Draft:West Fork Logging Co. 91

West Fork Logging Co. 91
MRSR 91.
Type and origin Power type Steam Serial number 1595 Build date December 1929
Specifications Driver dia. 40 in (1.016 m) Boiler pressure 200 psi (1.38 MPa)
Performance figures Tractive effort 43,000 lbf (191.27 kN)
Career Numbers Kinzuah Pine Mills 102 Clyde Schurman 102 Mount Rainier 91 West Fork Logging Co. 91 Disposition Stored

West Fork Logging Co. 91 is a 3-truck Heisler locomotive built in 1930 by the Heisler Locomotive Works in Erie PA. Two years later, Whitney sold the engine to the Kinzua Pine Mills in Kinzua, OR, where it was numbered #102. When Kinzua began dieselisation in the 1950s, while its Shays were scrapped, #102 was retained as back up to the diesels. By the early 1960s, however, the Heisler 102 had outlived its purpose and was sold and shipped to the Vernonia South Park & Sunset tourist railroad in Vernonia, OR. in In 1965, it was sold to Clyde Schurman, a machinist who displayed the engine at his machine shop in Woodland, WA. In 1978, it was sold to Tom Murray Jr., who donated the locomotive to the MRSR where it was engine renumbered #91 in honour of an earlier three truck Heisler that worked out of Mineral, WA, for the West Fork Logging Company, an operation founded by the father of Tom Murray, it was the second engine restored to operation at Mineral, WA. In 1986 the locomotive went Vancouver to participate Steam Expo 86. The locomotive did more excursions until 2010, where it was stored awaiting boiler work.

History

West Fork Logging Co. 91 is a 3-truck Heisler locomotive built in 1930 by the Heisler Locomotive Works in Erie PA. Two years later, Whitney sold the engine to the Kinzua Pine Mills in Kinzua, OR, where it was numbered #102. When Kinzua began dieselisation in the 1950s, while its Shays were scrapped, #102 was retained as back up to the diesels. By the early 1960s, however, the Heisler had outlived its purpose and was sold and shipped to the Vernonia South Park & Sunset tourist railroad but 102 never steamed at the railroad in Vernonia, OR. In 1965, it was sold to Clyde Schurman, a machinist who displayed the engine at his machine shop in Woodland, WA. In 1978, it was sold to Tom Murray Jr., who donated the locomotive to the MRSR where it was engine renumbered #91 in honour of an earlier three truck Heisler that worked out of Mineral, WA, for the West Fork Logging Company, an operation founded by the father of Tom Murray, it was the second engine restored to operation at Mineral, WA.

Mount Rainer Scenic RR 91

In May 1986 the engine participated at SteamExpo 86 in Vancouver British Columbia alongside with V&T 22 Inyo, CP 374, CP 3, ERM&L Co. 1 Falk, Dunrobin (2nd), PL Co. 12, GW 51, AP 2, CN 1392, UP 4466, HL Co. Ltd. 1, MB 1077, QRR 2, Tom Thumb (1927 Replica), Best Friend of Charleston (1928 Replica), John Bull (1939 Replica), CP 2860, CP 1201, CN 6060, John Molson (1970 Replica), and Stephenson's Rocket (1979 Replica). The locomotive did more excursions until 2010. and then the locomotive was out of service for repairs where it was stored awaiting boiler work.

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