Birce & Smart Lumber Company
From PacificNG
History
Reference Material Available Online
Equipment Rosters
Locomotives
No./Name | Whyte | Builder | C/N | Order Date | In Service Date | Class | Cyl. | Drv. | Wt. | Notes | |
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1 | Shay 2-T | Lima | 892 | 1904 | A 18-2 | 2 - 8 x 12 | 26 in. | 28,600 | Transferred to Pacific Gas & Electric Company in 1912 when they acquired the line for constructing Lake Spaulding. Sold to Pioche Pacific Railway #1 (2nd). Scrapped. |
Freight Equipment
Few photographs of the Birce & Smart in operation exist. At least one photograph shows a Carter Bros. style flat car on the line. Other cars were home built or from an unknown builder and designed with wide wheels for use on strap-iron rail.