San Pete Valley Railway Locomotives

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San Pete Valley Railway Locomotives (1874-1908)

Locomotives

Narrow Gauge

Road
Number		 Previous
Number		 Wheel
Arrangement		 Builder Builder
Number		 Builder
Date		 Date To
SPV		 Cylinders
(inches)		 Drivers
(inches)		 Weight
(Pounds)		 Date
Retired		 Notes
SPV 1 ML&M 13 2-6-0 Mogul Baldwin 5695 Jun 1881 1 Dec 1881 13x18 41 45,000 (1894) 1
SPV 2 C&StL 13 2-6-0 Mogul Baldwin 3178 Mar 1873 Jan 1892 12x16 36 39,000 Mar 1892 2
SPV 106 KC 106 2-6-0 Mogul Brooks 801 Oct 1882 Jan 1894 14x18 43 47,800 Apr 1899 3
SPV 107 SPV 1 2-6-0 Mogul Baldwin 5695 Jun 1881 (ex SPV 1) 13x18 41 45,000 Apr 1899 4

General Notes:

  1. San Pete Valley Railway was completed in May 1882, between Nephi and the coal mines at Wales, 28 miles.

Notes:

  1. SPV no. 1 was received about December 1, 1881, ex Minneapolis, Lyndale & Minnetonka no. 13: renumbered in 1894 to S.P.V. no. 107 (see below)
  2. SPV no. 2 was received about January 1882, ex Cairo & St. Louis Railroad no. 13; dropped from equipment by March 1892.
  3. SPV no. 106 was received on or about January 19, 1894; ordered as Utah & Northern no. 45; built as DSP&P no. 40; to Kansas Central no. 13; to Kansas Central no. 106; to SPV 106; sold by SPV in April 1899 to Sumpter Valley Ry, probably no. 5 (1st).
  4. SPV no. 107 was renumbered from SPV no. 1 in 1894; sold in April 1899 to Sumpter Valley Ry., probably as no. 6 (1st), later no. 13.

Andrew Brandon wrote on July 19, 2018:

The locomotive in this photo doesn't have a visible number but should be San Pete Valley #2, which came second hand from the Cairo & St. Louis Railroad. Built in 1873 the locomotive (#13 "Alexander") was part of an order for six class 8-18D locomotives. These were a step up from the smaller Class 12 (or 8-16D class after 1874) locomotives. The steam dome in the middle of the boiler was typical of the pre-1874 narrow gauge moguls. It would be similar in size to Utah Northern #13 / Nevada Short Line #1 at the California State Railroad Museum. San Pete Valley #1 was a slightly larger (class 8-20D) locomotive.

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Standard Gauge

Road
Number		 Wheel
Arrangement		 Builder Builder
Number		 Builder
Date		 Cylinders
(inches)		 Drivers
(inches)		 Weight
(Pounds)		 Date
Retired		 Notes
50 2-8-0 Baldwin 14875 Jun 1896 16x20 38 80,000   1
52 2-8-0 Baldwin 14876 Jun 1896 16x20 38 80,000   2

General Notes:

  1. San Pete Valley Railway was converted from 3-foot narrow gauge to standard gauge in July 1896.

Notes:

  1. SPV no. 50 was received July 1, 1896, new; to D&RG No. 680, September 9, 1912, renumbered in 1924 to No. 287, scrapped in August 1924.
  2. SPV no. 52 was received July 1, 1896, new; to D&RG No. 681, January 19, 1912; renumbered in 1924 to No. 288, scrapped in August 1924.

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