Stockton & Ione Railroad #1 "Stockton"

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History

Built by the Mason Machine Works in 1875 for the Stockton & Ione Railroad of California.

Stockon at the Mason Machine Works factory.











Service

Stockton & Ione Railroad

The Stockton arrived at it's namesake in August 1875. After the Stockton & Ione failed the locomotive was sold at Sheriff's auction to a promoter of the Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad in October 1876.

Stockton & Ione Railroad

On the Seattle & Walla Wall it was named “A. A. Denny” but found to be top heavy and troublesome. In 1878 it was rebuilt from an 0-4-4T into a 0-6-4T at the railroad's shops in Seattle and continued to serve the railroad through the 1890s.