Kennecott Nevada Mines Division Steam Locomotives

General Notes:

1. Nevada Northern no. 1 was built in 1869 as Central Pacific 161 "Juno"; renumbered to SP 1228; sold to Nevada Northern Railway on November 18, 1905
2. Passenger service
3. Scrapped 1931.

General Notes:

1. Nevada Northern no. 2 was built in 1880 as Southern Pacific of Arizona 26; renumbered to SP 106; renumbered to SP 1609; renumbered to SP 2045; sold to Nevada Northern on December 13, 1905
2. Out of service from August 1911 through 1913; repaired and sold to Steptoe Valley Smelting & Mining in March 1914; to NCCCo no. 400 after December 1914; sometime during its service at McGill its tender was reconfigured as a slope-back..
3. Scrapped in 1931.

General Notes:

1. Nevada Northern no. 3 was built in 1882 as Southern Pacific of Arizona 153; renumbered to SP 1645 in 1891; renumbered to SP 2078 in 1901; out of service with on SP with cracked cylinders when delivered to Nevada Northern in December 1905
2. NN 3 was assigned to the Nevada Northern school train in October 1928.
3. Scrapped in 1931.
4. Description data taken from a letter from E. E. Jarrett to Hickey, dated December 26, 1928

General Notes:

1. Purchased new as Nevada Northern no. 4
2. Passenger service.
3. "List of Locomotives Owned By Western Properties of Kennecott Copper Corporation," dated September 1, 1937; builder shown as "Dunkirk"
4. Renumbered to Nevada Northern no. 10 in November 1909.

General Notes:

1. Purchased new as Nevada Northern no. 6
2. Alco was late delivering this engine, by about two years after the initial order, due to delays by Alco concerning approximately $3,000 for changes to their proposal to build 4-6-0 no. 40. Baldwin added only $137 to their proposal for the same changes, which resulted in 4-6-0 No. 40 coming from Baldwin in July 1910.
3. Early main yard switcher; slope-back tender.
4. Sold to NCCCo. no. 6, March 1916; later Kennecott Copper Nevada Mines Division no. 6
5. "List of Locomotives Owned By Western Properties of Kennecott Copper Corporation," dated September 1, 1937; shown as owned by Nevada Consolidated Copper Corporation, Nevada Mines, at McGill, Nevada
6. In McGill scrap line on December 4, 1950. Presumably scrapped in 1951.

General Notes:

1. Purchased new by American Smelting & Refining Co., for the benefit of Nevada Northern (NN no. 7)
2. Renumbered to Nevada Northern 11 in October 1909.
3. Three locomotives assigned to passenger service: NN 10 (ex NN 4), NN 11 (ex NN 7) and NN 40.

General Notes:

1. Purchased new by American Smelters Securites Co. for the benefit of Nevada Northern Railway (NN no. 8)
2. Renumbered to Nevada Northern 20 in October 1909.
3. Used in Nevada Northern mixed service (light helper, mixed train service, way freight to Ruth and McGill, local passenger and interurban service); not generally used in passenger service, until the withdrawal of NN 10 in early 1941, then until the switch to highway buses on August 1, 1941.

General Notes:

1. Purchased new Nevada Northern no. 4; renumbered to NN 10 in November 1909
2. Three locomotives assigned to passenger service: NN 10 (ex NN 4), NN 11 (ex NN 7) and NN 40.
3. Source: "List of Locomotives Owned By Western Properties of Kennecott Copper Corporation," dated September 1, 1937; builder shown as "Dunkirk"
4. Sold for scrap in May 1951; scrapped at McGill in March 1952

General Notes:

1. Purchased new by American Smelting & Refining Co., for the benefit of Nevada Northern (NN no. 7); renumbered to NN 11 in October 1909.
2. Three locomotives assigned to passenger service: NN 10 (ex NN 4), NN 11 (ex NN 7) and NN 40.
3. Withdrawn from service early in 1940.
4. Sold for scrap in May 1951; scrapped at McGill in March 1952

General Notes:

1. Purchased new by American Smelters Securites Co. for the benefit of Nevada Northern Railway (NN no. 8); renumbered to Nevada Northern 20 in October 1909.
2. Used in Nevada Northern mixed service (light helper, mixed train service, way freight to Ruth and McGill, local passenger and interurban service); not generally used in passenger service, until the withdrawal of NN 10 in early 1941, then until the switch to highway buses on August 1, 1941.
3. Sold for scrap in 1954.

