page_title: Mosquito and Coal Creek Railroad
section_title: Rolling stock
hierarchical_section_title: Mosquito and Coal Creek Railroad / Rolling stock
caption_attribution_description: English: Caption on image: Coal Creek Lumber Co. Kinsey Photo. No. 1 PH Coll 516.576The Coal Creek Lumber Company opened in 1905, with owners C. L. Brown, A. H. Brown and D. A. Clark. They built a sawmill and shingle mill at Chehalis, Lewis County, and their own railroad up Coal Creek to the logging camps. They operated their own crews and cut both fir and cedar. They soon earned a reputation for superior quality lumber and the railroads became good customers, as they needed strong wood for bridge timbers and car parts. During the depression many mills closed but Coal Creek Lumber never missed a day, due in part to the railroad business. Subjects (LCTGM): Railroad locomotives--Washington (State); Lumber industry--Washington (State); Coal Creek Lumber Company--People--Washington (State); Coal Creek Lumber Company--Equipment &amp; supplies--Washington (State); Lewis County (Wash.) Subjects (LCSH): Shay locomotives; Locomotive engineers--Washington (State)--Lewis County; Locomotive firemen--Washington (State)--Lewis County
context_page_description: The Mosquito and Coal Creek logging railroad was a 10 miles long private logging railway with a gauge of 3 foot near Eufaula, Washington.
context_section_description: The Ant was an 0-4-0 T steam locomotive made by Fulton Iron Works in September 1871. It had 6 by 12 inches (150 by 300 mm) cylinders and a weight of 7 tons, running on a 3 foot 6 gauge. It was first used as Seattle & Walla Walla Railroad #5 (Feb 1878), then as the first Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad #5 (Nov 1880). The it was sold to Ordway & Weidler Oak Point, Washington (May 1883) before it came to B. F. Brock (Mosquito & Coal Creek RR) at a price of $2000 near Stella, Washington (Oct 1883). It retired in 1890 and was displayed by W. H. Williamson  at Stella in 1903. It was then acquired by Long-Bell Lbr. Co. Longview, WA (1923) and donated to the Longview, Portland and Northern Railway (1924) before it came to the City of Longview, Washington, where it was displayed and shown on parades. From there it was stolen and finally scrapped in 1937.
  The second steam engine was a larger 0-6-0 ST, which had been built by Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1890 with a weight of 28,000 lbs (12.8 tonnes).
  In 1901 the B. F. Brock Logging Company acquired a new two-truck Shay locomotive with builder's No 272 of 1901. It had a weight of 60 t and drivers with a diameter of 29 inches (740 mm). Further locomotives were acquired after the takeover.
  By 30 June 1910 the Eastern & Western Lumber Company had a rolling stock of three Geared steam locomotives, two rod engines, 40 logging trucks, nine flat cars.
caption: Coal Creek Lumber Company two-truck Shay locomotive, ca 1921
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