Kennecott Chino Mines Division

General Notes:

1. Equipped with full saddle tanks across boiler
2. The 1915 list of Porter locomotives confirms that four locomotives built as Utah 34-37 were delivered to Chino, and four later locomotives built as Utah 38-41 were delivered as Utah 34-37, replacing the four sent to Chino.
3. An irregularity exists in the Porter records -- the four 45 or 48 ton Porters are shown as being delivered to Utah, when in fact they were delivered to Chino. Four of the Chino engines came from among the Utah engines numbered 32 and above. The Insurance register validated that and the four smaller Porters became Chino 5-9. Chino had about 10 or 11 of the smaller Porters including five saddle tankers 9 to 13. Unfortunately, because the Porter records didn't include road numbers, it makes validation more difficult. I have been able to read some of the builder's numbers on the Chino engines and those numbers have seemed to confirm a chronological order by builders number up through Porter no. 21. (Steve Swanson email dated January 11, 2012)
4. Earlier rosters based on Porter records, and earlier research have always shown (in error) that Chino 18 was ex Utah Copper 17 (Porter 4240, 12/1908), transferred from Utah, with a disposition after Chino as being sold to Utah Construction Company no. 18 (headquarters in San Leandro, California) (Locomotive Notes II, Number 135, page 4) (See also: the Porter builder lists published in Locomotive Notes II, numbers 130, 131, 132, 135, 137, 140 and 141)

Notes:

1. Chino 22 was transferred to Nevada Mines Division
2. Chino 23 was sold to U.S. Navy in San Diego
3. Chino 24 was transferred to Nevada Mines Division

General Notes:

1. Chino Mines Division 31 and 32 were built as Missabe Iron Company 72 and 73

General Notes:

1. Chino Mines Division 34-40 were built as Utah Copper Division locomotives; transferred to Chino in 1929.
2. Five of the eight ex Utah Copper Baldwins were sold to NCCCo. Nevada Mines, two during the prolonged Chino shutdown 1933-7 and three more in 1940 after the Chino electrification. The 37 and 38 were not rebuilt at Nevada because after the 1937 lawsuit settlement with Consolidated Coppermines, the McGill concentrator started milling between 6000 and 9000 tons a day for Consolidated Coppermines. This postponed expansion of the Liberty Pit and that, and the war, delayed the building of the 37 and 38 into Nevada 0-6-2T's 75 and 76. Charlie Rose, the master mechanic at Ruth, was a big proponent of the diesel locomotives and though he didn't live to see them in service, he had been a big factor in the early retirement of the steam engines at Copper Flat. Nevada also bought two of the Chino Alco 0-6-0T's so they could retire most of the old ex pit engines in use at the McGill concentrating plant. (Steve Swanson email dated January 11, 2012)

Notes:

1. Chino 34 was sold to E. J. Lavino in Ruessens, West Virginia; preserved in Roanoke, Virginia.
2. Chino 35 was transferred to NCCC Nevada 79 on December 13, 1935
3. Chino 36 was transferred to NCCC Nevada 80 in April 1940; scrapped in 1951
4. Chino 37 was transferred to NCCC Nevada in April 1940; not used, scrapped in 1951
5. Chino 38 was transferred to NCCC Nevada in April 1940; not used, scrapped in 1951

General Notes:

1. KCC Chino Mines Division 1-4 were built as KCC Chino Mines Division 101-104; renumbered to CMD 1-4 before April 1959. (photo of KCC-Chino 101 in 1956 Locomotive Cyclopedia, page 426)
2. Operated using 750 VDC
3. (Read more about these locomotives after they were transferred to Utah in 1964 and 1971)

Notes:

1. KCC Chino 1 was transferred to KCC Utah Copper Division in 1964; rebuilt to dumper engine and renumbered to KCC Utah 410; retired by Kennecott in December 1978
2. KCC Chino 2 was transferred to KCC Utah Copper Division in 1964; rebuilt to dumper engine and renumbered to KCC Utah 408; retired by Kennecott in December 1978; donated to Boone Valley Historical Society (Boone, Iowa) in November 1985, delivered in June 1986; both units remain in the collection, as of January 25, 2011.
3. KCC Chino 3 was transferred to KCC Utah Copper Division in 1964; rebuilt to dumper engine and renumbered to KCC Utah 409; retired by Kennecott in December 1978; donated to Boone Valley Historical Society (Boone, Iowa) in November 1985, delivered in June 1986; both units remain in the collection, as of January 25, 2011.
4. KCC Chino 4 was transferred to KCC Utah Copper Division in April 1971; shipped to Utah in December 1971; renumbered to KCC-Utah 778 in March 1973; painted in red-white-blue paint scheme in May 1976 to commemorate America's Bicentennial (photograph in Extra 2200 South, Issue 64, April-May-June 1978, inside back cover); repainted back to standard yellow and black in June 1978; retired by Kennecott in November 1983; donated to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, in November 1985; still there in August 2010

General Notes:

1. KCC-Chino Mines Division 50-62 were built as Nevada Consolidated Copper Company 50-62; changed to Kennecott Copper Corporation, Chino Mines Division on January 1, 1943
2. Operating voltage was 750 VDC.

Notes:

1. KCC-Chino 50, 52, 54, 56, 59, 62, 63 and 64 (8 units) were sold to International Nickel Company (INCO), Copper Cliff, Ontario; five units were rebuilt for INCO by GE at their Phoenix Apparatus Service Shop in Glendale, Arizona. (Article about these locomotives in Traction & Models magazine, May 1971)
2. KCC-Chino 50, 54, 62, 63 and 64 (5 units) were renumbered to INCO 122, 124, 123, 126 and 125. (KCC-Chino to INCO numbering sequence taken from a letter from International Nickel Company to Don Strack, dated September 22, 1972, which included specific builder serial numbers)
3. KCC-Chino 52, 56 and 59 (3 units) were sold to INCO for parts and were moved to Copper Cliff where they were later scrapped by INCO. (scrapping information taken from a letter from International Nickel Company to Don Strack, dated September 22, 1972, which included specific builder serial numbers)
4. KCC-Chino 51, 53, 55, 57, 60 and 61 (6 units) were used by Kennecott at Santa Rita until their retirement.
5. KCC-Chino 58 was transferred to KCC Nevada Mines Division in 1963; renumbered to KCC-Nevada 81
6. KCC-Chino 61 was placed on display at the overlook of the open pit mine; scrapped within six months after Phelps Dodge purchased Kennecott's interest in the Chino mine in January 1987. (Robert Lehmuth, email dated February 3, 2004, referencing multiple visits to Chino in the 1990-1993 time period)

General Notes:

1. KCC-Chino 80 was built as Bingham & Garfield Railway 801 (in service on January 31, 1943); used as yard switcher at Magna, Utah from 1943 until transferred in 1949 to Chino Mines Division in New Mexico as Chino Mines Division 80; transferred to Nevada Mines Division 801 in September 1963.