Birce & Smart Lumber Company

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History


Reference Material Available Online

Equipment Rosters

Locomotives

Locomotives of the Birce & Smart Lumber Company.
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.