Byers Locomotive Owner Roster

Byers Owner Roster

Geared Steam Locomotive Works ^Š

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C/N	Built	Ga.	Acquired	Owners	Location	Notes
A?	.	.	.	Casparis Stone Co.	Logansport, Indiana	.
B?	.	.	.	Buffalo Cement Co.	Buffalo, New York	.
C?	.	.	.	W. J. Murray, contractor	New York, New York	.
D?	.	.	.	Unkown	Unknown	.
160	1906	?	.	Edward Hines Lbr. Co.	Hayward or Cussin Wisconsin	.
"	"	?	.	Birmingham Rail and Locomotive Co.	Birmingham, Alabama	.
"	"	36" ^d290	12/10/1912	Childress Lbr. Co.	.	scrapped 1916?^d290

5 known to be built per the information above.

C/Ns (A thru D?) - According to the article "A Geared Locomotive For Contractor's Use", four Byers locomotives had been built by May 21, 1896. Three of these were known to be in service by the owners noted in the table above. The A - D were assigned by this web author to denote these four (4) separate locomotives. The true construction numbers (C/N) are unknown.

It is quite interesting to note the several year lapse between the date the article was written and the 1906 build date of c/n 160. This might lead one to believe there may have been more than 5 documented locomotives built.

Resources:

c/n A thru D? - "A Geared Locomotive For Contractor's Use" in the May 21, 1896 issue of Engineering News,
c/n 160 - Two sources: Logging Railroads of Alabama and research of Railway and Locomotive Historical Society archives by Eugene Connelly.

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