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Foothill Rails--Misc.--West Side Lumber
West Side Lumber


Right of Way
1. 2. 3. 4.
1. Gateway into the yard and mill site at Tuolumne Rd.
2. View heading to the woods from Tuolumne.
3. Right of way crossing the road near Black Oak Casino heading for the canyon.
4. The West Side Trail starts at Flume. This view looks back towards Tuolumne showing rails intact to this point.
5. 6. 7.
5. Cut at Flume. There are many ties still present in this section but rails have been removed.
6. Just past Flume the right of way opens up a little.
7. Seen from below, the trail heads into the canyon.

Around Tuolumne
1. 2. 3. 4.
1. This plaque sits on Tuolumne Rd near the mill site.
2. Nearby is this small display of railcars. Are these ex West Side?
3. The sawdust burner is still standing and viewable from the plaque.
4. West Side office building. Building was torn down Nov. 8, 2019 for safety concerns.
5. 6. 7. 8.
5-8. Many donkeys and boilers can be found throughout the area.

Locomotives & Rolling Stock
1. 2. 3. 4.
1.-4. Several pieces of equipment have made their way to the Nevada County Narrow Guage Transportation Museum
in Nevada City,CA. These include Plymouth #1, flat #265, gondola #10, and log skeleton 113.
5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
5.-7. Also at the NCNGTM in Nevada City are a parts car under restoration, caboose #1, and flat #258 converted to an excursion car (now restored).
8. Caboose #3 is privately owned and is seen here visiting the NCNGTM.
9. Short caboose #6 was added to the NCNGTM collection in 2015.
10. 11. 12. 13.
10. Heisler #2 is on display at the city park in Tuolumne,CA.
11.-13. Heisler #3, Milwaukee #4 turned speeder, and Shay #7 now work for the Roaring Camp & Big Trees in Felton,CA
14. 15. 16. 17.
14. Shay #8 was on display at the Georgetown Loop. She has since moved to the Moffat Road RR Museum in Granby,CO in 2021.
15. Shay #9 found a home on the Midwest Central and has since been traded long term to the Georgetown Loop.
16.-17. Shays #10 and #15 are currently on the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine at Fish Camp,CA.
18. 19. 20. 21.
18.-19. Shays #12 and #14 had made their home on the Georgetown Loop as well but are now at the Colorado State RR Museum in Golden,CO.
20. Caboose #7 resides as part of the Orange Empire collection in Perris,CA.
21. Flat #222 is used as an excursion car in Ardenwood Park in the Bay Area.
22. 23. 24. 25.
22.-24. Caboose #4:2 and tanks #2 and #4 were part of a private collection in Smith Flat,CA and are now at
the Nevada Country Narrow Guage and Transportation Museum in Nevada City,CA.
25. Flats 145, 161, and 166 are stored on the Sumpter Valley Railroad in McEwen,OR.
26. 27. 28. 29.
26.-29. Yosemite Mountain Sugarpine RR also has a parts car, wedge plow, tank #7
and a couple log cars converted to haul passengers on excursions. The wedge plow was destroyed in the Aug. 2017 Railroad Fire
and the remains soon moved to the NCNGTM in Nevada City,CA and has been restored as of 2023.
30. 31. 32. 33.
30.-32. Taylor Heavy Hauling in Antelope,CA has a couple log cars and tank #9 in their collection.
The two log skeleton cars were moved to the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad at Fish Camp,CA in March 2022.
33. West Side Lumber donkey on display at the Sierra Nevada Logging Museum in White Pines,CA.
34. 35.
34. Restored Block Car B at NCNGTM in Nevada City,CA.
35. West Side Lumber heavy duty flat at NCNGTM, Nevada City,CA. Restored 2024.

