Disposition Unknown: Where did these locomotives go? (and other questions)
What are the details and history of Hall Buck Marine (Vancouver, WA) GE 70-ton 30?
What is the final disposition of Henningsen Cold Storage (Richland, WA) SW1 55 (994; E290-1; 12/1939)?
It may have been sold to Watco in 1990 and then to Asarco (East Helena, MT) and possibly to Titan Rail Service (Pasco, WA).
What are the details of Tacoma Municipal Belt Line Alco S-4 944?
TMBL 944 is nee Los Angeles Junction Ry 7 (80628, 8/1953), acquired in late 1975.
(Info from The Short Line, #67 p.3).
Tacoma Rail has in the last couple of years acquired MP15AC 1523. What are the details of this unit?
TRMW MP15AC 1521-1523 are 818040-23 to 25; 1982; nee NDM 9823-9825. (Thanks to Martin Baumann and Brian R. Sopke).
What are the dispositions of Inspiration Consolidated Copper (Miami, AZ) GE 70-tonners 19, 20 and 21?
The three were sold on an unknown date to an outfit in Costa Rica. (Thanks to Bill McBride of The Industrial Locomotive Archives).
What is the disposition of Northern Pacific Terminal (Portland, OR) Alco S-4 45 (80298; 1/1954)?
#45 was sold to Relco where it became RE1077. The unit was scrapped c.1990. (Thanks to Bill McBride of The Industrial Locomotive Archives).
In 1989, Northwood Pulp & Timber (Fraser Flats, BC - near Prince George)
acquired SW1200 103. At first, the history of this unit was given as 20060; 11/1954; nee MILW 2025, but this has
since been shown as incorrect. What is the history of this unit? (Northwood Pulp & Paper has recently
been acquired by Canfor).
NP&T 103 is 20080; 11/1954; ex-PAL 11, ex-IRRC 11, ex-MILW 650, nee MILW 2045.
(Information from Canadian Trackside Guide 2005 published by the
Bytown Railway Society).
The locomotive pictured at left is Seaview Transportation (North Kingstown /
Davisville, RI) GE 80-ton no# (photo by Paul McGrane; December 30, 2004; North
Kingstown, RI). What is the identity and history of this
unit? Could it be the former Seaview Transportation 1 (27859; 4/1945;
ex-US Army 7509, nee US Navy 65-00009)?
This is most likely the GE 80-ton (31828; 3/1953;
ex-US Navy - Naval Air Station (Davisville, RI) 65-00351) owned by Rhode
Island Economic Development Corp and may have been leased to (or acquired
by) Seaview Transportation. (Thanks to Dave Santos).
Alaska Lumber & Pulp (Sitka, AK) was renamed Alaska Pulp. When did this take place? An SW9
(17817; 4133-13; 4/1953; ex-UP 1259, nee UP 1837) was operated by AL&P. What was the disposition of this unit?
Was it transferred to Alaska Pulp when the mill was renamed? What happened to it when the mill shut down in 1993?
SW9 1259 was not owned by Alaska Lumber & Pulp, it was only leased from UP. It was returned to UP,
probably when the mill shut down in 1993. (Thanks to Ken Ardinger).
What became of Ketchikan Pulp (Ward Cove, AK) Whitcomb 50-ton 5300 (61279; 2/1953)?
The Whitcomb may be on display (somewhere in Alaska?). (Thanks to Ken Ardinger).
In 1973, Tacoma Municipal Belt Line acquired Illinois Northern S-4s 30 and 31 (78414,
78415; 10/1950) and renumbered them 930 and 931. What is the disposition of these units?
930 was sold to an unknown buyer, and 931 became a parts source by 1984.
(Info from The Short Line, #67 p.3).
Anaconda Aluminum (Columbia Falls, MT) operated two unnumbered Plymouth MDT
models (5803; 10/1954; acquired new, and 5774; 4/1954; history unknown).
What became of 5774?
What was the disposition of the four ITT Rayonier (Hoquiam, WA) AS-616 units (45, 70, 76 and 90)?
The
four were retired in 1986, stripped for parts by E&LS, and scrapped by ITT
Rayonier. (Thanks to Mark Laundry - The Yardlimit, with info from Baldwin
Diesels by Jim Boyd).
If you have any information on the above, I would appreciate hearing from you. Please email
Pete at 
. Thank you.
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