| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Feather Falls, California |
| Locale | Butte County, California |
| Dates of operation | 1922–1966 |
| Technical | |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge |
Western section of 1948 route with connection to Western Pacific line
Eastern portion of route in 1948
The Feather River Railway was built in 1922 for the Hutchinson Lumber Company to bring logs from Feather Falls, California, to a connection with the Western Pacific Railroad (WP) at Bidwell, California. The WP would then transport the logs to the Hutchinson sawmill in Oroville, California. The sawmill burned in 1927; and the railway was unused through the Great Depression until reorganized as a common carrier in 1938 to serve a new sawmill built at Feather Falls. Georgia-Pacific purchased the sawmill and railway in 1955. The railway ceased operation after portions of the grade were flooded by Oroville Dam during the Christmas flood of 1964.[1]
Locomotives
| Number | Builder | Type | Date | Works number | Notes[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lima Locomotive Works | 3-truck Shay locomotive | 1921 | 3169 | purchased new; placed on display at Oroville in 1961 |
| 2 | Lima Locomotive Works | 3-truck Shay locomotive | 1922 | 3177 | purchased new. Sold to Sierra Railway. |
| 3 | Lima Locomotive Works | 3-truck Shay locomotive | 1923 | 3221 | purchased new |
| 4 | H.K. Porter, Inc. | 0-6-0 Tank locomotive | 1907 | 3951 | built as Mammoth Copper Mining Company #4; scrapped in 1957 |
| 5 | Willamette Iron and Steel Works | 3-truck Willamette locomotive | 1923 | 9 | purchased new; scrapped in 1957 |
| 8 | GE Transportation | GE 44-ton switcher | 1951 | 30791[3] | built as C.D. Johnson Lumber Company #8; purchased in 1963 |
| 91 | Lima Locomotive Works | 3-truck Shay locomotive | 1928 | 3322 | built as Polson Logging Company #91; purchased for parts in 1958; scrapped |
| 102 | Electro-Motive Diesel | EMD SW900 | 1959 | 25504[3] | built as Hammond Redwood Company #102; purchased in 1961 |
| A[3] | Plymouth Locomotive Works | gas-mechanical locomotive | 1930[3] | 3476[3] | built for Garfield & Company[3] |
Notes
- ↑ Barnhill Web Design. "Feather River Railway". TrainWeb. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ↑ Stephens, Kent (1965). "The Feather River Railway in 1965". The Western Railroader. Francis A. Guido. 28 (306): 12.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 Barnhill Web Design. "Feather River Railway". TrainWeb. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
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