Engineer Sam McCloskey leans out of the cab to get a view around the bend as he brings No. 3, a 2-truck Heisler, east bound through Sumpter, OR en route to McEwin with a small mixed train.

Heisler Locomotive Works 2-Truck Heisler

The fastest of the geared steam locomotive designs, yet has the same low-speed hauling ability of other geared locomotives such as the Shay... (more)

Crack of dawn at the Sumpter Valley Railroad

McEwin, Oregon - The last of the fog has all but burned off, it's 19 degrees Fahrenheit, eighteen years into the new century on October 14th,... (more)

Sumpter Valley's narrow gauge 2-8-2 No. 19 leads a small freight eastbound past yet another man-made lake en route to McEwin, and eventually - had this scene been captured between 1920 and 1940 -... (more)

Sumpter Valley's W.H. Eccles Lumber Company 2-truck Heisler No. 3 casts a perfect reflection in one of the many man-made lakes along the line as it leads a freight westbound past the Elkhorn Range... (more)

Sumpter Valley No. 19 leads a freight train east bound past the Elkhorn Range and on towards Baker City, OR casting a reflection in one of the many ponds that dot the line.

A mixed freight pulled by Sumpter Valley Railway 2-8-2 No. 19 makes its way west through Sumpter, OR Part of a Sumpter Valley Railway Photographer's Weekend event.

A mixed freight pulled by Sumpter Valley Railway 2-8-2 No. 19 makes its way east through Sumpter, OR bound for Baker City. Part of a Sumpter Valley Railway Photographer's Weekend event.

A 2-truck Heilser from Eccles Lumber Company sits idle along with Sumpter Valley Railway's 2-8-2 No. 19 after a day of hauling both freight and lumber in eastern Oregon. Part of a railfan photogr... (more)

Sumpter Valley's 2-8-2 #19 hauls a mixed freight eastbound through Baker County, OR.

Sumpter Valley's 2-8-2 #19 hauls a mixed freight eastbound past one of many man-made lakes along the ROW in Sumpter, OR.

Sumpter Valley's #19 hauls a mixed freight eastbound out of Sumpter, bound for McEwen. Sumpter Valley Railway is a tourist line today, but operates on the rebuilt right of way of the original Sum... (more)

W.H. Eccles Lumber Company's two-truck "Hustler"

Whoops, did I say "Hustler"? I meant Heisler! In a Railroad: W.H. Eccles Lumber Company
Locomotive: Steam 2-Truck Heisler
Location: McEwen, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: SVRy 3
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 21, 2018

The crew for Sumpter Valley's No. 3 prepare their small freight train for a trip east at sunrise while No. 19, with a sole passenger car prepares for a later departure, also eastbound, to Baker Ci... (more)

Having quenched her thirst at the end of a long day, the crew of Sumpter Valley's 2-8-2 No. 19 prepare to vacate the track by the water tower to allow No. 3, the railroad's 2-truck Heisler, to do ... (more)