Locomotive Rosters
Number Type Builder Bldr.# Built History & Notes Dispositon
Hetch Hetchy & Yosemite Valley
#1 Henry J. Crocker Heisler 2tr Stearns #1028 1899 to West Side Lumber #1,
to Swayne Lumber #5,
to United Commercial, scrapped 1941
#2 0-4-0T Porter #1389 1892 ex Michigan-California Lmbr #1 HP Livermore to West Side Lmbr Fido,
to Sierra & San Francisco Power
#6 Shay 2tr Lima #817 1903 to West Side Lmbr #6,
scrapped 1950
#7 Shay 3tr Lima #2465 1911 ex Butte & Plumas #4,
nee Norman Livermore Co		 to West Side Lmbr #7,
to West Side & Cherry Vly #7,
to Roaring Camp & Big Trees #7 Sonora
#8 Shay 3tr Lima #3176 1922 to West Side Lmbr #8,
to Malarkey & Malarkey #8,
to Georgetown Loop #8,
on display Georgetown,CO,
to Canon City,CO
#9 Shay 3tr Lima #3199 1923 to West Side Lmbr #9,
to Fibreboard Paper #9,
to Midwest Central #9,
to Georgetown Loop
West Side Lumber
Fido 0-4-0T Porter #1389 1892 ex Hetch Hetchy & Yosemite Vly #2,
nee Michigan-California Lmbr #1 HP Livermore		 to Sierra & San Francisco Power
Star 0-6-0T Baldwin #3732 1875 ex Ruby Hill RR #1 Ruby Hill to MA Burns Lmbr #2,
to United Commercial,
to Hawaiian Dredging Co,
scrapped 1946
#1 Henry J Crocker Heisler 2tr Stearns #1028 1899 ex Hetch Hetch & Yosemite Valley #1 Henry J Crocker to Swayne #5,
to United Commercial, scrapped 1941
#1:2 Old Betsy 0-6-0 Porter #770 1886 ex Prescott & Arizona Central 2-6-0 #1 Hassayampa scrapped??
#1:3 Heisler 2tr Stearns #1036 1899 ex Pickering #8,
nee Sierra #9		 scrapped 1947
#1:4 8Ton DLC Plymouth #2767 1927 ex Pickering #1:3,
ex Frank B Marks,
nee Garfield & Co		 to West Side & Cherry Vly #1,
to private owner, stored Smith Flat,CA,
to NCNGTM,Nevada City,CA
#2 William H Crocker Heisler 2tr Stearns #1038 1899 to display,Tuolomne,CA
#2:2 DLC6 Plymouth #2477 1930 ex Garfield & Co scrapped
#3 Thomas S Bullock Heisler 2tr Stearns #1041 1900 to Roaring Camp & Big Trees #2 Tuolomne
#3:2 4Ton Milwaukee #661 1928 converted to speeder #10 by RC&BT
#4 Heisler 2tr Stearns #1049 1901 scrapped 1950
#5 Shay 2tr Lima #730 1902 scrapped 1950
#6 Shay 2tr Lima #817 1903 ex Hetch Hetchy & Yosemite Vly #6 scrapped 1950
#7 Shay 3tr Lima #2465 1911 ex Hetch Hetchy & Yosemite Vly #7,
ex Butte & Plumas #4,
nee Norman Livermore #4		 to West Side & Cherry Vly #7,
to Roaring Camp & Big Trees #7 Sonora
#8 Shay 3tr Lima #3176 1922 ex Hetch Hetchy & Yosemite Vly #8 to Malarkey & Malarkey #8,
to Georgetown Loop #8
to display Georgetown,CO,
to Canon City,CO
to Moffat Road RR Museum, Granby,CO
#9 Shay 3tr Lima #3199 1923 ex Hetch Hetchy & Yosemite Vly #9 to Fibreboard Paper #9,
to Midwest Central #9,
to Georgetown Loop
#10 Shay 3tr Lima #3315 1928 Delivered lettered for
Pickering due to ownership
at time of purchase		 to Yosemite & Sugar Pine #10
#12 Shay 3tr Lima #3302 1926 ex Swayne Lumber #6 to West Side & Cherry Vly #12,
to Georgetown Loop #12,
to CRRM,Golden,CO,
relettered West Side 2009
#14 Shay 3tr Lima #2835 1916 ex Hyman Michaels #14,
ex Hobart Estates #10,
ex Sierra Nevada Wood & Lmbr #10,
nee Norman Livermore #10		 to Camino,Cable & Northern #4,
to Georgetown Loop #14,
to CRRM,Golden,CO
#14:2 4-4-0 Baldwin #5851 1882 scrapped
#15 Shay 3tr Lima #2645 1913 ex Hyman Michaels #15,
ex Hobart Estates #9,
ex Sierra Nevada Wood & Lmbr #9,
nee Norman Livermore #9		 to West Side & Cherry Vly #15,
to Yosemite Mtn & Sugar Pine #15
No# DL6 Plymouth #2240 1926 ex Pickering
West Side & Cherry Valley
#1 8Ton DLC Plymouth #2767 1927 ex West Side Lumber #1:4,
ex Pickering #1:3,
ex Frank B Marks,
nee Garfield & Co		 to private owner, stored, Smith Flat,CA,
to NCNGTM,Nevada City,CA
#7 Shay 3tr Lima #2465 1911 ex West Side Lmbr #7,
ex Hetch Hetchy & Yosemite Vly #7,
ex Butte & Plumas #4,
nee Norman Livermore #4		 to Roaring Camp & Big Trees #7 Sonora
#11??
Arnold Z		 FLH Plymouth to El Dorado Co Museum,Placerville,CA
#12 Shay 3tr Lima #3302 1926 ex West Side Lumber #12,
nee Swayne Lumber #6		 to Georgetown Loop #12,
to CRRM,Golden,CO,
relettered West Side 2009
#15 Shay 3tr Lima #2645 1913 ex West Side Lmbr #15,
ex Hyman-Michaels #15,
ex Hobart Estates #9,
ex Sierra Nevada Wood & Lmbr #9,
nee Norman Livermore #9		 to Yosemite Mtn & Sugar Pine #15
?? Shay 3tr Lima #3286 1925 ex Pickering #7:2,
ex Long-Bell Lmbr,
ex Standard Logging #80,
nee Fruit Growers Supply #5		 to private owner,
to Sugar Pine #7,
leased to PLA then CSRM,
to display Railtown,Jamestown,CA
?? Shay 3tr Lima #3180 1922 ex Pickering #33,
(as Sugar Pine #33),
nee Hammond #33		 to Timber Heritage Assoc,
stored Glendale,CA,
moved to Samoa,CA
?? critter Rogers?? stored Tuolumne,CA???,
to Oregon??


    
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