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bullet1921 - Ellis Lake Lumber Co. began operation at Redonda Bay on West Redonda Island
bullet4000' from bay to plateau above used track with donkey pulling cable
bulletRolling stock: Climax #756, 2 skeleton cars
bullet1923 - became Redonda Logging Co.
bulletby 1924
bullet12 miles of track in 1923;
bullettwo wood cars,
bullet8 skelton log cars.
bullet1925 - Abandoned
Climax #756, Class B 25 tons, built 1906
from http://www.climaxlocomotives.com/ oldest Climax known to operate in PR.
bulletBought by Mundy Lumber Company for Taft BC operation (near Revelstoke)
bulletDominion Sawmills & Lumber Co
bulletBritish Columbia Electric Railway, Stave Falls, BC
bulletKing Farris Lumber Co. No. 1, Surrey BC
bulletEllis Lake Lumber Co., Redonda Bay, BC
bulletRedonda Logging Co., Redonda Bay, BC
bulletbecame Pacific Engineers No. 1, Stillwater, BC

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