RS12
c/n 76105 b/d 4/55
- built for McCloud River as #33
- acquired by the California Western, 1970
- now at Travel Town Museum
| "We use it as a switch engine currently. It has a bad radiator fan shaft, so the v-belts that drive it are disconnected at the moment. The radiator shutters are removed at the moment to access the fan shaft. The dynamic brakes are shorted out, as they have been since CWR broke them and it has some rusted through holes in the body, which we are going to fix. We may or may not remove the water tanks on the running boards. CWR also removed the front step from the loco. We will eventually fix the sanders as the piping was removed due to severe deterioration. All these problems we are working on fixing. We have an abundance of spare parts removed from 55 before it was scrapped. But it does run, brakes still work fine, and it still pulls like a mule. " |
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56 RS12 c/n 76105 b/d 4/55 - built for McCloud River as #33 - acquired by the California Western, 1970 - now at Travel Town Museum |
| Length over pulling faces of couplers | 58' 0" |
| Width at eaves | 10' 0" |
| Height | 14' 0" |
| Operational weight | 240,600 lbs |
| fuel capacity, #2 diesel | 900 gallons |
| wheel diameter | 42" |
| journals | 6.5 X 12" Friction bearings |
| wheel base | 9' 10" |
| traction motors (4) | Westinghouse type 370, 300 hp |
| gear ratio | 65/18 |
| Brakes | Westinghouse 6-sl |
| powerplant | Baldwin 606A, 6 cyl, 4 cycle, inline, turbocharged 1200 hp engine, driving a Westinghouse 480 generator. Woodward PG governer. pneumatic governor - throttle linkage |