Friday, February 24, 2012

The Locomotives of Hanford

Compiled by John Taubeneck and posted here with his permission.


LOCOMOTIVES THAT BUILT THE BOMB

HANFORD, WASHINGTON

1943-2000

A big thanks to Allen Stanley, Robert Lehmuth, Don Rogers, H. L. Goldsmith, D. J. Shelburne, Joseph A. Strapac, P. Allen Copeland, Ken Ardinger , Ted Ferkenhoff and Thomas Lawson. Without their work this roster would have been impossible.

Working on the Bomb: An Oral History of WWII Hanford by S. L. Sanger & Craig Wollner gives this brief accounting of railroading at Hanford 1943-1946:

44 locomotives
460 railroad cars
5 locomotive cranes
158 miles of track

The locomotives at Hanford received numbers starting with HO 39. The steam locomotives usually had the last three digits on the front number board and head light. Below is what I could put together on this sequence.

39 202
PRR-Juniata 0-6-0 C/N 2166 12-10 19x26 56”
Pennsylvania RR #954
River Terminal Co. #48 09-37
Hanford Engineering Works #39 202
US Marine Corps Air Station El Toro, CA
For sale 04-47

39 205
Alco 4-6-2
Northern Pacific #2127 or 2139

39 209
Baldwin 0-6-0 C/N 37376 12-11 21x16 57” 80 tons
Bingham & Garfield RR #300
Utah Copper Co. #300
Hanford Engineering Works #39 209
Stored Bonneville Dam, OR
San Bernardino Engineers Depot, San Bernardino, CA

39 213
GE 80 ton? (lettered U.S.A. ME)
(Head on collision with #39 217, four men killed 01-13-44.) http://www5.hanford.gov/ddrs/common/findpage.cfm?AKey=N1D0067277


39-217
Alco 4-6-2 C/N 39492  1906  22x26  69"  110 tons
Northern Pacific #2122
Dupont de Nemours & Co. RME #39 217 (leased)   09-43

(Head on collision with #39 213, four men killed 01-13-44.)
Sold to Dupont 06-01-44




39 219
Baldwin 2-8-0 C/N 19569 10-01 21x28 56½”
Alabama Midland #531
Atlantic Coast Line #701
Southern Iron & Equipment (D) Atlanta, GA
US Army Hanford, WA 10-16-43
Hanford Engineering Works #39 219
Stored at Bonneville Dam, OR (Listed for sale 12-07-45)
Oregon Steel Mills Portland, OR 02-47
Scrapped

39 220
Baldwin 2-8-0 C/N 23145 11-03 21x28 56½”
Atlantic Coast Line #707
Southern Iron & Equipment (D) Atlanta, GA
US Army Hanford, WA 10-16-43
Hanford Engineering Works #39 220
US Marine Corps Air Station #39 220 Miramar (San Diego), CA
Stored on ATSF San Diego, CA 11-44
For sale 12-07-45
Hyman-Michaels Co. 01-47
Scrapped

39 224
McMyler Interstate steam locomotive crane (USA)



39 227
Alco/Brooks 2-8-0 C/N 26186 10-02 21x32 55”
Central of Georgia #1020>120 (1925)
Robert & Co. Associates (D) 03-43
US Army #120 Hanford, WA
Hanford Engineering Works #39 227
Stored at Bonneville Dam, OR
US Army Camp Adair, OR 06-45 (stationary boiler)
Listed for sale 12-07-45
Oregon Steel Mills Portland, OR 02-47
Scrapped

39 228
Baldwin 2-8-0 C/N 26857 11-05 22x28 51”
Western Maryland RR #506
Greenbriar, Cheat & Elk #120 1930
Western Maryland RR #506 1934
Pardee & Curtin Lbr. Co. (leased?)
Southern Iron & Equipment (D) Atlanta, GA 01-44
Hanford Engineering Works #39 228 01-31-43
Stored at Bonneville Dam, OR (Listed for sale 12-07-45)
Oregon Steel Mills Portland, OR 02-47
Scrapped

