West Side Lumber Company railway

West Side Lumber Company railway
Locale	California
Dates of operation	1900 – 1958
Successor line	West Side and Cherry Valley Railroad
Track gauge	3 ft (914 mm)
Length	70 miles
Headquarters	Tuolumne

The West Side right of way in 2003

The remains of Tuolumne camp, 2003

The West Side Lumber Company railway was the last of the 3 ft (914 mm) gauge narrow gauge logging railways operating in the American west.

Locomotives

Narrow gauge

Locomotive #7, running on the Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad

Name	Number	Builder	Type	Date	Works number	Notes
Fido		H.K. Porter	2-4-0ST			Sold to the Sierra and San Francisco Power Company's Schoettgen Pass railroad
Star		H.K. Porter	2-4-0ST			ex-Cliff House Railroad, San Francisco
	1	Heisler	Two Truck	1899	1038	Sold to the Swayne Lumber Company; scrapped 1940
	2	Heisler	Two Truck	1899	1040	Placed in Tuolumne City park in 1960
	3	Heisler	Two Truck	1900	1041	Converted to standard gauge in 1947. Converted back to narrow gauge circa 1962. Now Roaring Camp & Big Trees No. 2 (operational)
	4	Heisler	Two Truck	1901	1049	Scrapped 1950
	5	Lima	Two Truck Shay	1902	730	Scrapped 1950
	6	Lima	Two Truck Shay	1903	817	Scrapped 1942
	7	Lima	Three Truck Shay	1911	2465	ex-Butte and Plumas Railway #4; now running on the Roaring Camp and Big Trees Narrow Gauge Railroad
	8	Lima	Three Truck Shay	1922	3176	Now displayed at Georgetown, Colorado at C&S Depot. Lettered for Georgetown Loop.(Was Georgetown Loop 8)
	9	Lima	Three Truck Shay	1923	3199	Operable at Midwest Old Threshers Reunion, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Lettered for West Side Lumber Company
	10	Lima	Three Truck Shay	1928	3315	Now running on the Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
	12	Lima	Three Truck Shay	1927	3302	ex-Swayne Lumber Company railway #6. Now at Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO. (Was Georgetown Loop 12)
	14	Lima	Three Truck Shay	1916	2835	ex-Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company #10. Now at Colorado Railroad Museum, Golden, CO. Lettered for Argentine Central. (Was Georgetown Loop 14)
	15	Lima	Three Truck Shay	1913	2645	ex-Sierra Nevada Wood and Lumber Company #9. Operable at Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad.

Standard gauge

Name	Number	Builder	Type	Date	Works number	Notes
Old Betsie		H.K. Porter	0-6-0 tender	1886	770	Built as a 2-6-0 for the Prescott and Arizona Central Railroad
	1	Heisler	Two Truck	1899	1036	ex-Sierra Railroad #9
	3	Heisler	Two Truck	1901	1049	converted from narrow gauge in 1947 (see above)
	14	Baldwin	4-4-0 tender	1882	5851	ex-Sierra Railroad #4

References

• Krieg, Allan (1962). The Last of the 3 Foot Loggers. Golden West.