Kennecott Utah Copper

Roster of Electric and Diesel-Electric Locomotives

By Don Strack

This page was last updated on January 6, 2012.

(Click on a road number in the summary below to move to more detailed information.)

Model	Qty.	Years In Service	Road Number
80-ton Diesel Elec.	1	1949-1983	1
RS-3	2	1950-1985	2, 3
GP39-2	2	1981-1999	SM-1, SM-2
SD40-2	7	1978-1984	101-107
MP15AC	3	1978-2003	120-122
MP15AC	1	1984-1997	123 (ex-704)
125-ton Elec.	7	1947-1978	401-407
125-ton Elec.	3	1964-1978	408-410
60-ton Oil-Elec. (Box Cab)	1	1926-1927	600
100-ton Elec.	1	1942-1948	600
85-ton Elec.	61	1927-1983	700-760
GP30	12	1973-1978	701-726 (not consecutively numbered, leased)
U25B	2	1973-1978	729, 731 (leased)
MP15AC	2	1978-1986	701, 704
GP39-2	7	1980-2005	705-711 (high cabs)
SW1500	4	1982-1988	714-717
RS-2	5	1978-1982	722, 729, 731, 737, 742 (ex-Nevada locomotives, and ex-902)
DRS-4-15	1	1977-1982	734 (ex-901)
90-ton Elec.	4	1942-1983	761-764
100-ton Elec.	1	1948-1982	765 (ex-600)
125-ton Elec.	8	1952-1983	766-773
80-ton Elec.	2	1966-1974	774, 775 (ex-1000, 1001 dumper locomotives)
70-ton Diesel Elec.	3	1966-1982	775-777 (ex-Nevada locomotives)
125-ton Elec.	1	1971-1983	778 (ex-Chino locomotive)
GP39-2	11	1977-1983	779-789 (high cabs)
GP39-2	10	1978-2005	790-799 (high cabs)
S-2	1	1942-1944	800
VO-1000	2	1943-1949	801, 803
128-ton Diesel Elec.	1	1943-1972	900
DRS-6-4-15	1	1948-1977	901
RS-2	1	1949-1977	902
SD7	1	1952-1988	903
SD24	1	1963-1988	904
GP39-2	1	1976-	905
MP15AC	1	1976-1999	906
RS-2	2	1949-1982	907, 908
RSD-4	1	1978-1982	909
GP39-2	2	1983-2008	910, 911 (high cabs, ex-784, 786)
SW1500	3	1987-1998	912-914 (ex-714, 716, 717)
MP15AC	1	1986-1997	915 (ex-701)

General Notes:

a.	Retirement dates given are taken direct from Kennecott records. Kennecott shows this information as "PDA", for Property Disposal Authority.
b.	Steam locomotive roster compiled from information furnished by Allen Copeland and Locomotive Notes II.
c.	Diesel locomotive roster compiled from information furnished by Kennecott. Additional information furnished by Ryan Ballard, Ken Ardinger, Allen Copeland, and Blair Kooistra.

Additional Information

Kennecott also owned the Ray Mines Division at Ray, Arizona, the Chino Mines Division at Santa Rita and Hurley, New Mexico, and the Nevada Mines Division at Ely and McGill, Nevada.

General Locomotive Notes

Kennecott tested a General Electric 144-ton center cab in Bingham Mine service during November 1977. The test was a failure, with the GE taking 28 minutes to move the same train that the 700-class high cab GP39-2s took only 8 minutes to move.

Utah Copper Division

(Roster does not include all-electric in-plant locomotives of 25 tons or less.)

GE 80-ton diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Utah smelter)

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 1	Jul 1949	30006	(May 1983)	1

General Notes:

KCC number 1 was built as American Smelting & Refining Co. (ASARCO) Garfield Smelter 1; ASARCO sold its Garfield smelter to Kennecott Copper Corp. in 1959.

KCC number 1 was one of 245 locomotives of this weight and type, built between November 1947 and June 1958.

Additional information:

36 feet, 10 inches length
13 feet, 6 inches width
Manufacturer's specification was RY24257
Equipped with two (2) Cummins NHBIS 275-horsepower diesel engines; total horsepower rating of 550 horsepower
Each diesel engine was connected to a GE GT569 generator
Power was fed to four (4) GE 747 traction motors, each mounted to 33-inch wheel sets.

