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The locomotive was built in September 1916 by the [[Baldwin Locomotive Works]] (BLW) as Puget Sound and Cascade Railway No. 200 for the Clear Lake Lumber Company (CLLC), were it spent many years hauling logging trains on Clear Lake's mainline until the Clear Lake Lumber Company went bankrupt.[{{cite web |date=September 12, 2016 |url=https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article101139297.html |title=Happy Birthday to Engine No. 15, one of Chehalis’ oldest residents |website=The Olympian News |access-date=February 9, 2026}}][{{cite web |date=February 1967 |url=https://pnwc-nrhs.org/Trainmaster1967/TM-1967-02.pdf |title=Trainmaster |website=pnwc-nrhs.org |access-date=February 13, 2026}}][{{Cite magazine |date=September 1989 |title=Railnews — After 30 Years |url=https://archive.org/details/railfan-railroad-sep-1989-images/mode/1up |access-date=February 26, 2026 |magazine=Railfan & Railroad |publisher=Carstens Publications |page=40 |volume=8 |issue=9}}][{{Harvp|Railroad History|2007}}] In 1926, it was sold to the Cowlitz, Chehalis & Cascade Railway (CC&C) and was renumbered to No. 15, there, it continued hauling logging trains for the next twenty-nine years. |
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The locomotive was built in September 1916 by the [[Baldwin Locomotive Works]] (BLW) as Puget Sound and Cascade Railway No. 200 for the Clear Lake Lumber Company (CLLC), were it spent many years hauling logging trains on Clear Lake's mainline until the Clear Lake Lumber Company went bankrupt.[{{cite web |date=September 12, 2016 |url=https://www.theolympian.com/news/local/article101139297.html |title=Happy Birthday to Engine No. 15, one of Chehalis’ oldest residents |website=The Olympian News |access-date=February 9, 2026}}][{{cite web |date=February 1967 |url=https://pnwc-nrhs.org/Trainmaster1967/TM-1967-02.pdf |title=Trainmaster |website=pnwc-nrhs.org |access-date=February 13, 2026}}][{{Cite magazine |date=September 1989 |title=Railnews — After 30 Years |url=https://archive.org/details/railfan-railroad-sep-1989-images/mode/1up |access-date=February 26, 2026 |magazine=Railfan & Railroad |publisher=Carstens Publications |page=40 |volume=8 |issue=9}}][{{Harvp|Railroad History|2007|page=69}}] In 1926, it was sold to the Cowlitz, Chehalis & Cascade Railway (CC&C) and was renumbered to No. 15, there, it continued hauling logging trains for the next twenty-nine years. |
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It was retired from revenue service in 1955 and was donated to the City of Chehalis who preserved it for static display at [[Recreation Park Complex (Chehalis, Washington)|Recreation Park]], were it remained on display for the next thirty-one years and because known locally as the "Old Lady".[{{cite journal |date=April 2007 |last=Anders |first=Kurt F. |title=1 man, 1 locomotive, 70 years together! |journal=Trains |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=56–57}}][{{cite journal |journal=[[Railfan & Railroad]] |date=2000 |page=44 |title=Cowlitz, Chehalis and Cascade Railway 15}}] |
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It was retired from revenue service in 1955 and was donated to the City of Chehalis who preserved it for static display at [[Recreation Park Complex (Chehalis, Washington)|Recreation Park]], were it remained on display for the next thirty-one years and because known locally as the "Old Lady".[{{cite journal |date=April 2007 |last=Anders |first=Kurt F. |title=1 man, 1 locomotive, 70 years together! |journal=Trains |volume=67 |issue=4 |pages=56–57}}][{{cite journal |journal=[[Railfan & Railroad]] |date=2000 |page=44 |title=Cowlitz, Chehalis and Cascade Railway 15}}] |
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