Kenilworth & Helper Railway
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Locomotives
Independent Coal & Coke Co. (42-inch gauge)
| Road Number |
Wheel Arrangement |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 1 | Two Truck, 28-Ton, Shay | Lima | 2955 | Dec 1917 | 1 | |
| 2 | Two Truck, 28-Ton, Shay | Lima | 3132 | Oct 1920 | 2 |
Kenilworth & Helper Railway (standard gauge)
| Road Number |
Wheel Arrangement |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 100 | Three Truck, 70-Ton, Shay | Lima | 1967 | Oct 1907 | ca. Mar 1920 | 3 |
| 101 | Three Truck, 70-Ton, Shay | Lima | 2124 | Jan 1909 | ca. Dec 1920 | 4 |
| 150 | Three Truck, 90-Ton, Shay | Lima | 2434 | May 1911 | ca. Jun 1929 | 5 |
| 151 | Three Truck, 90-Ton, Shay | Lima | 2703 | Sep 1913 | ca. Jun 1928 | 6 |
General Notes:
| a. | Independent Coal & Coke numbers 1 and 2 operated separately on a dedicated 42-inch gauge tramway between the Bull Hollow mine and the coal loadout at Kenilworth. |
Notes:
| 1. | Independent Coal & Coke 1 was listed as for sale on August 20, 1925; scrapped. (source at Shay Locomotives.com) (photo) |
| 2. | Independent Coal & Coke 2 was listed as for sale on August 20, 1925; scrapped in 1942. (source at Shay Locomotives.com, with photo) |
| 3. | Kenilworth & Helper 100 was sold on March 20, 1920 to M. F. Brady Co. (dealer) in Portland, Ore.; sold in May 1920 to Western Lumber & Export Co. number 10, Cottage Grove, Ore.; sold on September 18, 1924 to Anderson & Middleton Lumber Co., Cottage Grove, Ore.; sold on October 3, 1924 to Yeomans Lumber Co. number 10, Pe Ell, Wash.; sold on March 7, 1927 to Pe Ell Lumber Co. number 5, Pe Ell, Wash.; sold to Markham & Callow number 6, later number 3, Independence, Wash., moved to Markham & Callow's operation at Nehalem, Ore.; scrapped in 1937 or 1938 by Alaska Junk Co. (dealer), Portland, Ore. (source at Shay Locomotives.com, with photo) |
| 4. | Kenilworth & Helper 101 was scrapped in December 1920. (source at Shay Locomotives.com) |
| 5. | Kenilworth & Helper 150 was leased to D&RGW in 1926 and continued to operate on home rails as D&RGW's Kenilworth Branch; listed as for sale on June 18, 1928; sold on June 14, 1929 to Pacific Equipment Co. (dealer) in Portland, Ore.; sold on August 12, 1929 to Hutchinson Logging Co. number 90 at South Bend, Ore.; sold on April 10, 1936 to Alaska Junk Co. (dealer); scrapped in January 1941 by Alaska Junk Co. (source at Shay Locomotives.com) |
| 6. | Kenilworth & Helper 151 was leased to D&RGW in 1926 and continued to operate on home rails as D&RGW's Kenilworth Branch; sold on June 16, 1928 to Pacific Equipment Co. (dealer); sold on April 20, 1929 to Montborne Lumber Co. number 151 at Big Lake, Wash.; scrapped in October 1937. (source at Shay Locomotives.com) (photo) |
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