Coos Bay Lumber Company 2-8-2 "Mikado" Locomotives in the USA

Class 104 (Locobase 15234)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University, Volume 71, pp. 341+. See also the Oregon Coast chapter of the National Railway Historical Society's description of the 104 at [], last accessed 4 June 2013. Works number was 55480 in June 1922.

Essentially a sister to the Pacific States 9 shown in Locobase 15233, the 104 was also a superheated logging Mikado, but burned oil fuel instead of coal and operated on the Coos Bay in Powers, Oregon. The railroad featured 60 lb/yard (30 kg/metre) rail arcing around relatively gentle 11 degree (radii of 521 ft/159 m) curves and climbing ruling grades of 2%. This engine had 8" (203 mm) piston valves.

Like many such engines, the 104 enjoyed a long career, passing to Coos Bay's successor Georgia Pacific in 1956 as their 3. The engine was donated to the Coos-Curry Pioneer & Historical Association in 1960 and was put on display. The OCHR began restoring the 104 in the late 1990s and eventually moved the 104 to a new location.