Notes:

1.	KCC number 1 was sold to Wyoming Rail Car Co., Evanston, Wyoming in May 1983; sold to Lithcote Co. (same location); sold to Union Tank Car Co. (same location).

Alco RS-3 diesel-electric — 2 locomotives (Utah smelter)

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 2	Nov 1950	78371	(Nov 1985)	1
KCC 3	Nov 1950	78372	(Nov 1985)	2

General Notes:

a.	KCC 2 and 3 were built as American Smelting & Refining Company (ASARCO) Garfield Smelter 2 and 3; ASARCO sold its Garfield smelter to Kennecott Copper Corp. in 1959.
b.	KCC 2 and 3 were originally painted solid yellow; KCC 3 was painted red, white, and blue in 1976 to commemorate America's bicentennial, repainted to standard Ore Haulage colors of green with yellow trim.
c.	KCC 2 and 3, along with 125-ton mine electric 778 and Ore Haulage RS-2 908, were donated to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California in November 1985.

Notes:

1.	KCC 2 was donated to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California in November 1985, usable parts removed, including the cab for future display, and remainder was scrapped.
2.	KCC 3 was donated to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California in November 1985; still there as of January 2011, unserviceable.

EMD GP39-2 diesel-electric — 2 locomotives (Utah smelter)

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Blue Card Date	Date Received	Date In Service	Date Retired	Later Number	Notes
KCC SM-1	Nov 1981	816023-1	29 Nov 1981	9 Feb 1982	31 Mar 1982	1999	LLPX 2901	1
KCC SM-2	Nov 1981	816023-2	18 Nov 1981	9 Feb 1982	13 Mar 1982	1999	LLPX 2902	2

General Notes:

a.	Number shown in number boards was Smelter 1 and Smelter 2; Kennecott records show numbers as SM-1 and SM-2.
b.	Painted red and white, similar to Ore Haulage green and yellow paint scheme.
c.	Not equipped with dynamic braking.
d.	Not equipped for multiple unit operation.
e.	Equipped with a 1200 gallon fuel tank.
f.	Both units were seen at UP's Salt Lake City diesel shop on December 12, 1981, at which time the builder plate data was verified.

Notes:

1.	KCC Smelter 1 (SM-1) was returned to owner/lessor GMAC in July 1999; sold to EMD/GATX owned Locomotive Leasing Partners (LLPX) in July 1999, to LLPX 2901; to Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR) 2300, before February 2006. (reported as having been renumbered to KCC 101 in 1994, but is not supported by photos) (photo as LLPX 2901 in 2003) (photo as PNR 2300 in 2006)
2.	KCC Smelter 2 (SM-2) was returned to owner/lessor GMAC in July 1999; sold to EMD/GATX owned Locomotive Leasing Partners (LLPX) in July 1999, to LLPX 2902; to Panhandle Northern Railroad (PNR) 2301, before February 2006. (reported as having been renumbered to KCC 102 in 1994, but is not supported by photos) (photo as PNR 2301 in 2007)

EMD SD40-2 — 7 locomotives (Ore Haulage)
C-C; 3000 horsepower

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Air Date	Date Received	Date In Service	Date Removed From Service	1986 BCOL Number	1997 HLCX Number
KCC 101	Nov 1978	776129-01	13 Nov 1978	29 Nov 1978	4 Dec 1978	1 Jul 1984	BCOL 736	HLCX 6204 (1st)
KCC 102	Nov 1978	776129-02	20 Nov 1978	12 Dec 1978	13 Dec 1978	1 Jul 1984	BCOL 737	HLCX 6205
KCC 103	Nov 1978	776129-03	14 Nov 1978	29 Nov 1978	4 Dec 1978	1 Jul 1984	BCOL 738	HLCX 6206
KCC 104	Nov 1978	776129-04	16 Nov 1978	12 Dec 1978	13 Dec 1978	1 Jul 1984	BCOL 739	HLCX 6207
KCC 105	Nov 1978	776129-05	29 Nov 1978	15 Dec 1978		1 Jul 1984	BCOL 740	HLCX 6208
KCC 106	Nov 1978	776129-06	30 Nov 1978	15 Dec 1978		1 Jul 1984	BCOL 741	HLCX 6209
KCC 107	Nov 1978	776129-07	30 Nov 1978	15 Dec 1978		1 Jul 1984	BCOL 742	HLCX 6210

