Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Chehalis-Centralia Railroad: Vulcan 45-Tonner #9

IMG_6444 Centralia-Chehalis Railroad Association Chehalis Shop on May 12, 2007

More of the Chehalis-Centralia Railroad Association's equipment, including the passenger cars for the tourist train, are housed within the open-ended shop building. Even more equipment is next to the shop building.

IMG_6446 Centralia-Chehalis Railroad Association Vulcan 45-Tonner on May 12, 2007
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Vulcan 45-Tonner #9

IMG_6445 Centralia-Chehalis Railroad Association Vulcan 45-Tonner on May 12, 2007
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Vulcan 45-Tonner #9

This 45-Ton Diesel was built by the Vulcan Iron Works of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania in 1942 as Puget Sound Naval Shipyard #9.

IMG_6454 Centralia-Chehalis Railroad Association Vulcan 45-Tonner on May 12, 2007
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Vulcan 45-Tonner #9

IMG_6453 Centralia-Chehalis Railroad Association Vulcan 45-Tonner on May 12, 2007
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Vulcan 45-Tonner #9

Vulcan diesel locomotives are quite rare. The Vulcan Iron Works began building locomotives in 1872, and though the company built a large number of small steam locomotives, of which a number of examples survive today, only 54 diesels were built between 1938 and 1954, when the company ceased operation.

IMG_6449 Centralia-Chehalis Railroad Association Vulcan 45-Tonner on May 12, 2007
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard Vulcan 45-Tonner #9

IMG_6448 Centralia-Chehalis Railroad Association Vulcan 45-Tonner Builders Plate on May 12, 2007
Vulcan Builder’s Plate

This is one of very few preserved Vulcan diesels, and may be the only surviving example of this particular model.

Continue to Chehalis-Centralia Railroad: CB&Q Boxcar #18288 & Union Pacific Caboose #25479

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