Hecla & Torch Lake 0-6-4

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Hecla & Torch Lake Railroad - 0-6-4T

	The Red Jacket of 1880 Click picture for a larger image.
	The 'Raymbault' of 1882. Click picture for a larger image.
	the following photos are of the The Torch Lake, the last surviving Mason Bogie. Click picture for a larger image.
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Name	Red Jacket, Raymbault, Torch Lake	Number
Works No	581, 622 & 681	Type	0-6-4T
Date	1880 & 1882	Drivers	3'0"
Cylinders	16x22	Weight
Gauge	4'1"
Later RR

The Hecla and torch Lake Railroad was owned by the Calumet & Hecla Mining Company. Mason's builder records show sale of engines to both the mining company and to the railroad. Actually, all engines served the same line.

Fletch

Here are two of the Northern Mich 0-6-4Ts, from the Hecla & Torch Lake ... an odd NG line of gauge 4' 1"! The gauge is said to have occurred as a result of an error in placing the order for loco #1..the vertical boilered 0-4-0 was built to 4" 1". so they built the road to suit! These two locos date to 1880 "Red Jacket" and 1882, "Raymbault". Note the use of Stephenson valve gear on a bogie so late in years...could be because their sister of 1873 "Torch Lake" was built prior to the Mason ever using the Walschaerts gear, and the later ones were built to similar designs. These are shots taken of the locos in their original form. One of the chapters in the class is out the Hecla & Torch Lake because the 1873 "Torch Lake" is the only surviving Mason Bogie in the world today, and is in working order!

Both Photos Courtesy of Gary Brogan, who's Grandpa, once worked the line.

	St. Louis Mason - 1887 Click picture for a larger image.
	Schoolcraft Mason - 1887 Click picture for a larger image.
	Schoolcraft Mason - picture taken in 1940.

Name	St Louis Schoolcraft	Number
Works No	747 & 748	Type	0-6-4T
Date	1887	Drivers	4'6"
Cylinders	16x24	Weight	62,800
Gauge	4'1"
Later RR

Note the extended smokebox on these later 0-6-4T Mason bogies.

Hecla & Torch Lake Railroad - 0-6-4T

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