It’s not a diesel, but it’s noteworthy enough that I wanted to include it.
Caboose #11 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007
Caboose #11 is a former Union Pacific caboose.
Caboose #11 at Oaks Park on July 13, 2007
Dick Samuels has had possession of this caboose since the late 1980s.
Caboose #11 at East Portland on July 13, 2007
Caboose #11 was used with #100 during Samuels' early years of operating the East Portland Traction Company, but it spent most of its time in use as an office at the Milwaukie shops.
Caboose #11 at East Portland on July 13, 2007
The caboose was restored to service in 2006.
Caboose #11 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007
I think this caboose might be former Union Pacific CA-5 #25240, which was built as #3940 in August 1952, renumbered in March 1959 and donated to the Northwest Rail Museum in April 1989.
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
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.
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.
SamTrak 45-Tonner #4501 in Milwaukie on September 6, 2007
SamTrak 25-Tonner #2501 at Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon, on August 4, 2007
Locomotive #2501, "Little Toot," is a General Electric 25-tonner built in 1942 for the U.S. Army. It is powered by a single 150-horsepower engine. It was purchased by Dick Samuels in 1992 for use on the SamTrak tourist train on the East Portland Branch. After SamTrak service ended, Samuels donated #2501 to the Oregon Electric Railway Historical Society in 2005 and it was moved to Antique Powerland in Brooks, Oregon where it is pictured here.
Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810 at Golf Jct. on July 15, 2007
Locomotive #1810, "Eileen Samuels," was built by EMD in August 1951 as U.S. Army #1821, a 1500 horsepower GP7.
Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007
This unit was originally built with switcher trucks.
Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007
It went to the Alaska Railroad in about 1960, where it was equipped with AAR trucks from a retired Alco RS1 and given a low short hood, becoming a GP7L.
Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007
It was rebuilt again in 1976, becoming GP7u #1810.
Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007
It was retired in 1986 and ended up in a scrap yard in Klamath Falls, Oregon with sister #1804.
Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007
#1810 and #1804 were purchased by the McCloud River Railroad in 1988 and were sold to Nevada Industrial Switch by 1993.
Oregon Pacific GP7u #1810 at Oaks Park on July 15, 2007
