Corry R.A.I.L.S. (Corry Rail and Industrial Legacy Society), Corry, PA, USA
https://corryrails.com/
Climax A-313
Shop Number : 313 Type: A-15, 36" Gauge, Built 4-1902
1903 Wild Goose RR, No. 313, Council City, AK – purchased new as the 2nd of 4
Climax A’s operating as part of the Wild Goose RR, however it was on its
own 8 miles of track between Council City and Ophir Creek, 85 miles NE
of Nome. It never operated in Nome. Owned by Charles D. Lane and the
Wild Goose Mining & Trading Co.
1907 Sold to the Golovin (Golofin) Bay Rwy., No. 313, Council City, AK
1911 Last used c. 1910
1970 Charles Reader – No. 313, Nome, AK - Mr. Reader rescued No. 313 from
Ophir Creek with his Caterpillar and a heavy “Dirt Devil” skid behind.
Chuck had hopes of restoring it and being able to possibly operate it as part
of a resurrected "Curly-Q Rwy"; in Nome.
1980 Purchased by Keith Christenson – a RR enthusiast / Collector – barged No. 313
to his home in Eagle River, AK, near Anchorage, where it was part of his
private collection, and spent 34 years disassembling, documenting and
restoring parts as he could. Keith died in 2014, never having gotten it back
together..
2021 Corry R.A.I.L.S purchased No. 313 from the Estate and with the help of
many others moved all of the parts in a container to their restoration
building in Corry, Pa., located only four blocks away from where No. 313,
& all Climax Locomotives were built. (Currently under restoration and
reassembly as part of the Corry Rail And Industrial Legacy Society &
Museum, Corry, Pa.)
A side note: originally A-313 was listed in some sources as a 15-ton locomotive…
and there were also rumors that one of the four Class A’s owned by Wild Goose
RR was an 18-ton - previously it was thought to be No. 315, which was purchased
and shipped at the same time as A-313. Both engines arrived on the Seward
Peninsula onboard the same ship out of Seattle with the 313 being offloaded at
Golovin Bay and 315 continuing on to Nome. The tracks for the three engines in
Nome had no steep grades to climb, only one short one on the North side of Anvil
Mountain. So it would make sense that they could all be 15 tons models.
https://corryrails.com/
Climax A-313
Shop Number : 313 Type: A-15, 36" Gauge, Built 4-1902
1903 Wild Goose RR, No. 313, Council City, AK – purchased new as the 2nd of 4
Climax A’s operating as part of the Wild Goose RR, however it was on its
own 8 miles of track between Council City and Ophir Creek, 85 miles NE
of Nome. It never operated in Nome. Owned by Charles D. Lane and the
Wild Goose Mining & Trading Co.
1907 Sold to the Golovin (Golofin) Bay Rwy., No. 313, Council City, AK
1911 Last used c. 1910
1970 Charles Reader – No. 313, Nome, AK - Mr. Reader rescued No. 313 from
Ophir Creek with his Caterpillar and a heavy “Dirt Devil” skid behind.
Chuck had hopes of restoring it and being able to possibly operate it as part
of a resurrected "Curly-Q Rwy"; in Nome.
1980 Purchased by Keith Christenson – a RR enthusiast / Collector – barged No. 313
to his home in Eagle River, AK, near Anchorage, where it was part of his
private collection, and spent 34 years disassembling, documenting and
restoring parts as he could. Keith died in 2014, never having gotten it back
together..
2021 Corry R.A.I.L.S purchased No. 313 from the Estate and with the help of
many others moved all of the parts in a container to their restoration
building in Corry, Pa., located only four blocks away from where No. 313,
& all Climax Locomotives were built. (Currently under restoration and
reassembly as part of the Corry Rail And Industrial Legacy Society &
Museum, Corry, Pa.)
A side note: originally A-313 was listed in some sources as a 15-ton locomotive…
and there were also rumors that one of the four Class A’s owned by Wild Goose
RR was an 18-ton - previously it was thought to be No. 315, which was purchased
and shipped at the same time as A-313. Both engines arrived on the Seward
Peninsula onboard the same ship out of Seattle with the 313 being offloaded at
Golovin Bay and 315 continuing on to Nome. The tracks for the three engines in
Nome had no steep grades to climb, only one short one on the North side of Anvil
Mountain. So it would make sense that they could all be 15 tons models.
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