Ferries & Cliff House 2-4-2T

The Ferries & Cliff House Railway 2-4-2T, sometimes simply referred to as The Ferries, is a 2-4-2 locomotive. It was added in The Cattle Update.
== History ==
In 1887, the Park & Cliff House Railway Company put in an order with the Baldwin Locomotive Works for a fleet of four 2-4-2ST saddle tank locomotives to work the streets of San Francisco, California. In December of that year, the locomotives rolled out of the Baldwin factory. Numbered from 3 to 6, these locomotives were delivered to the Railroad, which by then was reorganized as the Ferries & Cliff House Railway Company. The principal routes of the F&CH were served by cable railways, but obviously there was a traditional traction service that these engines served for more than a decade. Larger steam locomotives soon followed this set.
The railroad ran along an rugged coastline route to Land's End. It remained in service for about 20 years, but lost out in competition with other lines and closed in 1906 just before the infamous earthquake struck on April 18th of that year. The steam engines were replaced by a trolley line that was demolished by landslides in 1925. Each locomotive was sold to a different buyer. #3 went to California Door, a lumber company in El Dorado County, California that ultimately built the 34.7-mile Diamond & Caldor Railroad Company to serve its facilities. Although the D&C operated primarily Shay engines, it took the auxiliary trucks off the #3, converting it to an 0-4-0ST, and it operated there until it was sold for scrap in 1921. #4 was sold to the Butler Ballast Company in 1904. Oahu Railway & Land Company of Hawaii bought #5 in 1903 and operated it until 1923. The OR&L bought #6 as well and assigned it to the Hawaiian Dredging Company.
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