Built 02/1901 - Std. gauge - 25 tons120d
Built 04-1903 - 36" gauge - 20 tons - Class B 901d
Built 07~1919 ~ 36" gauge ~ 30 tons ~ Class B 901d
The locomotive initially ran near the company's LaMadera, New Mexico operation and later near their Cascade, Idaho operation.
Photo details:
~ Top : from the Sumpter Valley Railroad Archives via James B. Bane
~ Middle : from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_LL-002686
Built 1903 ~ Std gauge ~ 40 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Rainier, Oregon
Built 1907 ~ Std gauge ~ 40 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Rainier, Washington
Built 1897 - Std gauge - 20 tons - 2 trucks - Class B 903d
The company's base of operations was Harlow, Arkansas. The locomotive was named "Hope", after the company's owner, George D. Hope of Kansas City. This locomotive's s/n is unknown and carries the standard "unknown s/n" designation number noted.
Built 1910 - Std gauge - 20 tons - 2 trucks - Class B 903d
The locomotive operated near Sandy Hook, Mississippi
Built 07-1903 - 42" gauge - 20 tons - Class B 901d
The locomotive operated near Harter, West Virginia
Built 1913 - 36" gauge - 35 tons - Class B 903d
Built 1900 ~ Std gauge ~ 20 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Barnes, Pennsylvania.
It previously ran with the #1 road number with the company.
Built 10-1891 ~ 36" gauge ~ 12 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class A 903d
The locomotive operated near Terra Alta, West Virginia.
Built 07-1910 - 36" gauge - 18 tons - 2 trucks - Class A 903d
Photo credits: Carol Digel collection from
Elk County Genealogy
Built 06-1923 ~ 36" gauge ~ 22 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class A
The locomotive operated near Crosby, Pennsylvania
The photo is from the Precision Locomotive Castings Collection.
Built 1906 - Std. gauge - 28 tons - Class B120d
Positive identity is unconfirmed. Confirmed is the location and date.
Built 1905 ~ Std gauge ~ 38 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near New Bridge, New York
The photo is part of the Mark Fridén
collection.
Built 08-1891 - 36" gauge -12 tons - 2 trucks - Class A 903d
The text accompanying the photo on the hosting source (below) notes it was
the first Climax to be used in Michigan. In addition, its shop number
(a.k.a. construction number) was #27. Since current generally accepted
Climax owner rosters show the shop number as being "unknown" (as indicated
with the "X" before the 20), this might be a new "find" by the GSLW should
it be true.
Photo hosted by:
Burton Historical Collection @
Detroit Public Library
Built 02-1910 ~ Std gauge ~ 28 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near High Point, Washington
Photo credits:
> top ~ Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_LL-1552
> bottom ~ University of Washington Library ~ Clark Kinsey Collection ~ ID = PH Coll 516.1492
Built 11-1926 ~ 36" gauge ~ 22 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class A
The locomotive operated near Manchester, Kentucky
The image appeared on page 30 of the "L" edition of the "Catalog Of The Climax Patent Geared Locomotive" published in 1924 by the Climax Manufacturing Co.
Built 03/1929 ~ Std gauge ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks120d
The locomotive operated near Mesachie Lake, British Columbia, Canada. The company would later run the locomotive as road number #10. See two rows down on this page.
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K1384
Built 11/1915 ~ Std gauge ~ 50 tons ~ Class B120d
The locomotive operated near Sahtlam & Mesachie Lake, British Columbia, Canada. It initially ran with the road #2 for the company
Photo details:
| Top | :at Mesachie Lake, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada |
| Bottom | :at the B.C. Forest Discovery Center, Duncan, BC Canada - operable (special occasions) - photo taken at California State Railroad Museum during Railfair '91. Hillcrest donated it to the B.C. Logging Museum in 1969, where it was on static display until 1990 at which time restoration began in preparation for the '91 Railfair. It was operated by Hillcrest as a spare to their #10 Climax (see photos below) in regular service until 1968. The last engineer of the engine in regular service was Harry Wright. The engineer in the photo is Brent Love, employee of the B.C. Logging Museum. |
Built 03/1929 ~ Std gauge ~ 70 tons ~ 3 trucks120d
The company previously ran the locomotive as road number #3. See two rows up on this page.
Built 03/1929 - Std gauge - 70 tons - 3 trucks120d
Built 01/1907 - 36" gauge - 25 tons. Standard gauged by Twin Tree Lumber Co. using Shay trucks (shown).
