Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad
Historic narrow gauge railroad in the Sierra National Forest. / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad (YMSPRR) is a historic 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railway with two operating steam locomotives located near Fish Camp, California, in the Sierra National Forest near the southern entrance to Yosemite National Park.[1] Rudy Stauffer organized the YMSPRR in 1961, utilizing historic railroad track, rolling stock and locomotives to construct a tourist line along the historic route of the Madera Sugar Pine Lumber Company.
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![]() Yosemite Mountain Sugar Pine Railroad's Shay No. 10 backing into the shops after a run on the line. | |
Locale | Sierra National Forest, California |
Coordinates | 37°27′12″N 119°38′39″W |
Commercial operations | |
Built by | California Lumber Company |
Original gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
Preserved operations | |
Owned by | Stauffer family |
Reporting mark | YMSP |
Length | 4 mi (6.4 km) |
Preserved gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) |
Commercial history | |
Opened | 1874 |
Closed | 1931 |
Preservation history | |
1961 | Reopened |
Headquarters | 56001 State Route 41 Fish Camp, California |
Website | |
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Service began with the purchase of three-truck Shay locomotive No. 10 from the West Side Lumber Company railway of Tuolumne, California. Built in 1928, No. 10 is reputedly the largest narrow gauge Shay locomotive—and one of the last constructed. In 1986, the YMSPRR purchased Shay No. 15—also a former West Side Lumber Company locomotive—from the West Side & Cherry Valley Railroad tourist line in Tuolumne.
The steam locomotives operate daily during the summer months, while the railroad's "Jenny" railcars, capable of carrying about a dozen passengers, typically handle operations during the off-season. Passengers can ride in either open-air or enclosed passenger cars.[2]