Motive Power
The Butte County Railroad used four steam locomotives to run on the line
- Baldwin 2-8-0 Consolidation Type (Builder No. 20192) built in March 1902 and was later SP #2503
- Baldwin 4-4-0 American Type (Builder No. 9711) built in December 1888 that was later SP #1304
- Baldwin 4-4-0 American Type built in 1887
- Schenectady 2-8-0 Consolidation Type (Builder No. 29704) that was built new for the Butte County Railroad in April 1904 and later became SP #2502.
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