39 229
Baldwin 2-8-0 C/N 26915 11-05 22x28 51”
Western Maryland RR #509
Greenbriar, Cheat & Elk #125 1930
Western Maryland RR #509 1934
Southern Iron & Equipment (D) Atlanta, GA 01-44
Hanford Engineering Works #39 229 01-31-43
Stored at Bonneville Dam, OR (Listed for sale 12-07-45)
Oregon Steel Mills Portland, OR 02-47
Scrapped

39 230
Baldwin 2-8-0 C/N 26939 11-05 22x28 51”
Western Maryland RR #513
Greenbriar, Cheat & Elk #123 1930
Western Maryland RR #513 1934
Southern Iron & Equipment (D) Atlanta, GA 01-44
Hanford Engineering Works #39 230 01-31-43
Stored at Bonneville Dam, OR (Listed for sale 12-07-45)
Oregon Steel Mills Portland, OR 02-47
Scrapped

39 231
Baldwin 2-8-0 C/N 26980 12-05 22x28 51”
Western Maryland RR #518
Greenbriar, Cheat & Elk #122 1930
Western Maryland RR #518 1934
Southern Iron & Equipment (D) Atlanta, GA 01-44
Hanford Engineering Works #39 231 01-31-43
Stored at Bonneville Dam, OR
US Army Camp Adair, OR 06-45 (stationary boiler)
Listed for sale 12-07-45
Oregon Steel Mills Portland, OR 02-47
Scrapped

39 238
Baldwin C/N 70856 VO 1000 05-44
US Army #7225 Hanford, WA
Hanford Engineering Works #39-238
Nickel Processing Co. of Cuba #39 238

39 242
GE  C/N 27568  80T D/E  07-28-44  B-B  Std 38” 500hp  Center cab
E I DuPont de Nemours –operator for-

US Army #7385, Hanford Ordnance Works   Hanford, WA
US Atomic Energy Commission #39-242   Hanford, WA
(Photo shows lettered for U.S.A. with both numbers.)
US Navy, Naval Supply Depot #7 (USN #65-00511)   Seattle, WA  04-07-67 http://www5.hanford.gov/ddrs/common/findpage.cfm?AKey=N1D0004708


39 3715






Plymouth 30 ton
Interior Department Bureau of Reclamation #4620.4
Grand Coulee Dam, WA (here 06-49)

39 3719
GE 15669 80T D/E 08-17-42 B-B Std 500hp Center cab
E I DuPont de Nemours –operator for-
US Army #7007, Hanford Engineering Works Hanford, WA
Birmingham Rail & Loco (D)/Pan American Engineering (D) 11-22-66
Pittsburgh Plate Glass #3719, Chemical Div. Lake Charles, LA



39 3721
Baldwin DE here 08-47

39 3722
GE 80 tons here 04-48, gone by 1968

39 3724
Baldwin VO1000 C/N 71745 04-45
US Army #V-1800 Oakland, CA
AEC Hanford #39 3724
Alaska RR #1300 10-49
Retired 10-57
Scrapped 01-68

39 3725
GE 80 tons C/N 15742 10-42
General Electric #2, Nucleonics Project Richland, WA
US Atomic Energy Commission #39 3725 Hanford, WA
US Army #7268 Ogden Depot Ogden, UT
US Navy #65-00500, Naval Ammunition Depot Hawthorne, NV 03-66

39 3726
GE 80-tonner here 03-48

39 3727
GE here 03-48

39 3728
GE here 06-47

39 3729
Alco RS1 C/N 75844 06-48
General Electric Corp. #39 3729 Hanford, WA
DOE #39 3729
Placed on display at B Reactor 05-11

39 3730
Alco RS1 C/N 76206 10-49
General Electric Corp. #39 3730 Hanford, WA
DOE #39 3730
Twin City Metals Kennewick, WA (here 04-78)
Scrapped

39 3731
Alco RS1 C/N 76210 10-49
General Electric Corp. #39 3731 Hanford, WA
DOE #39 3731
Placed on display at B Reactor 05-11



