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Oregon California & Eastern Railroad Weyerhaeuser Timber Company Cranes |
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Weyerhaeuser used a number of steam powered locomotive cranes in the early years at Klamath Falls, such as Crane #19 seen here with flat #354 at Sycan in 1959. Photo by and courtesy of Jerry Lamper.
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Crane #37, possibly the same machine as the #19 above, seen here at Sycan with a couple rail flats on 23 August
1973. Jerry Lamper photo.
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A close-up shot of crane #37 at Sycan. Photo by and courtesy of Jerry Lamper.
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By the 1950s Weyerhaeuser had this
Orton crane, purchased used from the United States Navy. This crane was U.S. Navy #84-00305, built around 1940. It is seen here in Sycan. Photo by and courtesy of Jerry Lamper.
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Another shot of the Orton crane and its tender, Weyerhaeuser flat #026, at Sycan. John Henderson
image, Jeff Moore collection.
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Another Weyerhaeuser survivor from the Klamath operations is Ohio Crane #15. History of the crane is as
follows: C/N 3786, built 11 February 1927. Sold through Clyde Equipment Company of Seattle to Weyerhaeuser, Vail, Washington, but shipped to Longview, Washington; to Klamath operations by 1937. Sold to Ellingson
Lumber Company of Klamath Falls, then used until their mill burned on 12 October 1962. Sat abandoned at old Pelican Bay Lumber Mill site for 34 years until acquire in 1996 by a private party in Springfield, Oregon, who
in turn conveyed it to Roots of Motive Power in Willits, California, in 2004 where it has been restored. Jeff Moore photo.
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