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.
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.
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007
Weyerhaeuser’s Springfield line was abandoned in 1986.
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007
The locomotive was purchased by Dick Samuels in 1989.
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.
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.
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)
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 in Milwaukie, Sept. 6, 2007
Southern Pacific 70-Tonner #5100 in Milwaukie, January 24, 2009
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