YOSEMITE VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY
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Yosemite Valley RR Road Number		Class	Builder	Date	Erection Number
20 ( Originally no. 1)		4-4-0 American	BLW	10/1880	5308
Boiler Pressure	Type	Drivers	Cylinder Stroke	Tractive Effort	Disposition
140 PSI Saturated	Wagon-Top	62"	17"x 24"	13,100 lbs	Sold
Built for Northern Pacific R.R. N.P. Number 32 N.P. ReNumber 838 Y.V. purchased October 1905 Numbered as Y.V. Number 1. ReNumbered to 20. Converted to Oil by Y.V. Y.V. Added electric Lights. Sold 1923 to Mexican Firm in Mazatlan. Reported derelict on a beach. (Western Railroader - 1937)

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Yosemite Valley RR Road Number		Class	Builder	Date	Erection Number
26 (originally no. 11)		2-8-0 Consolidation	PENN (Altoona)	10, 1881	437
Boiler Pressure	Type	Drivers	Cylinder Stroke	Tractive Effort	Disposition
140 PSI Saturated	Wagon Top	51"	19"x 24"	21,082 lbs	Sold
Pennsylvania - number 772 Bayfield and Western - number 4 Northern Pacific - number 4 Yosemite Valley - number 11 (Oct. 1905) Yosemite Valley - number 26 (Renumbered 1906) Willette and Burr (June 1917) 1937 it was stored in a shed near Niles California Scrapped (1941)

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Yosemite Valley RR Road Number		Class	Builder	Date	Erection Number
21		4-4-0 American	W.R.R.	1881	??
Boiler Pressure	Type	Drivers	Cylinder Stroke	Tractive Effort	Disposition
148 PSI Saturated	Wagon Top	63"	17"x 24"	14,000 lbs	Scrapped
Original cost to YVRR $6,248.40 Wabash Railroad Number 129. Purchased from Wabash in 1906. Stationed at El Portal for "Emergency Serivce" in 1926. Stood derelict at El Portal for several years. Scrapped at Merced 1946

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Yosemite Valley RR Road Number		Class	Builder	Date	Erection Number
22		4-4-0 American	ALCo (Rogers)	1907	43167
Boiler Pressure	Type	Drivers	Cylinder Stroke	Tractive Effort	Disposition
165 lbs Saturated	Wagon Top	63"	18"x 26"	18,720 lbs	Sold 1945
Original cost to YVRR $13,589.42 Built new for YVRR. Sold to Perlman. Scrapped late 1940s

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Yosemite Valley RR Road Number		Class	Builder	Date	Erection Number
23		4-4-0 American	ALCo (Rogers)	1907	44389
Boiler Pressure	Type	Drivers	Cylinder Stroke	Tractive Effort	Disposition
165 lbs Saturated	Wagon Top	63"	18"x 26"	18,720 lbs	Sold 1945
Original cost to YVRR $14,734.99 Built new for YVRR. Sold to Perlman. M. & E.T. modified the pilot and used for switching chores. Scrapped late 1940s

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Yosemite Valley RR Road Number		Class	Builder	Date	Erection Number
25		2-6-0 Mogul	BLW	1925	58685
Boiler Pressure	Type	Drivers	Cylinder Stroke	Tractive Effort	Disposition
200 PSI Superheated	?	57"	19"x 28"	28,600 lbs	Sold
Original cost to YVRR $27,999.36 Leasted by Southern Pacific Railroad because of World War II Scrapped late 1940s

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Yosemite Valley RR Road Number		Class	Builder	Date	Erection Number
26 (2nd)		2-6-0 Mogul	ALCo	1924	65433
Boiler Pressure	Type	Drivers	Cylinder Stroke	Tractive Effort	Disposition
200 PSI Superheated	?	57"	19"x 28"	28,600 lbs	Sold
Original cost to YVRR $30,883.76 Leasted by Southern Pacific Railroad because of World War II Scrapped late 1940s

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Yosemite Valley RR Road Number		Class	Builder	Date	Erection Number
27		2-6-0 Mogul	BLW	1913	39634
Boiler Pressure	Type	Drivers	Cylinder Stroke	Tractive Effort	Disposition
200 PSI Saturated	Wagon Top	57"	19"x 28"	28,600 lbs	Sold
Original cost to YVRR $17,340.18 Scrapped late 1940s BLW-Details

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Yosemite Valley RR Road Number		Class	Builder	Date	Erection Number
28		2-6-0 Mogul	BLW	1917	45130
Boiler Pressure	Type	Drivers	Cylinder Stroke	Tractive Effort	Disposition
200 PSI Saturated	?	57"	19"x 28"	28,600 lbs	Sold
Original cost to YVRR $19,851.18 Wrecked July 1920 - none killed Rebuilt after the wreck Scrapped late 1940s

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Yosemite Valley RR Road Number		Class	Builder	Date	Erection Number
29		2-6-0 Mogul	BLW	2/1922	55275
Boiler Pressure	Type	Drivers	Cylinder Stroke	Tractive Effort	Disposition
200 PSI Superheated	Wagon Top	57"	19"x 28"	28,600 lbs	Sold
Original cost to YVRR $27,541.77 Leasted by Southern Pacific Railroad because of World War II Sold to Mexico - worked in Northern Mexico Transfered to Yucatan Stood derelict in jungle for several years On display at Veracruz, Mexico. BLW-Details

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