A Brief History of One-Spot
Original Manufacturer's Photo of "One Spot" circa April, 1922
Original Manufacturer's Photo of "One Spot" circa April, 1922
Originally built for the Manary Logging Company by Baldwin in 1922, this engine always wore No. 1. She spent many years with Manary, working south from Newport to beyond Waldport on the Alsea Southern Railroad. This run included a 7200-foot trestle across Alsea Bay.
C.D. Johnson Lumber Company acquired One-Spot around 1928 and the locomotive continued operations on the Alsea Southern until the line was abandoned in 1951. The steamer was then used in logging service from Toledo to Siletz and on the spurs radiating from Siletz. When the C.D. Johnson family died tragically in an airplane crash in 1951, their properties, including the Toledo mill, the logging lines, cars and locomotives, were acquired by Georgia-Pacific Corporation. One-Spot worked the Toledo-Siletz line until her retirement in 1959 - bringing to a close the area of steam-powered logging operations in Oregon. Georgia-Pacific donated the venerable engine to the City of Toledo in 1960.