General Notes:

1. Purchased new by American Smelting & Refining Co., for the benefit of Nevada Northern Railway (NN 21)
2. Freight service.
3. Scrapped at McGill in March 1952 (tender used for replacement on Rotary B).

General Notes:

1. Purchased new Nevada Northern 40.
2. Three locomotives assigned to passenger service: NN 10 (ex NN 4), NN 11 (ex NN 7) and NN 40.
3. Still active at Nevada Northern Railway Museum, East Ely, Nevada.

General Notes:

1. Built new as American Smelting and Refining no. 5 (2-8-2T)
2. Rebuilt and renumbered from 2-8-2T no. 5 to 2-8-0 no. 80 in April 1913 (tender from Rotary B)
3. Assigned to mixed service on Nevada Northern
4. Sold for scrap May 1951. Engine scrapped at McGill March 1952. Tender still at East Ely.

General Notes:

1. In service 19 May 1917.
2. Mixed service.
3. A photo taken in 1939 shows the engineer had written his name in chalk under the cab number: "H. Lombardi".
4. Replaced on the local by RSD-4 no. 201 in late 1951.
5. Donated to White Pine Public Museum, Ely, Nevada in 1960.
6. Nevada Northern Railway Museum, East Ely, Nevada

General Notes:

1. NN 91-93 were purchased new by American Smelter Securities Co., for the benefit of Nevada Northern Railway.
2. NN 90 and 91 were completed in October 1907, but delivery was delayed until April 1908 at the request of the railroad because the concentrator mill of Steptoe Valley Smelting & Mining Co. (the railroad's parent company) at McGill was not yet completed. (The mill opened on May 11, 1908.)
3. Freight service.
4. All the ore line engines received stairs from the pilot to running boards.
5. NN 90, 91, 92 were sent to McGill smelter for scrap on January 2, 1952 (Strapac shows May 1951)
6. NN 93 was donated to White Pine County Museum in 1961 (Strapac shows 1959); restored to service in May 1993; in service on Nevada Northern Railway Museum, East Ely, Nevada.

General Notes:

1. Built new as Nevada Northern no. 94
2. Freight service.
3. "List of Locomotives Owned By Western Properties of Kennecott Copper Corporation," dated September 1, 1937; builder shown as "Pittsburg"
4. Scrapped at McGill 1951.
5. NN 94 was sent to McGill smelter for scrap, January 1952

General Notes:

1. Built new as Nevada Northern no. 95
2. Freight service.
3. Scrapped at McGill 1951.

General Notes:

1. Built new as Nevada Northern no. 96
2. Freight service.
3. "List of Locomotives Owned By Western Properties of Kennecott Copper Corporation," dated September 1, 1937; builder shown as "Schenectady"
4. Scrapped at McGill 1951.

General Notes:

1. NCCC 97 was built as Buffalo & Susquehanna no. 171, order cancelled due to receivership; held for Alco stock; sold to Sharpe & Fellows Construction Co., no. 31 in June 1915; sold to Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. no. 97 in 1917, at McGill, Nevada. (Read more about the Buffalo & Susquehanna locomotives)
2. Source: "List of Locomotives Owned By Western Properties of Kennecott Copper Corporation," dated September 1, 1937; shown as purchased from "Sharp & Fellows"
3. NCCC 97 was scrapped at McGill in 1954.

General Notes:

1. Built new as Nevada Northern no. 98
2. Later cylinder size comes from 1937 Kennecott list.
3. Vern Pugh relates that the 98 failed out on the road more than any other engine because of its Worthington feedwater heater.
4. Scrapped at McGill 1951.

General Notes:

1. Built new as Chino Copper Company 22 and 24 (owned by Nevada Consolidated Copper Company after about 1933); after Chino was electrified in 1940, both locomotives were transferred to Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, shipped to Nevada in September 1940.

