West-Side Locomotive Works
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| Flat car shown in various usages. Also shown is the Hopper car built by West-Side. |
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Dual purpose car. Can be configured as a flat car or gondola as seen in photos. |
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| Builder shots of No.5 with scale engineer. |
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| No.5 on ready track of Redwood Valley preparing for another day of service. | No.5 on GSP&P. | No.5 on a work train on the Hetch Hetchy and Yosemite Valleys RR |
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No.7 builder photos. First locomotive built by West-Side.
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In operation on the GSP&P.
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Various photos of the Speeder showing it's different modes of use. B/W is when it was new. Last photo is of it being used to film shay in operation.
Speeder in West-Side shops during re-build and then seen on GSP&P
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One spot. While this engine was not built by West-Side, parts of it have been re-built at West-Side, so it is shown.
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Second and third rail truck produced by West-Side. Third one is seen at plant.
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Builders photos of No. 13 at West-Side.
Below are photos taken on the Hillcrest & Wahtoke R.R. in the Reedley Ca. area on November 4th and 5th.
The tender was transported down from the GSP&P shops in the bay area while the engine came from the West-Side shops in Los Angeles. Photos show the loading of the engine at West-Side, the transport of it, unloading at the H&W RR, the arrival of the tender, and then seen is the hard work coupling the two together.
First run is seen below. The sun was low, it was late Sunday afternoon, and the engine ran. Shown is the first run out of the shop area under it's own power, across the crossing, then close to the end of the run. Last shot the engine has come to a stop.
Seen several weeks later in revenue service
Below is the 3rd truck West-Side built seen in Hillcrest colors.
Below is the Joshua Tree and Southern number 6 that was re-worked at West-Side, and is seen on the test track during the break-in run.
Galloping Goose, a product of Sessums Locomotive Works, seen on the Live Oak Canyon Railroad, and shot of Yard.
(Thru computer magic one of the photos above was modified by me)
Contact West-Side Locomotive Works at bj210@lafn.org
Parting photo is of Ken Kukuk deep in thought........
Link to Bill Trail's Clover Machine for more large scale photos.
Link to Grand Scales Quarterly magazine
Link to Redwood Valley Railroad
Link to Hillcreast and Wahtoke RailroadP