SKOOKUM, one of the most unique American steam locomotives gracing the rails of the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad

This is a rather unique locomotive. By design, an earlier unsaturated mallet logging steam engine. But really what makes it unique is it’s story. Built in 1909 for a Tennessee logging railroa... (more)

Columbia River Belt Line Railway's newly aquired 2-4-4-2 "Skookum"

A photo from my collection dated 10/18/18, features the crew of the Columbia River Belt Line Railway posed proudly a... (more)

Columbia River Belt Line 2-4-4-2, "Skookum" captured during a night photo shoot at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad sponsored by Lerro Productions.

Columbia River Belt Line 2-4-4-2, "Skookum" (far left) shares the stage with McCloud River Railway #25 (center) and Polson Logging Co. #2 (far right) in a nighttime lineup of logging loc... (more)

The Columbia River Belt Line 2-4-4-2, "Skookum" makes her first public appearance under steam lined up next to McCloud Railway #25, a 2-6-2 and to the far right, Polson Logging Co. #2, a... (more)

Three oil-burning, logging locomotives, all unique in their wheel arrangements, under steam, captured late at night in the yard by the engine house at the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad in Garibaldi... (more)

"Skookum" ======= Former Whitney Company 2-4-4-2 "Skookum" was built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in June 1909. It was retired and abandoned deep in the forest following a d... (more)

A Trio of Log Hogs. The Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad celebrates the roll-out of "Skookum" with a 3-engine line-up featuring 3 different types of oil-burning, logging locomotives, steamed up... (more)

"Skookum" After years of restoration effort in the shops of the Oregon Coast Scenic Railroad, the completed Columbia River Belt Line Locomotive #7 "Skookum" sees the light of day for the fi... (more)

The Strong One: In Garibaldi, Oregon, a railroading oddity sits on an unusually sunny Fall day. This is the "Skookum", a very rare 2-4-4-2 type steam locomotive. It was the first ... (more)