General Notes:

1. All four locomotives shown in Baldwin builder records as being built as Bingham & Garfield Railway locomotives; shown as Utah Copper Co. locomotives as of ICC Valuation dated June 30, 1916.
2. Made surplus in Utah after the last of 42 85-ton electrics were delivered to Utah Copper in 1929; transferred (sold) to Nevada on the dates shown above.
3. The relatively short wheelbase of the 71-88 class made them particularly suitable to negotiating the sharp curves in the Liberty pit as it got deeper.
4. Scrapped at McGill Autumn, 1951.
5. "List of Locomotives Owned By Western Properties of Kennecott Copper Corporation," dated September 1, 1937
6. All four locomotives rebuilt from original 0-6-0ST configuration, to 0-6-2ST configuration in 1936-1939:

General Notes:

1. Built new as Bingham & Garfield no. 75 and 76; to NCCCo. at Chino no. 37 and 38 in 1929; to NCCCo. at Nevada on April 4, 1940; not rebuilt or renumbered.
2. Chino 37 and 38 were sent to Nevada in 1940 after Chino was electrified; not needed 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 rebuilding of the 37 and 38 into Nevada 0-6-2T's 75 and 76. 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)
3. Saw only limited service as Copper Flat yard switcher in 1940-41 and set aside thereafter.
4. Steam jam engine brake. Cross compound air compressors removed at Chino and replaced with one or two single stage compressors.
5. Scrapped at McGill in Autumn 1951.

General Notes:

1. Built new as Utah Copper Co. 79 and 80 (0-6-0ST); to NCCCo. at Chino 35 and 36 in 1929; to NCCCo. at Nevada 79 and 80 on December 13, 1935
2. Rebuilt to 0-6-2ST in 1936-1937 (NCCC 80 was possibly the last one completed, in 1941)
3. NCCC 79 and 80 were sent for scrap to McGill in Autumn 1951.

General Notes:

1. Built new as Utah Copper Co. 81-88 (0-6-0 Side Tank); to NCCCo. Sold to Nevada on January 11, 1929
2. Utah Copper electrified in 1928 resulting in a surplus of steam locomotives. Six of their newer Baldwin's (No.'s 81, 83, 84, 86, 87, and 88) were sold to Nevada Consolidated Copper, Nevada Mines in January, 1929.
3. All eight locomotives were rebuilt at Nevada with 0-6-2 wheel arrangement, circa 1936-1937, with extended frame, enlarged cab, trailing truck, and large coal bunker.
4. NCCC 81 was rebuilt to 0-6-2ST, circa 1940 with extended frame, enlarged cab, trailing trucks, and large coal bunker.
5. NCCC 82 came from Chino to Nevada during the prolonged Chino shutdown 1933-1937.
6. NCCC 84 had rivet lines on cab and coal bunker, as well as the handrails on the tanks are in their original position. NCCC 84 was the only Utah Baldwin whose tank handrails were not moved to the top of the tank.
7. NCCC 85 came from Chino to Nevada in 1940 after the Chino electrification.
8. NCCC 86 was the only Utah engine that retained the cab door is its original position, suggesting that it may have been the first of the Utah Baldwins rebuilt into the 0-6-2ST configuration. The door was moved back towards the rear of the cab on the other engines.
9. NCCC 87 was transferred to Kennecott, Utah Copper Division circa October, 1950.
10. At the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, six of the Nevada Baldwins were transferred to Kennecott's Utah Copper Division, as they were short of power. UCD had not purchased any new 750-volt Electrics for mine service since 1942 and the new 750-volt, 125-ton Electrics were not delivered until March 1952.
11. "List of Locomotives Owned By Western Properties of Kennecott Copper Corporation," dated September 1, 1937; shows numbers 81-88 as assigned to Nevada.
12. NCCC 81, 83, and 84 were returned to Utah in late 1950.
13. NCCC 82, 85, 86 and 88 were sent for scrap to McGill in Autumn 1951.

General Notes:

1. Built new as Bingham & Garfield Railway no. 302; to Utah Copper no. 302 in 1920; transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division no. 300 in October 1937.
2. Commonly listed as transferred to NCCCo in October 1937, but more likely in 1929 concurrent with the Bingham pit railway electrification (1928-1929) that released many steam engines for NCCCo Nevada Mines Division and Chino Mines Division. Also, a note in the NCCCo files indicates NCCCo no. 300 was overhauled (reflued and relagged) in 1931.
3. "List of Locomotives Owned By Western Properties of Kennecott Copper Corporation," dated September 1, 1937 shows B&G 302 as assigned to Nevada.
4. In McGill scrap line on December 4, 1950; presumably scrapped in 1951.