39 3732
Alco RS1 C/N 76211 10-49
General Electric Corp. #39 3732 Hanford, WA
DOE #39 3732
Twin City Metals Kennewick, WA (here 04-78)
Scrapped

39 3733
EMD GP7 C/N 15710 09-51
US Army #1840
Department of Energy #39 3733
Washington State Railroads Historical Society Pasco, WA (here 02-06)



39 5922
EMD GP7 C/N 15692 08-51
US Army #1822
Department of Energy #39 5922 (reported here 1975)
US Department of Defense
Florida Gulf Coast RR Museum Parrish, FL 1993
(lettered USAX 1822)

3727 EMD MP15AC C/N 836053-1 12-83
DOE #3727
Tri-City RR #15 2000
Tri-City & Olympia RR #15 2002

3728
EMD MP15AC C/N 836059-1 10-82
DOE #3728
Tri-City RR #16 2000
Tri-City & Olympia RR #16 2002


undated photo shows steam locomotives #?, 229 & 230



Shortly before the steam locomotives were retired they were given an USAPO number painted on the cab. There was also a RFC number chalked on the tender and written on the inspection cards. The significance of these numbers is unknown.

HEW#    USAPO#    RFC#
30 202    20642
39 219    20643         3770
39 220    20616
39 227    56097
39 228    56096         3773
39 229    56095         3772
39 230    56094         3771
39 231    56093


The locomotives listed bellow probably filled the gaps in the HO 39 number sequence.

Alco
28247
1903 2-8-0 22x30 (later 23x30) 57”
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Ry #758>6600
Central Locomotive Co. (D) to
Akron, Canton & Youngstown RR #356 05-29
(retired 1941)
US Army Defense Plant Corp. Hanford, WA Works
Unknown Aluminum plant Spokane, WA 1945
(stored Spokane International RR shop Spokane, WA 08-46)

39492
1906 4-6-2 22x26 69” 110 tons
Northern Pacific RR #2122
Dupont de Nemours & Co. (leased) 09-43
(wrecked 01-44 and sold to Dupont 06-01-44)

39497
1906 4-6-2 22x26 69” 110 tons
Northern Pacific RR #2127
Dupont de Nemours & Co. #2127 06-01-43

42493
1907 4-6-2 22x26 69” 110 tons
Northern Pacific RR #2139
Dupont de Nemours & Co. #2139 06-01-43 (here 1945)
One of these 4-6-2s was photographed lettered USA #205.

70389
0-6-0 09-21-42 21x28 50” 80 tons
US Army #4013 Hanford, WA
US Army #4013 Dallas, TX
Minnesota Transfer Ry #485 10-48
Cayahouga Valley Ry #38 Cleveland, OH 1951
Scrapped 1958

70427
0-6-0 09-15-42 21x28 50” 80 tons
US Army #4001 Hanford, WA
US Army #4001 Dallas, TX
Minnesota Transfer Ry #484 08-47
Scrapped 1954


Baldwin
21666
02-03 4-6-0 19x26 68”
New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk RR #24
Pennsylvania RR #6524
Hanford Engineering Works
Camp Adair, OR (stored)
For sale 12-07-45
Oregon Steel Mills Portland, OR 02-47
Scrapped

23204
11-03 0-6-0 19x28 57”
Wabash RR #514 (retired or sold 12-41)
Hanford Engineering Works (US Army PO #20774)
US Navy Station #6 San Diego, CA 1945
Stored on ATSF with #39 220 San Diego, CA 1945
Scrapped late 1945

23208
11-03 2-8-0 21x28 56½”
Atlantic Coast Line #710
Southern Iron & Equipment (D) Atlanta, GA
US Army Hanford, WA 10-16-43 (PO #20644)
Hanford Engineering Works
Willamette Iron & Steel Works Portland, OR 12-44

23209
11-03 2-8-0 21x28 56½”
Atlantic Coast Line #711
Southern Iron & Equipment (D) Atlanta, GA
US Army Hanford, WA 10-16-43