General Notes:

a.	Equipped with dynamic braking and an extra air reservoir located to the rear of the fuel tank.
b.	Federal ICC documents show that all seven locomotives were owned by Kennecott Copper, and financed through a lien-lease agreement with First Security Bank of Utah, dated September 1, 1978 (transferred to First Security Leasing Company on September 15, 1980); last day of lease was January 15, 1997. (ICC Recordation 9792)
c.	Kennecott's Ore Haulage operations were shut down on June 30, 1984; all seven locomotives were removed from service on July 1, 1984 and stored at Magna, Utah.
d.	On November 14, 1985, all seven locomotives were leased by Kennecott on a 30-day lease to Canadian Pacific (CP Rail). The locomotives were originally intended to be shipped in July 1985 but required shop work prior movement. The shop work was completed by National Railway Equipment at Kennecott's Magna shop, and included general repairs and reconditioning, new air brake system, and ditch lights for service in Canada. Delivered to CP by UP at Eastport, Idaho on November 17, 1985; the lease was to be in increments of 30 days, to be extended upon mutual agreement, spending most of their time in CP service Ontario and Quebec; the units were stored by CP at Winnipeg until summer 1986; moved to North Vancouver pending lease to British Columbia Rail. (Rental fee was reported as $300 per day, per locomotive; the sublease included 90 days of no-charge storage at the end of the lease period.)
e.	On October 22, 1986, all seven locomotives were leased by Kennecott on a 10-year lease to British Columbia Rail (BCOL). The lease went into effect on January 15, 1987. Renumbered to BCOL 736-742 as Radio Controlled Locomotives for mid-train helper service. (BCOL 743-750 were former Shamrock Coal Company's Oneida & Western SD40s, with BCOL 751-767 being BCOL's own SD40-2s.) Ex-Kennecott 104 was being repainted and renumbered to BCOL 739 in June 1987. All locomotives were reported as being removed from BCOL service in September 1995 and renumbered to HLCX. (Rental fee was reported as $235 per day, per locomotive.) (1995 information from Canadian Trackside Guide 2000)
f.	Upon expiration in January 1997 of the original 1978 lien/lease, all seven locomotives were sold to Helm Financial (which had acted as Kennecott's agent since July 1984); Helm in turn used them in national lease service as Helm Leasing (HLCX) 6204-6210.
g.	(click here for notes on the modern lettering of KCC diesels)

EMD MP15AC — 3 locomotives (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 1500 horsepower

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Air Date	Date Received	Date In Service	Date Returned To Helm	Later Number	Notes
KCC 120	Dec 1978	776128-1	16 Dec 1978	27 Dec 1978	8 Jan 1979	Oct 2003	CP 1446	1
KCC 121	Dec 1978	776128-2	16 Dec 1978	27 Dec 1978	9 Jan 1979	Oct 2003	CP 1447	2
KCC 122	Dec 1978	776128-3	16 Dec 1978	27 Dec 1978	8 Jan 1979	Jun 1997	UPY 1429	3

General Notes:

a.	All three locomotives were equipped with 13-inch extended width cab on the engineer's side for improved visibility on the car dumpers at Bonneville, Magna, and Arthur concentrator mills.
b.	Federal ICC documents show that all three locomotives were owned by Kennecott Copper, and financed through a lien-lease agreement with First Security Bank of Utah, dated September 1, 1978 (transferred to First Security Leasing Company on September 15, 1980); last day of lease was January 15, 1997. (ICC Recordation 9792)
c.	Kennecott 120 and 121 were stored as of late October 2003.
d.	The extended cabs on KCC 120 and 121, after being sold to Canadian Pacific in 2003, were modified at the CP/Progress Rail Weston Shops, Winnipeg, Manitoba, after arriving from Ogden Shops in Calgary as partial shells. The cabs were modified by Weston, including different cab window arrangements, then returned to Ogden for final overhaul and full repainting. (update from Ross Harrison via email dated January 18, 2011)

