Sierra Nevada Wood & Lumber Company 2-6-2 "Prairie" Locomotives in the USA

Class 8 (Locobase 12473)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 31, p. 76. Works number was 32160 in November 1907.

This Prairie worked for several logging-related railways. When the Hobart Southern was abandoned in December 1937, the 8 was sold to the Clover Valley Lumber Company. After another 18 years in service, the 8 moved on to the Feather River Lumber Company.

In 1958, the 8 moved into museum railroading when it was sold to the Plumas County Fair. 27 years later, Plumas County sold the 8 to the Feather River Rail Society. And the FRRS sold the locomotive to the Virginia & Truckee.

Class W S Hobart (Locobase 12471)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 23, p. 204. Works number was 18665 in February 1901.

The SNW & LC was headquartered in Hobart Mills, California. In 1916, the 8-mile railway supporting the mill was renamed the Hobart Estate. In 1924, the again-renamed Hobart Southern became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Southern Pacific. It was abandoned in 1937, but the #4 wasn't scrapped until 1945.