Source: "Willamette Locomotive" - photo : Bert Kellogg collection.
Source: "Willamette Locomotive" - photo: Pete Replinger collection
San Francisco & North Pacific #99 - (owner) -
nicknamed "Coffee Grinder"
Built 1887 - 56.5" gauge2
6"x10" (or 6"x12"2)
- a
geared gypsy
locomotive
The engine operated in passenger service on the Fulton & Guerneville branch, in connection with the transformation of logged out land into an area of summer homes. This service was most probably started in 1894, late 1893 or 1895 also being possible. I cite: "He [SF&NP president Foster] bought some of the cut-over land, now green and bushy with second growth, and opened the first subdivision, Mirabel Park. The lots were grabbed like rings on a merry-go-round, and he followed it with Camp Vacation, Montesano [sic!], Russian River Heights, Rio Nido and Summer Home Park. He put in "street car" service with an open-air coach hauled up and down the branch by the old "Coffee Grinder" No. 99, both relics of the lumber railroad." "The lumber railroad" refers to either the SF&NP branch when used for log trains only or to some unnamed lumber company of the area.
| Source: | "Redwood Railways" by Gilbert H.
Kneiss / Howell-North Press / Berkeley 1956 Text and photo provided courtesy of Christian Halpaap of Hohenhameln-Bruendeln, Germany Colored text is a direct quote from the book. |
2Builder ID and additional data courtesy of John Taubeneck of Seattle, Washington
Owner : unknown
The image is from an advertisement published on page 762 of the July 3, 1869 edition of "American Railroad Journal"
Owner : Philadelphia Coal Co. - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The locomotive ran with the road number #2. It was named "George W. Huntzinger" after the company's president, George Washington Huntzinger.
It had four drive wheels and two axles. Power was supplied by two steam cylinders connected to a spur gear on a drive shaft located just behind the rear axle. This gear meshed with a spur gear mounted on the rear axle. The cylinders were mounted forward of the engineer's position and just behind the boiler. They were angled approximately 30 degrees from vertical and toward the boiler. Power was supplied to the front wheel set with an side rod connected to the rear wheel set. One side rod was located on the outboard side of each wheel set.
This image appeared on page 116 of the February 2, 1906 edition of "The Railroad Gazette".
Owner : Unknown
This image and accompanying text appeared on page 313 of the book "Development of the Locomotive Engine" - by Angus Sinclair. The book was published in 1907 by the Angus Sinclair Publishing Co. of New York.
Owner : McPherson & Wetherbee ~ 36 Market Street, San Francisco, California. The firm operated a sawmill near Albion, California
The article appeared on page 166 of the September 11, 1875 edition of "Mining and Scientific Press"
We thank John Taubeneck of Seattle, Washington for contributing this article.
Owner : Illinois Brick Company ~ Blue Island, Illinois
The locomotive is believed to have operated on 3 foot gauge track.
The photo is from the Dan Quine collection
Owner : Iowa Ballast and Construction Co. - Maxon,
Monroe County, Iowa
The locomotive appears to be a "sprocket and chain" drive system with
two horizontally mounted steam cylinders and vertical boiler. The
yellow arrow in the lower images points to the location of the sprocket and
chain.
The photo (ID
1192) is part of the Calvin Geological Photographs collection hosted by the
University of Iowa Libraries. We thank John Taubeneck of Seattle, Washington for notifying us of this photo's
existence.