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The Story Of The Wishram Engine

By Jack Versteeg

3935 Cooley Drive N.E., Salem, Oregon 97303

This engine was purchased by Burlington Northern Railway during the summer of 1912 from Fairbanks-Morse Co. They installed it in a house on top of a railroad bridge located at Wishram, Washington. This bridge crosses the Columbia River at Celilo, Oregon (About 12 miles upstream from the Dalles, Or.) Its purpose was to operate the turning section of the bridge so as to let the boats on the river continue upstream. It saw continuous service up till 1957 at which time the railroad built a new section that was electrical powered. At this time the swing section was welded shut.

We had heard stories about a large engine on the Columbia, but couldn't seem to find anyone that could lead us on the right track. We finally talked with Ivan Donaldson of Stevenson, WN and he told us of the engine. So we went and had a ...

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