PORTLAND, Ore. — Mt. Emily Lumber No. 1, a three-truck Shay locomotive built in 1923, has been moved into the engine house at its new home, the Oregon Rail Heritage Center.
The move came Tuesday, Oct. 15, according to a Facebook post from the Friends of the SP&S 700.
The center plans to use the locomotive for excursions once it under goes its required Federal Railroad Administration 1,472-day inspection.
The locomotive was previously property of the Oregon Historical Society, which had no place to store it and selected the Heritage Center to become the new owner in 2022, after the City of Prineville — which had taken care of the Shay since 1994 — requested an end to that long-term loan. The Shay had been on a flatcar at the Heritage Center since February [see “Shay locomotive arrives …,” Trains News Wire, Feb. 16, 2024].
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