Notes:

1.	KCC 120 was sold by Kennecott to Rail Trust Equipment (RTEX); traded to Canadian Pacific in 2003 as part of a deal of 13 older CP switchers traded to RTEX for four more modern switchers including KCC 120, repainted and lettered as CP 1446 by mid 2005, assigned to St. Paul, Minnesota. (photo as CP 1446, as well as other photos taken in 2004-2005)
2.	KCC 121 was sold by Kennecott to Rail Trust Equipment (RTEX); traded to Canadian Pacific in 2003 as part of a deal of 13 older CP switchers traded to RTEX for four more modern switchers including KCC 121, repainted and lettered as CP 1447 by mid 2005, assigned to St. Paul, Minnesota. (photo as CP 1447, as well as other photos taken in 2004-2005)
3.	KMC 122 was sold by Kennecott to Helm Financial in January 1997; leased to UP in April 1997 as UP 1429, extended cab converted to standard-width cab and locomotive, rebuild completed in June 1997 and unit shipped to UP (lease started on June 18, 1997); renumbered to UPY 1429 on October 8, 2001; lease expired and returned to Helm in March 2002; sold to Crete Grain (CGWX) 1500 at Oakes, North Dakota by July 2005. (Diesel Era, January-February 2006, page 55) (photo as UP 1429 in April 1997)

EMD MP15AC — 1 locomotive (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 1500 horsepower

Road Number	Previous Number	Date Renumbered	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Sold	Later Number	Notes
KMC 123	KCC 704	15 Jan 1984	Dec 1978	776117-2	1995	GWWR 1510 / TN 1510	1

General Notes:

a.	KMC 123 was built as Kennecott Copper 704, transferred to Ore Haulage on September 19, 1983, entered service as a spare dumper locomotive on September 21, 1983, repainted green and renumbered to KMC 123 on January 15, 1984.
b.	KMC 123 was removed from service on April 8, 1988, after the Magna car dumper was shut down (the Arthur car dumper had been shut down in 1985; the Bonneville car dumper remained in service until May 2001).
c.	(click here for notes on the modern lettering of KCC diesels)

Notes:

KMC 123 (ex KCC 704) was removed from service on April 8, 1988, stored until sold to Helm Financial in 1995; leased to Gateway Western (GWWR) 1510, from September 29, 1995 until June 1, 2001 (photo as GWWR 1510, note the reduced fuel tank height); returned to Helm in June 2001; leased (sold?) to Texas & Northern Railroad (TN) (Lone Star Steel) 1510. (part from STB Recordation 19878, dated December 20, 2001)

GE 125-ton electric — 7 locomotives (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 3000 VDC / 750 VDC; 3200 horsepower; 250,000 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Date To Mine	Planned Mine Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 401	Nov 1947	29035	Dec 1978		(KCC 1800)	31 Mar 1982
KCC 402	Nov 1947	29036	Dec 1978	20 Dec 1978	(KCC 1801)	31 Mar 1982	1
KCC 403	Nov 1947	29037	Dec 1978	20 Dec 1978	(KCC 1802)	31 Mar 1982
KCC 404	Nov 1947	29038	Dec 1978	20 Dec 1978	(KCC 1803)	31 Mar 1982
KCC 405	Nov 1947	29039	Dec 1978		(KCC 1804)	31 Mar 1982
KCC 406	Nov 1947	29119	Dec 1978	28 Dec 1978	(KCC 1805)	31 Mar 1982	2
KCC 407	Nov 1947	29120	Dec 1978	28 Dec 1978	(KCC 1806)	31 Mar 1982	3

