San Pete Valley Railway Locomotives (1874-1908)

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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

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

June 30, 1896
"The two new broad gauge locomotives for the Sanpete Valley left the Baldwin works on the 18th, and are due here today. As soon as they arrive the road will be broad-gauged." (Salt Lake Tribune, June 30, 1896)

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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