38836
11-12 2-8-2 18x24 44” 70 tons
Mud Bay Log. Co. (Thurston County Central Ry) #4 Olympia, WA
Guy F. Atkinson #4 Beverly, WA (contractor at Hanford)
(photographed derelict at Beverly, WA with three side dump cars)
Washington Machinery & Storage Co. (D) Seattle, WA 01-31-49

? ?
0-6-0 19x26 56”
US Army PO #20641
US Marine Corp Air Station El Toro, CA
Henry J. Kaiser Co.
Scrapped
(most likely a Pennsylvania RR Class B8)


General Electric
15628
65T D/E 05-29-42 B-B Std 400hp Center cab
E I DuPont de Nemours –operator for-
US Army #7021 Hanford Engineering Works Hanford, WA
US Army #7021 Savanna Ordnance Depot Savanna, IL
US Army #7021 Fort Lewis, WA
General Service Administration 10-62
Morse & Ory Gravel –for- 10-62
South Central RR Amite, LA
Gifford Hill Arcola, LA (here 10-13-81)
Bayou Railcar #01 Holden, LA

15659
65T D/E 09-24-42 B-B Std 400hp Center cab
US Army #7933 –for-
General Electrics Nucleonics Project “Major Hill” #2001 Richland, WA
US Dept of Energy #7933, Pantex Plant Amarillo, TX
North Carolina State Ports Authority #L-4 Wilmington, NC 1963
Birmingham Rail & Loco (D) Birmingham, AL 05-83
D. J. Joseph Cartersville, GA 11-83
D. J. Joseph Baldwin, FL 01-91?

15672
80T D/E 08-29-42 B-B Std 38” 500hp Center cab
US Army #7377, Plum Brook Ordnance Works #339 Plum Brook, OH
General Electric Nucleonics Project #339 Richland, WA
US Army #7377 Camp Atterbury, IN
US Army #7377 Ogden Arsenal (Hill AFB) Ogden, UT (after 1952)
Sunfeldt Equipment (D) Seattle, WA
Stockton Terminal & Eastern #22 04-57
Levin Metals (D) #22 Richmond, CA 06-74
(Used in the Levin yard for a while then scrapped.)

15742
80T D/E 10-21-42 B-B Std 38” 500hp Center cab
General Electric #2, Nucleonics Project Richland, WA US Atomic Energy Commission #39-3725 Hanford, WA
US Army #7268, Ogden Depot Ogden, UT
US Navy #65-00500, Naval Ammunition Depot Hawthorne, NV 03-66

15885
65T D/E 02-24-43 B-B Std 34” 400hp Center cab
US Army #7934 –for- General Electric Nucleonics Project #2002 Richland, WA
US Army #7934, Tinker Army Air Base Oklahoma City, OK
US Air Force #7934, Myrtle Beach AFB Myrtle Beach, SC

17739
65T D/E 04-02-43 B-B Std 34” 400hp Center cab
US Army #7480 –for-
General Electric Nucleonics Project #V-1414 Richland, WA
Shippers Car Line East St Louis, IL

27568
80T D/E 07-28-44 B-B Std 38” 500hp Center cab
E I DuPont de Nemours –operator for-
US Army #7385, Hanford Ordnance Works Hanford, WA
US Atomic Energy Commission #39-xxx Hanford, WA
US Navy, Naval Supply Depot #7 (USN #65-00511) Seattle, WA 04-07-67


Plymouth
3386
01-30 4w gas 36” 100 10 tons JLA2
Hanford Engineering Works #1 Hanford, WA
Dupont Co. Hanford, WA (converted to diesel 1952)
Dupont Co. Dupont, WA
Floyd Equipment Co. (D) Tacoma, WA 1977

3492
06-30 4w gas 36” 63 8 tons DLC6
Hanford Engineering Works #2 Hanford, WA
Dupont de Nemours & Co. #2 Dupont, WA (converted to diesel 1952)
Floyd Equipment Co. (D) Tacoma, WA 1977

