Accucraft 1:20.3 CLIMAX MICH. CAL #4, ELECTRIC, with Phoenix Sound Collection Item ...Appears new..
In 1900
the El Dorado Lumber Company was formed to take over the American River
Land & Lumber Company! One of the first things El Dorado Lumber did
was to build the cable way across the American River in 1901, that
connects the Pino Grande mill with the facilities at Camino California.
Lumber was logged, and rough milled at the Pino Grande site before it
was loaded on lumber cars for the trip across the river, and onto
Camino. For the next 6 years the company prospered but the economic
panic of 1907 forced its closure for the next four years.
In 1911 the El Dorado Lumber Company was sold, and reorganized as the Michigan – California Lumber Company in 1918.
Michigan
California Lumber Company Climax number 4 was built in 1902. Its weight
was 67,000 lbs. Cylinders were 12 x 14 and had 31” drivers. The boiler
pressure was 160lbs.
This very
powerful Climax was used to pull loads up the 7% grade from south cable
to the first summit until it was replaced in 1913! The engine was then
taken apart, and taken across on the cable, and was used for switching
in the camps, and also for the track laying crews in the woods. In the
early 1930’s it was retired however it was reconditioned and used again
in the late 1930’s for a short time. Both the Heisler and the Climax
were cut up for scrap in 1942 for the war effort!
The
unlettered straight stack version that is offered of this Climax is a
generic version of the same size engine as it would have come stock from
the Climax factory!
Specifications
1:20.3 scale, 45mm gauge
Brass & stainless steel constructions
4ft. Minimum radius
18.72 x 4.5 x 7.14 ins.
Features
0-24V DC motor