Owners before Hilton & Dodge:
| Twin Tree Lumber Co | Std. gauged after purchase | Darien, Georgia | |
| Autauga Lumber Co | 36" gauge | Spur, Alabama | purchased new 1907 |
Photo by Otto C. Perry - Copyright © 1995-1999 Denver
Public Library.
Data source: "Logging Railroads
of Alabama" || Locomotive identification by Charles
Henry of Poway, California
Built 03-1917 - Std gauge - 60 tons - Class B 901d
Built 1893 - 42" gauge - 20 tons - 2 trucks - Class B 903d
The image shows the remains of the locomotive after its boiler exploded
earlier that same month.
Photo credit:
Pocahontas County WV Historic Preservation Archive
Built ???? ~ 36" gauge ~ ?? tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Weldon, North Carolina.
The photo is from the State Archives of
North Carolina ~ General Negative Collection ~ ID = N_94_10_1861
Built 1896 ~ 36" ~ 16 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class A 903d
The locomotive operated near Pinkerton, Pennsylvania. It was named "The Gold Bug"
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K2974
As evidenced by a small portion of the visible face of the rear driver on the left rear locomotive truck (see arrow indicating location in the related photo), the locomotive ran on wooden rail and utilized "corrugated (cleated) wheel tread" on the drivers. Click the image entitled "Cleated" in the "Drivers - Tires and Flanges" section of the "Climax Components 1" page on this site. These special drivers enhanced traction.
Built 1897 ~ 36" ~ 15 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class A 903d
The locomotive operated near Pinkerton, Pennsylvania.
The top image is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #15167. It appeared in a 1897 Climax Manufacturing Company catalog.
Built ???? - 36" gauge - 18 tons - 2 trucks - Class A 903d
The locomotive operated near Balsam, North Carolina.
Photo published in A History of Railroading in Western North Carolina North
Built 01-1903 ~ Std gauge ~ 20 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
It was one of two of the company's Climaxes
that carried the #2 road number. The other was s/n 1349.
The locomotive, owned by the Index-Galena Lumber Co.,
operated near Index, Washington.
The photo is from the Warren Wing Collection at the Skykomish
Historical Society, WA ~ ID = 2007.5.79
Built 10-1915 - Std gauge - 70 tons - Class C 901d
The locomotive, owned by the Index-Galena Lumber Co., operated near Index, Washington. It was one of two of the company's Climaxes that carried the #2 road number. The other was s/n 379.
The bottom photo is part of the Lee Pickett Collection held at the University of Washington Library ~ ID = Pickett 3233.
In this photo, the locomotive was thought to have "split a switch" while negotiating one of the mountain's switchbacks.903d
Built ???? ~ ?? gauge ~ ?? tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive, owned by the Index-Galena Lumber Co., operated near Index, Washington. The identity of the Climax at left in the photo is unknown
The photo is from the Ted Curphey collection.
Built 1908 - Std. gauge - 50 tons - 2 trucks - Class B 903d
The locomotive operated near the railway's Indian Creek, Pennsylvania location.
Built 1905 ~ Std gauge ~ 20 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Timber, Oregon
The photo is from the Washington State Archives ~ John T. Labbe Collection ~ ID = AR255-114-0-1_L-0892
Built 1896 ~ 42" gauge ~ 25 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive, owned by the South River Lumber Co., operated near Cornwall, Virginia
Photo / Image credits:
> top ~ Railroad Museum of
Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K3898
> bottom ~ Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G.
Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K3876
Built 09-1906 ~ Std gauge ~ 40 tons ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Big Run, Pennsylvania
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ Benjamin F. G. Kline, Jr. Collection ~ Negative #K1480
Built 1906 ~ Std gauge ~ 40 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Brinnon, Washington
The photo is held at the Quilcene Historical Museum, Washington
Built 08-1909 ~ Std gauge ~ 58 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Brinnon, Washington
The photo is held at the Quilcene Historical Museum, Washington
Built 1911 ~ Std. gauge ~ 42 tons ~2 trucks ~ Class B 903d
The locomotive operated near Simarong, Java. The locomotive was named "Wilhelmina"
The photo is from the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania ~ General Negative Collection ~ Negative #33957
Built 1916 - Std gauge - 60 tons - Class B 901d
Photo courtesy of the Marc Reusser collection
Built 1903 ~ 36" gauge ~ 20 tons ~ 2 trucks ~ Class B
The locomotive operated near Friendsville, Maryland
The photo is part of the Dennis Miller collection
Built 1913 - Std. gauge - 35 tons - Class B 901d
Photo hosted by: Texas Transportation Archive