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Skookum - Baldwin 2-4-4-2
This little 2-4-4-2 Mallet was the first of this wheel
arrangement, and one of only three manufactured by Baldwin. She was also
the longest surviving of the three 2-4-4-2's Baldwin produced. In fact, in
parts, she survives today.
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This photo and brief summary as well as the following
drawings are from Baldwin Record
No. 65 "Mallet Articulated Compound Locomotives."
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The above photo and story fail to mention that this engine
was originally shipped to the Little River Lumber Company and rejected
because of their extremely tight radius curves.
Specifications on this drawing match those in the Model
Railroader article published in 1962.
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She was
originally built for the Little River Railroad company in Townsend, Tennessee in 1909,
carrying number 126. But the Little River found she was too big to
negotiate their curves and returned her to the factory in 1909. They replaced her
with a smaller 2-4-4-2 which carried road number 148.
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This builders photo is from "Articulated Steam
Locomotives of North America", Robert LaMessenia, p327.
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This drawing shows her as shipped. Drawing by Jon
Davis in Mallets in the Tall
Timber, a Web site devoted to logging Mallets, also by Jon Davis.
Used with permission.
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She was sold by Baldwin to the Columbia River Belt Line Railroad in 1910
where she was given the name Skookum. She stayed with that road until
1920.
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This builders photo is from "Articulated Steam
Locomotives of North America", Robert LaMessenia, p318. |
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This drawing shows her lettered for the CRBLRR.
Drawing by Jon Davis. Colors are Jon's best estimate of the colors
and color placement when she was shipped by Baldwin.
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