Swayne Lumber Company - Revision history

John Hall at 22:44, 27 June 2023

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	Initially the newspapers reported the mill was to be rebuilt. Instead, the controlling interest in the idle ex-Truckee/Westside mill in Oroville was purchased by the Swayne Lumber Company along with the Butte and Plumas Railroad and the extensive Truckee Lumber Co. timber lands.<ref>''Chico Record'' April 11, 1917, page 3</ref> See the [[Butte and Plumas Railway]] for the rest of the story.		Initially the newspapers reported the mill was to be rebuilt. Instead, the controlling interest in the idle ex-Truckee/Westside mill in Oroville was purchased by the Swayne Lumber Company along with the Butte and Plumas Railroad and the extensive Truckee Lumber Co. timber lands.<ref>''Chico Record'' April 11, 1917, page 3</ref> See the [[Butte and Plumas Railway]] for the rest of the story.

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John Hall at 02:58, 27 June 2023

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John Hall at 00:29, 27 June 2023

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	===History===		===History===

	In 1909, at the ~~same time the [[Truckee~~ Lumber Company]] was ~~grading a standard gauge spur up French Creek, from the Western Pacific Railroad~~ the Swayne Lumber Company ~~constructed its first mill nearby~~.<ref>''~~Oroville Daily Register~~'' ~~June 9~~, 1909, page 1</ref> The mill ~~was located 1800~~ feet above the Western Pacific Railway tracks just northwest of Stanwood. A 4,200 foot long incline was built to move cut lumber from the Swayne mill down to the Western Pacific tracks.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' February 24, 1910, page 4</ref> The SLCo. built a short 36 inch narrow gauge railroad between the top of the incline and the sawmill.<ref>''Chico Record'' November 19, 1909, page 3</ref> The railroad was extended north into Swayne timber lands where the timber was logged and brought to the mill by a Class B shay built in June 1911. Expansions of the track and mill occurred periodically until disaster struck on October 24, 1916 when the mill burned to the ground.<ref>''Chico Record'' October 26, 1916, page 4</ref>		In 1909, W. H. Swayne and C. L. Tilden formed the Feather River Lumber Company.<ref>''Marysville Daily Appeal'' August 14, 1909, page 1</ref> A month later it was renamed the Swayne Lumber Company due to being confused with another company.<ref>''Feather River Bulletin'' September 20, 1909, page 3</ref> The Swayne Lumber Company constructed its first mill on a bluff 1,800 feet above the Western Pacific Railway tracks just northwest of Stanwood. A 4,200 foot long incline was built to move cut lumber from the Swayne mill down to the Western Pacific tracks.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' February 24, 1910, page 4</ref> The mill included a box factory and a drying kiln. The SLCo. built a short 36 inch narrow gauge railroad between the top of the incline and the sawmill.<ref>''Chico Record'' November 19, 1909, page 3</ref> The railroad was extended north into Swayne timber lands where the timber was logged and brought to the mill by a Class B shay built in June 1911. Expansions of the track and mill occurred periodically until disaster struck on October 24, 1916 when the mill burned to the ground.<ref>''Chico Record'' October 26, 1916, page 4</ref>

	Initially the newspapers reported the mill was to be rebuilt. Instead, the controlling interest in the idle ex-Truckee/Westside mill in Oroville was purchased by the Swayne Lumber Company along with the Butte and Plumas Railroad and the extensive Truckee Lumber Co. timber lands.<ref>''Chico Record'' April 11, 1917, page 3</ref> See the [[Butte and Plumas Railway]] for the rest of the story.		Initially the newspapers reported the mill was to be rebuilt. Instead, the controlling interest in the idle ex-Truckee/Westside mill in Oroville was purchased by the Swayne Lumber Company along with the Butte and Plumas Railroad and the extensive Truckee Lumber Co. timber lands.<ref>''Chico Record'' April 11, 1917, page 3</ref> See the [[Butte and Plumas Railway]] for the rest of the story.

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===History===

In 1909, at the same time the [[Truckee Lumber Company]] was grading a standard gauge spur up French Creek, from the Western Pacific Railroad the Swayne Lumber Company constructed its first mill nearby.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' June 9, 1909, page 1</ref> The mill was located 1800 feet above the Western Pacific Railway tracks just northwest of Stanwood. A 4,200 foot long incline was built to move cut lumber from the Swayne mill down to the Western Pacific tracks.<ref>''Oroville Daily Register'' February 24, 1910, page 4</ref> The SLCo. built a short 36 inch narrow gauge railroad between the top of the incline and the sawmill.<ref>''Chico Record'' November 19, 1909, page 3</ref> The railroad was extended north into Swayne timber lands where the timber was logged and brought to the mill by a Class B shay built in June 1911. Expansions of the track and mill occurred periodically until disaster struck on October 24, 1916 when the mill burned to the ground.<ref>''Chico Record'' October 26, 1916, page 4</ref>

Initially the newspapers reported the mill was to be rebuilt. Instead, the controlling interest in the idle ex-Truckee/Westside mill in Oroville was purchased by the Swayne Lumber Company along with the Butte and Plumas Railroad and the extensive Truckee Lumber Co. timber lands.<ref>''Chico Record'' April 11, 1917, page 3</ref> See the [[Butte and Plumas Railway]] for the rest of the story.

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==Reference Material Available Online==

===Equipment Rosters===
{| class="wikitable" style="width: 100%;"
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|+ Locomotives of the 36 inch gauge Swayne Lumber Company prior to obtaining the [[Butte and Plumas Railway]] 1910-1916
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!SLCo. 1911- 1917 No.
! Whyte
! Builder
! C/N
! Order Date
! In Service Date
! Class
! Cyl.
! Drv.
! Wt.
! Notes
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| [[File:Png photo notavailable 150px.png|100x100px|center|frameless]]
| 1
| Unknown locomotive
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| [[File:Png photo notavailable 150px.png|100x100px|center|frameless]]
| 2
| 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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==Further Reading==
Beckstrom, Paul & Braun David W. ''The Swayne Lumber Company'' Pacific Fast Mail Edmonds WA 1992. 
 

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Swayne Lumber Company - Revision history

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