Locomotive roster

Locomotives of the Walla Walla Valley Railway

Remarkably, three-quarters of Walla Walla Valley's diesel locomotive roster survives today-- somewhere. Unfortunately, none of the electric motors still exist. Additional information on Walla Walla Valley's electric locomotive fleet--manufacturers, builders dates and numbers, disposition, former numbers, etc.--are greatly appreciated!

Electric Locomotives

"The electric locomotives in use are reconstructed street cars, dating back as far as 1906, and are in fair condition electrically. The super-structures of these cars are of wood construction and are in poor condition. Trucks and running gear are in poor condition; trucks are arch-bar type. Because of the age of the units, it is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain parts, and it is frequently necessary to have parts made to order. . . "

--WWV dieselization study, 1949

WWV 19

WWV 19, Carbarn, Walla Walla, 1949. Robert P. Townley photo.

Purchased 1924 for $23,593.33 (NPRR AFE, 12/26/1923)
Rated at 440 tons (10 cars of prunes)
Retired 1950, scrapped ???

WWV 300

WWV 300, Walla Walla, circa 1946. John Henderson collection.

Former passenger car, converted, used in service as line car and fill-in freight motor.
Retired 1950, presumed scrapped??

WWV 322

WWV 322, inside carbarn, Walla Walla, 1949. Robert P. Townley photo.

--Built by American Car Company as WWV22, passenger coach. modified for freight service, with 132 tons rated capacity (three prune cars!). Former passenger car, converted, used in service as line car and fill-in freight motor.
--Used in work train service when scrapping the overhead trolley, then scrapped, 1950?

WWV 500

WWV 500, Walla Walla, 1949. Robert P. Townley photo

Former Spokane, Coeur d'Alene & Palouse, same number
built: 1906 by Baldwin-Westinghouse
--Rated 308 tons tractive capacity, enough to pull 7 prune cars on WWV ruling grade.
--Purchased 1943 by WWV for $4,000 from Dulien Steel Products co., Spokane. Sister locomotives were sold to Bamberger, and Seattle Electric Railway.
--Retired and presumed scrapped, 1950.

WWV 600

WWV 600, crossing Mill Creek, Walla Walla, 1949. Robert P. Townley photo.

Converted from interurban coach following end of passenger service. Capacity of 352 tons (8 prune cars) in freight service.
--Retained to assist in removing overhead trolley system, then scrapped, presumably in 1950.

WWV S26 (line car)

WWV line car S26, Walla Walla, 1949. Robert P. Townley photo.

Origins: unknown.
Presumably scrapped 1950.

Diesel Locomotives

WWV 77

WWV 77, Walla Walla, Wa., 1972. Hiroshi Okada photo

model: SW1
built: 09/41 b/n 1380
- nee Great Northern 5103 (new)
- ex Great Northern 77
- ex Burlington Northern 77
- to Walla Walla Valley 77, 8/25/71, retired 1978
- to PNCO 77, 1/78
- to SLSF (Frisco) 10, 4/78
- to BN 70, 11/80
- assigned BNSF 3300, never wore it
- to US Borax 70 (Boron, Ca.)

BN 70, Mobile, AL, August 1992, Charlie Shannon photo, from BN photo archives

US Borax 70, Boron, California. Robert Lehmuth photo. Locomotive was painted in Great Northern paint by Alliance, Nebraska shops when it was assigned as shop switcher there in the 1990s.

WWV 104

WWV 104, Milton-Freewater, Ore. late 1980. Hiroshi Okada photo

model: SW1
built: 12/39 b/n 994
- nee FWD 602 (new)
- ex BN 104
- ex Walla Walla Valley 104, 3/14/72, retired 1984
- to Hennisingen Cold Storage and/or Lamb Weston (North Richland, WA) 55
- to WATCO 55
- to ASARCO (East Helena, MT) 55

WWV 104 outside the Milton-Freewater depot. Circa 1980, Photo by Hiroshi Okada

WWV 770

WWV 770, Seattle, Wa., 1957. On lease to NP. Doug Nighswonger collection

model: HH660
built: 2/40 b/n 69236
- nee Northern Pacific 126 (new)
- to Walla Walla Valley 770, 12/49
- to Railco (Longview, Wa) 770, 6/71
- to Port of Longview (Longview, Wa) 770
- to Northwest Railway Museum, Snoqualmie, Wa for preservation, 2001

Northwest Railway Museum in Snoqualmie, WA.

WWV 770, Walla Walla, Wa., September 1963. Collection of Doug Nighswonger

Railco 770, Longview, Wa., 1970s. Lance Lassen photo.

Port of Longview 770, Longview, Wa., 1995. Photo (c) Sheldon Perry, 1995

WWV 775

Wearing its attractive "Union Blue" and silver paint, WWV 775 rests between chores while

on lease to the Northern Pacific at Seattle, Washington, in the late 1950s. Stan Styles photograph.

WWV 775, Walla Walla, Wa., early 1960s. Doug Nighswonger collection

model: HH660
built: 3/40 b/n 69237
- nee NP 126 (new)
- to NP 601, 12/49
- to WWV 775, 5/50, retired 1968
- to Pacific Railway Supply Co., 12/68;
-scrapped, early 1970s, Simon and Sons, Tacoma, Washington