Locomotives of the Ferries & Cliff House Railway
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Compiled by John F. Hall
The ordering and building of the Ferries and Cliff House Railway locomotives is confusing and the Baldwin Records Indexes have errors. Both of these issues have lead to speculation of additional locomotives. However there were only eight locomotives.
On August 20, 1887 the Baldwin Specification Books[1] recorded two orders for the Park & Cliff House Railway. This is the branch to Golden Gate Park. The first order is for locomotives 3 thru 6 in Volume 14, page 70 of the specifications. The second order is for locomotives 1 and 2 in Volume 14, page 71 of the specifications. Both orders were placed on the same day. These six locomotives were built in this order with locomotives 1 and 2 arriving two months after locomotives 3 thru 6. Construction Numbers were assigned in the order built so that locomotives 1 and 2 have higher construction numbers than 3 thru 6. Then on August 3, 1888 locomotives 7 and 8 for the Ferries and Cliff House Railway were ordered in Volume 14, page 241 of the specifications.
The confusion is also increased by errors in the Indexes of the Baldwin Records. The Specifications Index[2] includes a Park & Cliff House Railway entry for volume 14, page 72. The is not a F&CH locomotive. It is a specification for a Pioneering Mining & Manufacturing locomotive. A second error is in the Construction Number Index[3] where construction numbers 9065 and 9073 are incorrectly labeled as locomotives 8 and 9 instead of their correct numbers 1 and 2. This confusion was probably because of locomotives 1-2 were built after 3-6 with the indexer assuming they followed Nos. 3 thru 6 and the incorrectly labeled PM&M locomotive. Further confusion occurs in the Construction Number Index[4] with locomotives 7 and 8. The notes indicate 0-4-2 locomotives with 48" drivers instead of the correct notation of 2-4-2T with 45" drivers as stated on the specification sheet.
Originally all eight locomotives were lettered CLIFF HOUSE on the sides of the saddle tank. These were later replaced with just the locomotive's number.
| No. | Whyte | Builder | C/N[5] | Order Date[1] | Build Date[5] | Class[1] | Cyl.[1] | Drv.[1] | Wt.[1] | Notes[6] | |
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1 | 2-4-2T | Baldwin | 9065 | Aug 1887 | Feb 1888 | 8-20¼C | 13x18 | 45" | 28 tons | To San Jose & Alum Rock Co. No. 3; To San Jose & Santa Clara Electric Co.; To Diamond & Caldor Rwy. No. 1 1903. |
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2 | 2-4-2T | Baldwin | 9073 | Aug 1887 | Feb 1888 | 8-20¼C | 13x18 | 45" | 28 tons | To Glynn & Peterson Lumber Co. 1903, Del Mar Landing, Ca.; To L. E. White Lumber, Point Arena, CA |
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3 | 2-4-2T | Baldwin | 8955 | Aug 1887 | Dec 1887 | 8-14¼C | 10x16 | 41" | 18 tons | To Marsh Lumber Co., Loyalton, Ca. |
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4 | 2-4-2T | Baldwin | 8961 | Aug 1887 | Dec 1887 | 8-14¼C | 10x16 | 41" | 18 tons | To Butler Ballast Co. No. 4; To Friend & Terry Lumber Co. No. 4; To Red River Lumber Co No. 4 Bella Vista, Ca. |
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5 | 2-4-2T | Baldwin | 8973 | Aug 1887 | Dec 1887 | 8-14¼C | 10x16 | 41" | 18 tons | To Government of Hawaii No. 5, 1903; To Oahu Railway & Land Co. No. 5, retired 1923 |
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6 | 2-4-2T | Baldwin | 8974 | Aug 1887 | Dec 1887 | 8-14¼C | 10x16 | 41" | 18 tons | To Hawaiian Dredging Co. No. 5, 1899 |
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7 | 2-4-2T | Baldwin | 9756 | Aug 1888 | Jan 1889 | 8-22¼C | 14x18 | 45" | 35 tons | To Friend & Terry Lumber Co. No. 7; To Red River Lumber Co. No.7, near Bella Vista, Ca |
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8 | 2-4-2T | Baldwin | 9763 | Aug 1888 | Jan 1889 | 8-22¼C | 14x18 | 45" | 35 tons | To Armstrong, Morrison Co. 1906; To Clayburn Brick & Tile Co.; To Dolly Varden Mines Co. Alice Arm, British Columbia |
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Baldwin Locomotive Works Engine Specifications, 1869-1938, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
- ↑ Baldwin Locomotive Works Engine Specifications - Index by Purchaser, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
- ↑ Baldwin Locomotive Works Construction Numbers Index for nos. 5000 to 9999, page 142 DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
- ↑ Baldwin Locomotive Works Construction Numbers Index for nos. 5000 to 9999, page 166 DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Baldwin Locomotive Works Construction Numbers Index, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
- ↑ Rice, Walter, and Echeverría Emiliano. When Steam Ran on the Streets of San Francisco: The Story of Passenger Steam Trains on San Francisco Streets. Forty Fort PA: Harold E. Cox, 2002, page 51.