General Notes:

1. 36-inch gauge
2. Built by Alco for stock; sold to American Securities Co., for the benefit of Steptoe Valley Smelting & Mining Co., numbers 12 and 13

General Notes:

1. Built as Nevada Consolidated Copper 300-302; renumbered to NCCC 304-306 in (???)

General Notes:

1. Originally Steptoe Valley Smelting & Mining Co. 307 and 308.

General Notes:

1. Built as Steptoe Valley Smelting & Mining Co., McGill, Nevada, no. 3; to Nevada Consolidated Copper Co. no. 309 in 1914
2. Used at the McGill smelter.
3. Sold to C. G. Heimerdinger in April 1964; moved to Pacific Locomotive Association, Richmond, California in 1968.
4. At Pacific Locomotive Association's Niles Canyon Railway maintenance facility and storage yard at Brightside, California (between Niles and Sunol); dismantled ca. April 2001.

General Notes:

1. Purchased new.
2. (disposition unknown)

General Notes:

1. Purchased new by American Smelters Securities Co., for the benefit of Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, lettered at factory as NCCC 30-32
2. From the first group of locomotives used at Copper Flat; made surplus with acquisition of the Utah Copper 80-series 0-6-0ST locomotives in 1929.
3. NCCC 331 sold to Amador Central Railroad, Martell, California, in 1935 (rebuilt to keep shop forces busy); sold to Pacific States Steel Company, Decoto, California in 1942 as PSS no. 331; later Judson Pacific Corp. no. 331.

General Notes:

1. NCCC 335 was ordered as American Smelter Securities Co.#335, but lettered NCCCo. #1 at factory. Negative S-512. Sold to A. D. Schader Co. #335. Sold 1939 to Granite Rock Co. #9. Scrapped 1952, South San Francisco.
2. NCCC 336 was ordered as American Smelter Securities Co.#336, but lettered NCCCo. #2 at factory. Sold to A. D. Schader Co. #336.

General Notes:

1. Purchased new as NCCCo. no. 337.
2. First of the series of Baldwin 0-6-0ST's no. 337-341.
3. Only 337 class Baldwin to get large numeral and cross compound air pump.
4. Last engine of this class in service at Ruth; out of service in 1944.
5. Scrapped in 1951.

General Notes:

1. NCCC 400 was built in 1880 as Southern Pacific 26; renumbered to SP 106; renumbered to SP 1609; renumbered to SP 2045; sold to Nevada Northern on December 13, 1905, numbered as NN no. 2; to NCCC 400 after December 1914.
2. Out of service from August 1911 through 1913; after repairs sold to Steptoe Valley Smelting & Mining in March 1914; to NCCCo no. 400 after December 1914; sometime during its service at McGill its tender was reconfigured as a slope-back..
3. Scrapped in 1931.

General Notes:

1. Purchased new.
2. Received larger coal bunker.
3. NCCC 500 recieved a complete overhaul and new firebox in March 1930.
4. NCCC 500 was removed from service for stationary boiler service in 1947; never returned to service and retired after boiler plant overhaul was completed.
5. Both locomotives were scrapped in 1951.

General Notes:

1. Purchased new as NCCCo. no. 502 and 503
2. Long narrow firebox and difficult to fire.
3. Long wheelbase (19' 10" total) not conducive to pit work due to tight curves at pit bottom; NCCC tried to keep the 500 series locomotives out of the bottom of the pit.
4. NCCC 502 was very often the switch engine working to Kimberly.
5. Both locomotives were overhauled and stored near the carpenter shop in Ruth after dieselization.
6. Scrapped, perhaps as late as 1953.

General Notes:

1. NCCC 6000 was built new for Elwood, Anderson & Lapelle Railroad (Indiana; 4.8 miles total tracks; U. S. Steel) no. 3; sold to Southern Iron & Equipment Co., Atlanta, Georgia (loco dealer)
2. Sold to NCCCo by Southern Iron & Equipment Co. (loco dealer) on October 2, 1916 as no. 1075.
3. Complete overhaul completed June though December of 1930 or 1931; new firebox, new steel cab to replace wooden one, new tank bottom, Franklin Firebox Door $9,541.00.
4. NCCC 600 was too small for pit service in later years. Prior to the building of the Copper Flat engine house in 1938, the 600 was the switcher from the Star Pointer shops to Copper Flat and to the various shops, probably including Consolidated Coppermines Emma-Nevada shaft and Kimberly.
5. Sold circa 1940 to Utah Construction Company for work on tailings dike at Magna, Utah.