Sugar Pine Lumber Company 4

Sugar Pine Lumber Company 4
SPL No. 4 in storage at the Strasburg Rail Road's yard in 2021
Type and origin Power type Steam Designer Sugar Pine Lumber Company Builder American Locomotive Company Serial number 66033 Build date 1925
Specifications Configuration: ​  • Whyte 2-8-2ST Gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) Loco weight 197,500 lb
Career Operators Sugar Pine Lumber Company Pacific Lumber Company Wawa and Concordville Railroad Wilmington & Western Railroad Numbers SPL 4 PALCO 37 W&C 37 WWRC 37 Delivered 1925 Retired 1990 Restored 1966 (1st restoration) 2023–2024 (cosmetically) Current owner Age of Steam Roundhouse Disposition On static display

Sugar Pine Lumber Company 4 is a 2-8-2ST "Mikado" built by the American Locomotive Company in 1925. After the Sugar Pine Lumber Company went bankrupt in 1933, it wound later be purchased by Pacific Lumber Company and renumbered to 37. The engine was briefly purchased to railfan Frank Bayliss before starting its heritage railroad career on the Wawa & Concord Ville Railroad in 1966. The engine saw service on the Wilmington & Western Railroad before being retired in 1990. In 2003, the Timber Heritage Association purchased the locomotive and had her stored at the Strasburg Railroad starting in 2010 with intentions of operational restoration. In 2023 the Timber Heritage Association sold the engine to the Age of Steam Roundhouse where it received a cosmetic restoration and is now on display.

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  SPL 4 Prior to its purchase by PALCO in 1935.