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(This is a work in progress; research continues.)

Bingham Canyon

Copper & Nickel Electrics — An article about the sale of eight of Kennecott Chino's electric locomotives to International Nickel Company in Canada, from Traction & Models magazine, May 1971; includes scale drawings from the March 1976 issue of the same magazine. (7 pages, 7.1MB)

Kennecott Copper's Utah Mine — An article about the last operation of electric locomotives at Kennecott Copper's Bingham Canyon copper mine, from Traction & Models magazine, March 1976. (5 pages; 7.4MB)

The Utah Copper Enterprise — A 1919 reprint of several articles in Mining & Scientific Press. (94 pages; 70MB)

Miscellaneous

Brill Magazine, March 1915 — Includes an article about Ogden, Logan & Idaho's 500-series cars, built by American and equipped with Brill trucks (see page 19/81). Also included are articles about: Indianapolis, Indiana; Springfield, Ohio; Lehigh Valley Transit in Easton, Pennsylvania; Springfield, Massachusetts; and San Diego, California. (38 pages; 13.2MB)

Salt Lake City Trackside Guide — Trackside Guide for Salt Lake City, lifted from Trains magazine, November 2012. (1 page; 500KB)

Union Pacific

The Last Car Is Changing — An article from the February 1979 issue of INFO, Union Pacific's employee magazine. The article talks about UP's new CA-11 bay-window cabooses, and includes data about the costs to operate and maintain its caboose fleet.

Omaha GP20s — An article published in the November-December 1996 issue of Diesel Era, about Union Pacific'c turbocharged GP9s, detailing the program that added Elliott, AiResearch and EMD turbochargers to GP9 cab units and to GP9 cabless booster units. (14 pages; 11.6MB)

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