3585
01-31 4w gas 36” 63 8 tons DLC6
Hanford Engineering Works #3 Hanford, WA
Dupont de Nemours & Co. Dupont, WA (converted to diesel 1952)
Floyd Equipment Co. (D) Tacoma, WA 1977

4562
09-43 4w gas STD 175 30 tons ML6
Hanford Engineering Works Hanford, WA
Dupont Hanford, WA
St. Regis Paper Co. #463 Tacoma, WA 06-59
Puget Sound Ry. Historical Assn. Snoqualmie, WA 12-01-77

4563
10-43 4w gas STD 175 30 tons ML6
Hanford Engineering Works Hanford, WA
Dupont Hanford, WA
Atomic Energy Commission #7 Hanford, WA
(sold via Tauber-Arons Auctioneers)
Mount Vernon Terminal RR #3 Mount Vernon, WA 1954
John Haakenson Wickersham, WA 1985
Lake Whatcom Ry (loaned) Wickersham, WA (here 1986)
Doug Sorenson & Tom Dellinger Concrete, WA (stored here 2007)
Lake Whatcom Ry (loaned) Wickersham, WA

4564
12-43 4w gas STD 175 30 tons ML6
Hanford Engineering Works Hanford, WA
Continental Grain Co. Portland, OR

4776
05-44 4w gas STD 175 30 tons ML6
Hanford Engineering Works Hanford, WA
Continental Grain Co. #102 Longview, WA
Continental Grain Co. #102 Stockton, CA (here by 11-80)

4777
06-44 4w gas STD 175 30 tons ML6
Hanford Engineering Works Hanford, WA
McNary Dam, OR (for sale 10-62)
Zidell Explorations, Ltd #71422 Portland, OR
Zidell Explorations, Ltd #71422 Tacoma, WA 05-72


Unknown
? 0-6-0
unknown first owner
Hanford Engineering Works (USAPO #20775)
US Army Ono Army Base San Bernardino, CA
Dulien Steel Los Angeles, CA 1947
Scrapped


Five steam locomotives being used as stationary boilers at Riverland.


Declassified Hanford Photographs




02-46 4 GE 80-tonners and 2 GE 65-tonners in use

9-46 4 diesel locomotives were received from Army surplus Ogden Arsenal.
39 3725    80T GE
39 3726    80T GE   placed in service 10-11-46
39 3727    65T GE   placed in service 10-11-46
39 3728    65T GE

1-48 steam locomotive being used by construction department

6-48 locomotive 39 3729 arrived June 28

3-48 21 passenger cars purchased to transport employees

1-50 1 30-ton Plymouth declared surplus

3-97 4 locomotive still in use


These locomotives may have been used at Hanford.

Baldwin C/N 19568 10-01 2-8-0
Alabama Midland #530
Atlantic Coast Line #700
The ACL records show it as sold to the US Army 10-43 with the other four. Southern Iron & Equipment shop #2492 shows all five sold to Hanford 10-16-43. The #700 was not seen at Hanford but became US Navy #65-00253 in 1949-50.

Alco/Rogers C/N 53881 06-15 0-4-2T 13x18 34½“
Remington Arms Co. #6 Bridgeport, CT
US Army #6992
Naval Air Station Pasco, WA (here 1946)
For sale 11-46 & 07-50
Murphy Brothers Construction Co. #6992>99 by 03-52


These locomotive cranes may have been used at Hanford.


Ohio Locomotive Crane Co.
3410
20 tons Steam 50’ boom 11-03-19
Buffalo Slag Co. Harriet, NY
Returned to Bucyrus and rebuilt 1929
STM Contracting Co. Riverdale, IL
Hyman-Michaels Co. Chicago, IL 1933
US Army Engineer Office Waren, UT 1942
War Assets Corp. Pasco, WA 1946
Wycoff Co. #6 Creosote, WA
Poles Inc. Newport, WA

4279
35 tons Gasoline 50’ boom 05-25-43
Pasco Holding & Reconsignment Point Pasco, WA
US Army Ft. Lewis, WA


Copyright John A. Taubeneck
Seattle, WA
April 10, 2012
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