locomotive roster of its railroad with the B&P roster and renumbered the locomotives accordingly. 
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|+ Locomotives of the 36 inch gauge [[Butte and Plumas Railway]] 1910-1942
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!TLCo. 1910- 1917 No.
!SLCo. 1911- 1917 No.
!SLCo. 1917- 1942 No.
! Whyte
! Builder
! C/N
! Order Date
! In Service Date
! Class
! Cyl.
! Drv.
! Wt.
! Notes
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| ?
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| Unknown locomotive
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| Leased<ref name="shay1">''Oroville Daily Register'' August 11, 1911, page 4</ref>
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| [[File:BLW CN 4036-1876 at Swayne Lumber 1935.jpg|100x100px|center|frameless]]
| 1
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| A or B "Dinky"
| 0-6-0T
| [[Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]] 
| 4036
| Nov. 1876
| 1909
| 6-18D-1
| 12x16
| 37"
| 42,000
| Ex. Eureka and Ruby Hill Railroad, No.2; Ex. Pacific Lumber and Wood's Donner And Tahoe Railroad, No. 3; Purchased by the Truckee Lumber Co. 1901; to Swayne Lumber Co., 1917. In operation in 1935.<ref name="dinky"></ref>
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| [[File:Png photo notavailable 150px.png|100x100px|center|frameless]]
| 2 
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| B or A
| 0-6-0T 
| [[Baldwin Locomotive Works|Baldwin]]
| 12015
| July 1891
| 1909
| 6-12D-?
| 9x14
| 30"
| 24,000
| Ex. Pacific Lumber and Wood's Donner And Tahoe Railroad, No. 2; Purchased by the Truckee Lumber Co. 1901; to Swayne Lumber Co., 1917. On the deadline after a roll over in 1927.<ref>''Oroville'' Daily Register May 24, 1927, page 1</ref><ref name="dinky">''Oroville'' Mercury Register June 11, 1935, page 4</ref>
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| [[File:Shay-3-in-oroville-1940.jpg|100x100px|center|frameless]]
| 3
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| 3
| 2T
| Lima
| 2369
| Sept 1910
| July 1911<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' July 21, 1911, page 1</ref>
| B 36-2
| 3-10x10
| 29"
| 66,400
| purchased by Truckee Lumber Co.; to Swayne Lumber Co., 1917; to Michigan-California Lbr. Co. No. 4 (2nd), Dec 1940.
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| 4
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| 3T
| Lima
| 2465
| July 1911
| Aug 1911<ref name="shay1"></ref>
| C 60-3
| 3-11x12
| 32"
| 105,600
| purchased by Truckee Lumber Co.; After West Side Lumber Co. purchased Truckee Lumber Co. in 1912 it exchanged B&P No.4 with Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valley No. 1 Heisler; to Pickering Lumber Co., No. 7, 1925; West Side Lbr. Co. No. 7, 1934; City of Sonora, display, 1965; West Side & Cherry Valley RR, No. 7, 1978; Roaring Camp & Big Trees RR, No. 7, 1986. 
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| 1
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| Unknown locomotive
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| 2
| 4
| 2T
| Lima
| 2458
| June 1911
| 1911
| B 24-2
| 3-8x8
| 27.5"
| 48,600
| Purchased by Swayne Lumber Co. in 1911 before it bought the Truckee Lumber co. Became No. 4 in 1917, Scrapped 1940
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| 3
| 1
| 3T
| Lima
| 2926
| Aug 1917
| Sept 1917<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' August 28, 1917, page 1</ref>
| C 60-3
| 3-11x12
| 32"
| 101,700
| Purchased by Swayne Lumber Co. after taking control of Truckee Lumber; to Michigan-California Lumber Co., No.1 (2nd) Jan. 1942; scrapped 1951 
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| 2 
| 3T
| Lima
| 3078
| April 1920
| 1920
| C 60-3
| 3-11x12
| 32"
| 99,900
| Purchased by Swayne Lumber Co.; derails and rolls down hill 1926<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' September 22, 1926, page 1</ref>, to Michigan-California Lumber Co., No.3 (2nd) 1941; scrapped 1951
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| 5
| Heisler 2T
| Stearns Mfg.
| 1028
| Feb 1899
| About 1912
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| 35 tons
| Ex. Hetch Hetchy & Yosemite Valley No. 1; exchanged for B&P No. 4 when West Side Lumber Co. purchased the Truckee Lumber Co. in 1912; Scrapped 1940
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| [[File:Swayne-6-in-Oroville-5-30-38-T-Wurm.jpg|100x100px|center|frameless]]
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| 6
| 3T
| Lima
| 3302
| April 1926
| 1926
| C 60-3
| 3-11x12
| 32"
| 113,500
| Purchased by Swayne Lumber Co.; to West Side Lumber Co., No.12, 1940, to West Side & Cherry Valley RR No. 12,  1968; to Georgetown Loop RR, No. 12 1986; to storage Colorado Railroad Museum, 2004. 
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Sources:
:''Baldwin Locomotive Works Construction Numbers Index,'' DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
:''Baldwin Locomotive Works Engine Specifications'', 1869-1938, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
:Casler, Walter C., ''The Heisler Locomotive 1891-1941'', Garbely Publishing, 2018, ISBN 978-0-9966963-6-4
:Ferrell, Mallory Hope, ''Rails Around Lake Tahoe'', Signature Press, 2011, ISBN 978-1-930013-32-2 
:Ferrell, Mallory Hope, ''West Side Narrow Gauge in the Sierra'', Pacific Fast Mail, 1992, ISBN 0-915713-02-0
:Koch, Michael, ''The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber'', World Press Inc., 1971. 
:Maxwell, Gregory J., ''The Eureka & Palisade'', White River Productions, 2019, ISBN 978-1-932804-50-1
:[https://www.shaylocomotives.com/index.html ''ShayLocomotives.com'']<br><br>


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