Friday, May 30, 2014

Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100

IMG_7469 70-Tonner #5100 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

Locomotive #5100 is a General Electric 70-tonner, built in March 1949 as Southern Pacific #5100.

IMG_7471 70-Tonner #5100 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

#5100 was sold in 1977 to the Weyerhaeuser Timber Company as #2901 and used on their Springfield, Oregon division.

IMG_7475 70-Tonner #5100 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

Weyerhaeuser’s Springfield line was abandoned in 1986.

IMG_7490 70-Tonner #5100 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007

The locomotive was purchased by Dick Samuels in 1989.

IMG_7514 70-Tonner #5100 at East Portland on July 13, 2007
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 at East Portland, July 13, 2007

Shortly after he acquired it, Samuels painted the locomotive in its original Southern Pacific colors, but with "Samuels Pacific Ind." in place of Southern Pacific.

IMG_7518 70-Tonner #5100 at East Portland on July 13, 2007
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 at East Portland, July 13, 2007

He has since had a change of heart and given it its historic road name.

IMG_7653 70-Tonner #5100 in Milwaukie on July 15, 2007
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 in Milwaukie, July 15, 2007

Historical Photos:
SP #5100 in Eugene, OR in 1971 (Espee Modelers Home Page)
SP #5100 in Eugene, OR in 1974 (Espee Modelers Home Page)

IMG_8953 70-Tonner #5100 in Milwaukie on September 6, 2007
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 in Milwaukie, Sept. 6, 2007

IMG_5332 70-Tonner #5100 in Milwaukie on January 24, 2009
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 in Milwaukie, January 24, 2009

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