Powell River climax Locomotives

History Climax Data available here on http://www.climaxlocomotives.com/
Built in Corry Pennslvamia

Gallery photos of Climax locos

 sn756-RedondaBayClimax                                   

 Powell River's oldest Climax

Climax #756, Class B 25 tons, built 1906

  • 1906 Bought by Mundy Lumber Company for Taft BC operation (Three Valley near Revelstoke and the CPR line)
  • Dominion Sawmills & Lumber Co
  • British Columbia Electric Railway, Stave Falls, BC
  • King Farris Lumber Co. No. 1, Surrey BC
  • 1921 - Ellis Lake Lumber Co., Redonda Bay, BC
  • 1923 - renamed Redonda Logging Co Ltd 
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  • Pacific Engineers No. 1, Stillwater, BC



 

Climax #878, Class B, 40 tons, built 1908

  • Bought by Dominion Sawmills & Lumber Co. No. 1, Taft, BC
  • Three Valley & Mabel Lake Railroad No. 1, Taft, BC
  • Bernard Timber & Logging Co., Port Neville, BC
  • Homalko Logging Co. No. 2, Port Neville, BC
  • 1920 Stewart, Cameron & Co., Stillwater, BC

Climax #1201, Class B, 45 tons, built 1913

 

  • Bought by Dominion Sawmills & Lumber Co. No. 3, Forest Mills, BC
  • Anderson, P. B. - Ltd. No. 2, Knox Bay, BC
  • Mainland Cedar Co., Port Neville, BC
  • Nicola Pine Mills Ltd. No. 2, Merritt, BC
  • Regina Timber Co. No. 2, Sechelt, BC
  • 1934-39 - Gustafson Brothers Logging Co. No. 1, Stakawus Creek, Jervis Inlet, BC
 

Climax #1241, Class B, 45 tons, built 1913

 

  • Bought by Gordon Development Co. No. 1, Halfmoon Bay, BC
  • later in 1913 became BS&W #3
  • Murphy, McDonald - Logging Co. Ltd. No. 1, Cowichan Lake, BC
  • Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Ltd. No. 3, Franklin River, BC
  • Hanson Logging Co. No. 1, Thurlow Island, BC
 

Climax #1535, Class B, 55or 70?? tons, built 1919
Bought by Preston Mill Co. No. 2, Preston, WA
1936 - Gustafson Brothers Logging Co. No. 2 , Stakawus Creek, Jervis Inlet, BC
Some confusion here - Climax shop records show 1535 as a C70

sn1539GustafsonBrosClimax #1539, Class B, 55 tons, built 1919

Bought by Vancouver Lumber Co.
1919-20 possible operation on Stakawus Creek
Mainland Cedar Co. No. 2, Port Neville, BC
Mainland Timber Co. No. 2, Port Neville, BC
Bernard Timber & Logging Co. No. 4, Port Neville, BC
Fullmore Lake Logging Co. No. 3, Port Neville, BC
1934 -1942 Gustafson Brothers Logging Co. No. 2, Stakawus Creek, Jervis Inlet, BC
1942 Aero Timber Products Ltd. No. 4, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC
Powell River Co. Ltd. No. 4, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC
(Kelley Logging Co. Ltd. No. 4, Queen Charlotte Islands BC)

Climax #1547, Class B, 50 tons, built 1920
Bought by Timberland Development Co. Ltd. No. 3, Ladysmith, BC
Booth Logging Co. Ltd. No. 1, Menzies Bay, BC
1926- 42 Vancouver Bay Logging Co. No. 2, Jervis Inlet, BC
Aero Timber Products Ltd. No. 3, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC
Powell River/Kelly Logging Co. Ltd. No. 3, Queen Charlotte Islands, BC
Abandoned Scrapped

Climax #1639, Class C, 70 tons, built 1923
Bought by Bloedel, Stewart & Welch Ltd. No. 7,
Powell River's first 3-truck Climax C class
No. 21, Franklin River, BC
Scrapped