Welcome to my MRSR 5 Simulation for scratch! I call this a showcase because It is more of a showcase than an actual simulator. Cringey music is removed!
Port of Gray's Harbor No. 5 is a type of 2-8-2 'Mikado' steam locomotive. It was built by the H. K. Porter Company in 1924 for the Carlton & Coast Railroad. Presumably, this was the reason the Flora Logging Co. renumbered the Porter to No. 55, the road number it would retain the rest of its days on the Carlton & Coast Railroad. The Port changed her road number to #5, and when the Port switched to diesels the #5 was put up for sale. The Porter #5 is one of the largest Porter locomotives ever constructed. She was ordered new by the Carlton & Coast Railroad to haul logs out of the Oregon Coast Range down to the town of Carlton, Oregon. The #5 was now restored by the MRSR in the early 1980’s to take passengers on a route from Elbe to Mineral and the old tender was replace to a Vanderbilt-style tender. Back in 1989 the locomotive was running some celebratory excursions for the state of Washington the same year when SP 4449 was also participating in the same events. Later that year the Vanderbuilt-style tender has the "Great Northern Railway" logo on display for the excursion. #5 is featured on Goodheart Productions' video "Winter Daylight". Today this locomotive is still at the MRSR but it has been taken out of service, apparently because its boiler is due for a Federally Mandated Refit.
