Wednesday, June 25, 2014

Diesel Locomotives at the Oregon Electric Railway Museum

SamTrak locomotive #2501

IMG_8141 SamTrak General Electric 25-Ton Diesel Locomotive #2501 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Samtrak 25-Ton #2501 at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This 25-ton diesel locomotive was built by General Electric in 1942 for the United States Army. It was purchased by Dick Samuels in 1993 for use on his SamTrak excursion train on his Oregon Pacific Railroad between the Oregon Museum of Science & Industry and Oaks Amusement Park in Portland, Oregon. SamTrak service ended in 2002, and the locomotive was stored at the Oregon Pacific shops in Milwaukie, Oregon. In 2005, Dick Samuels donated the locomotive and a small open passenger car from his SamTrak operation to the OERHS.

Salmon Bay Steel locomotive

IMG_8147 Salmon Bay Steel General Electric 25-Ton Diesel Locomotive at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Salmon Bay Steel 25-Ton at Antique Powerland, August 4, 2007

This is a 25-ton diesel locomotive built by General Electric. It was previously owned by Salmon Bay Steel in Seattle, Washington.

Oeser Company locomotive

IMG_8154 Oeser Company 10-Ton Davenport Diesel Locomotive at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon on August 4, 2007
Oeser Company 10-Ton at Antique Powerland on August 4, 2007

This is a 10-ton diesel locomotive built by the Davenport Locomotive Works of Davenport, Iowa. It is powered by a Caterpillar engine, It was previously owned by the Oeser Company, a wood pole manufacturing company.

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