PRESERVED ORENSTEIN & KOPPEL STEAM LOCOMOTIVES
LOCATION | South Shasta Lines Museum, Gerber, California, USA |
RAILWAY NUMBER | |
RAILWAY | Philipp Holzmann Bau AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
WHEEL ARRANGEMENT | Bt |
HORSE POWER | 60 |
GAUGE | 600mm |
BUILDER | O&K |
BUILDER’S NUMBER | 12792 |
YEAR BUILT | 1936 |
PREVIOUS
RAILWAYS AND NUMBERS |
delivered new to Philipp Holzmann Bau AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
CONDITION | good, in working order |
PHOTO BY | MM |
PLACE AND DATE | Gerber, August 1988 |
NOTES | Godfrey Humann maintains the loco on his ranch in Gerber along with the South Shasta model railway, a recreation of the Southern Pacific line from Gerber to Dunsmuir. The model railway is open to the public in April and May each year, and the O&K is sometimes steamed then too.It was imported from Germany around 1970 via Klaus Arnholdt. |