W.H. Eccles Lumber Co. No. 1 and Climax class B 33 tons

This 33-ton Climax was built in September 1911 with works number 1085 for the W.H. Eccles Lumber Co. for use around Austin, Oregon. It operated on three-foot gauge rails and had a wheel diameter of two and a half feet. The cylinders measured eleven inches in diameter and had a stroke of twelve inches. In 1922, W.H. Eccles moved their business to Cascade, Idaho and the sources are not very clear if they took No. 1 with them. Anyhow, it became Cavanaugh Lumber Co. No. 3 in 1929 and again operated at Austin, Oregon. It took only two years until this company was bought by Oregon Lumber Co. in 1931. But due to the economic crisis, the locomotive was not used. In the photo that was taken five years later, it still carries its Cavanaugh markings.