Friday, May 30, 2014

SamTrak 45-Tonner #4501

IMG_7652 SamTrak 45-Tonner #4501 in Milwaukie on July 15, 2007
SamTrak 45-Tonner #4501 in Milwaukie on July 15, 2007

Locomotive #4501, "Big Red," is a 45-tonner built by General Electric in 1943 as U.S. Army #7249 for the Cornhusker Ordinance Plant in Ovina, Nebraska. It is powered by two 150 horsepower engines. It was later used on the Alaska Railway and was sold to the Chelatchie Prairie Railroad in 1983 as #007. Dick Samuels purchased it in 1994 to replace #2501, which was not powerful enough to pull the SamTrak train with the caboose added. This locomotive is equipped with remote control to allow it to be operated from the SamTrak caboose.

IMG_8945 SamTrak 45-Tonner #4501 in Milwaukie on September 6, 2007
SamTrak 45-Tonner #4501 in Milwaukie on September 6, 2007

In September 2008, #4501 was sold to the Port of Tillamook Bay and was moved by truck to the Timber, Oregon area in October, 2008. In 2009 the locomotive was resold to S & S Railroad for use in Nevada.

IMG_8949 SamTrak 45-Tonner #4501 in Milwaukie on September 6, 2007
SamTrak 45-Tonner #4501 in Milwaukie on September 6, 2007

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