West Side Lumber Co. No. 12

West Side Lumber Co. No. 12 is a 3-truck Shay type 36" narrow gauge steam locomotive built by the Lima Locomotive Works in 1927, originally for the Swayne Lumber Co. in Oroville, CA as No. 16. In 1940, it was sold to West Side Lumber Co. in Tuolumne, CA and renumbered to 12.
At some point, the locomotive was then sold to Francis Cottie to become West Side & Cherry Valley Railroad No. 12, and then in 1986, it was sold to the Georgetown Loop Railroad between Georgetown and Silver Plume, CO where it used to be put in operation.
As of today, No. 12 is now at the Colorado Railroad Museum where it is put in storage, but it is not actually owned by the museum.
==Trivia==
*No. 12 operated at the Colorado Railroad Museum from 2011 to 2014 because D&RGW No. 346 was having to be repaired in order for No. 346 to operate excursion trains. No. 346 was the only steamer at the museum to pull excursions prior to the restoration of both D&RGW No. 491 in 2014 and RGS No. 20 in 2020.
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Lima locomotives
Category:Shay locomotives
Category:American locomotives
Category:Built in 1927
Category:Logging locomotives
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Category:Colorado Railroad Museum Engines
Category:Narrow-gauge steam locomotives
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