Locomotives of the Diamond and Caldor Railway

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Narrow Gauge Locomotives of the Diamond and Caldor Railway
No. Whyte Builder C/N[1] Order Date Build Date[1] Class Cyl.[1] Drv.[1] Wt. Notes[1]
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1 2-4-2T Baldwin 9065[2] Aug 1887[3] Feb 1888[2] 8-20¼C-10[3] 13x18[3] 45"[3] 28 tons[3] Ex. Ferries & Cliff House Railway 2-4-2T No. 1; Ex. San Jose & Alum Rock Co. No. 3; Ex San Jose & Santa Clara Electric Co.; To Diamond and Caldor Railway No. 1, 1903. Scrapped 1921-22.[4]
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2 (1904) Shay 2T Lima 863 -- Apr 1904 -- 10x12 29½ -- Purchased by California Door & Lumber Co. for Diamond & Caldor, scrapped 1940.
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2 (1922) Shay 2T Lima 2842 -- Feb 1916 -- 7x12 26 -- Purchased by Patterson & Western Railroad No. 2; To California Door & Lumber Co. for Diamond & Caldor, Feb 1922.
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3 Shay 2T Lima 905 -- Aug 1904 -- 10x12 29½ -- Purchased by California Door & Lumber Co. for Diamond & Caldor, scrapped 1938.
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4 Shay 2T Lima 1896 -- Apr 1907 -- 10x12 29½ -- Purchased by California Door & Lumber Co. for Diamond & Caldor; Displayed at Placer County Fairgrounds, Placerville, CA 1953; To Camino Cable & Northern Railroad, No. 4, Camino, CA, Sept 1966.
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6 Shay 3T Lima 2153 -- Apr 1909 -- 11x12 32 -- Purchased by California Door & Lumber Co. for Diamond & Caldor; scrapped 1953.
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7 Shay 3T Lima 2522 -- Mar 1912 -- 11x12 32 -- Purchased by California Door & Lumber Co. for Diamond & Caldor; scrapped 1953.
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8 Shay 3T Lima 2921 -- July 1917 -- 11x12 32 -- Purchased by California Door & Lumber Co. for Diamond & Caldor; scrapped 1953.
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10 Shay 3T Lima 3252 -- Feb 1924 -- 11x12 32 -- Purchased by California Door & Lumber Co. for Diamond & Caldor; scrapped 1953.
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No Number Shay 3T Lima 2617 -- Dec 1912 -- 11x12 32 -- Purchased for parts 1935. Ex. Madera Sugar Pine Co. No. 5


  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 For Shay Locomotives---Koch, Michael, The Shay Locomotive, Titan of the Timber, Denver, CO., World Press, 1971
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Baldwin Locomotive Works Construction Numbers Index, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Baldwin Locomotive Works Engine Specifications, 1869-1938, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
  4. ↑ 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.



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