Engineer Sam McCloskey leans out of the cab to get a view around the bend as he brings No. 3, a 2-truck Heisler, east bound through Sumpter, OR en route to McEwin with a small mixed train.

Heisler Locomotive Works 2-Truck Heisler

The fastest of the geared steam locomotive designs, yet has the same low-speed hauling ability of other geared locomotives such as the Shay... (more)

Crack of dawn at the Sumpter Valley Railroad

McEwin, Oregon - The last of the fog has all but burned off, it's 19 degrees Fahrenheit, eighteen years into the new century on October 14th,... (more)

Sumpter Valley's W.H. Eccles Lumber Company 2-truck Heisler No. 3 casts a perfect reflection in one of the many man-made lakes along the line as it leads a freight westbound past the Elkhorn Range... (more)

A 2-truck Heilser from Eccles Lumber Company sits idle along with Sumpter Valley Railway's 2-8-2 No. 19 after a day of hauling both freight and lumber in eastern Oregon. Part of a railfan photogr... (more)

W.H. Eccles Lumber Company's two-truck "Hustler"

Whoops, did I say "Hustler"? I meant Heisler! In a Railroad: W.H. Eccles Lumber Company
Locomotive: Steam 2-Truck Heisler
Location: McEwen, Oregon, USA
Locomotive #: SVRy 3
Train ID: Unknown
Photo Date: October 21, 2018

Seven-thirty, AM - McEwen, at the Sumpter Valley Railway