General Notes:

a.	General Electric records show that these seven locomotives were built for Utah Copper Co. even though that company had became the Utah Copper Division of Kennecott Copper Corp. in January 1941.
b.	Built as KCC 1-7, renumbered to KCC 401-407 in May 1964.
c.	Equipped with dynamic braking.
d.	Equipped for operation on both 3000 VDC mainline voltage and 750 VDC yard voltage to allow shared use of yard tracks in Copperton yard with the 750 VDC, 700-class Bingham mine electrics.
e.	These locomotives were operated in 2-locomotive sets to power the 18 daily 28-mile round trips between Copperton yard and the mills at Magna and Arthur, and after 1964, Bonneville, with a average annual mileage of 50,000 miles; between the time of their delivery in 1948 and 1964, there were two locomotives assigned on a rotating basis to the car dumpers at both the Magna and Arthur mills, leaving five locomotives available for road trains; the expansion of operations in 1964 required additional motive power to operate additional trains for the new Bonneville mill, so additional locomotives were transferred to Utah from Kennecott's Chino operations in New Mexico and rebuilt for specific assignment to the car dumpers, releasing all seven road locomotives to road service.
f.	During early 1974, Kennecott studied the possibility of converting the Copperton Low grade line from 3000 VDC to 25000 VAC; both EMD (with ASEA of Sweden) and GE expressed an interest. (Pacific News, Issue 146, December 1973, page 17)
g.	During late May 1978 the Copperton Low Grade line was shut down for ten days; the 400-class electrics were replaced by leased UP GP30s 807 and 809 and new high-cab GP39-2s 779 and 780; the shut down came from lightening damage to the substation at Cypress, halfway between Bingham and Magna.

Notes:

1.	KCC 402 was donated to NRHS-Promontory Chapter (Salt Lake City, Utah) on May 10, 1983. (click here for more information)
2.	KCC 406 was converted to 750 VDC to operate in the Bingham mine in March 1980 but was never used in regular service.
3.	KCC 407 was donated, along with 80-ton and 125-ton electrics 700 and 771 and dump car 539, to Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista Junction, California in August 1984.

GE/Westinghouse 125-ton electric — 3 locomotives (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 250,000 pounds operating weight

Road Number	First Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date To Utah	Rebuild Date	Date To Mine	Planned Mine Number	Notes
KCC 408	KCC-Chino 2	Sep 1954	32187!	Nov 1964	Dec 1964!	Dec 1978	(KCC 1807)	1
KCC 409	KCC-Chino 3	Apr 1958	33347	Dec 1964	Feb 1965	Dec 1978	(KCC 1808)	1
KCC 410	KCC-Chino 1	Sep 1954	32186	Feb 1965	Mar 1965!	Dec 1978	(KCC 1809)

General Notes:

All three locomotives were built as Kennecott-Chino Mines Division locomotives; transferred to Utah in 1964 due to expansion in operations at Bingham; rebuilt for specific assignment to the Magna and Arthur car dumpers, releasing all of the seven road locomotives from car dumper service to road service to move the additional ore tonnage required by new Bonneville mill.

Converted from 750 VDC used at Chino to 3000 VDC used by Ore Haulage; work was done by Westinghouse in their Salt Lake City, Utah, facility; all three locomotives originally looked like the 766-773 class Bingham mine locomotives and were completely rebuilt by Westinghouse with new car bodies that included bay windows for the engineer and full width car bodies at the rear that allowed better visibility at the Magna, Arthur, and Bonneville car dumpers.

Notes:

1.	KCC 408 and 409 were donated, along with 85-ton electrics 702 and 703, 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. (2011 update from Fenner Stevenson, General Manager, Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad & Museum, via email dated January 25, 2011)

Ingersoll-Rand 60-ton oil-electric — 1 locomotive (Utah Copper)
B-B; 300 horsepower; 120,000 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Builder Date	GE Builder Number	Alco Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
Utah Copper 600 (1st)	Jul 1926	10028	66680	about 1928	1

General Notes:

a.	Utah Copper 600 (1st) was built in 1926 for Ingersoll-Rand by American Locomotive Co. at Schenectady, New York. using General Electric electric equipment and an Ingersoll-Rand oil engine as the twelfth Ingersoll-Rand box cab oil-electric locomotive built (Utah Copper 600 was the sixth of the second group of six locomotives)
b.	Leased to Utah Copper Co. to participate in the one-year motive power tests for Bingham copper mine in 1926, testing its performance against the performance of Bingham & Garfield 0-8-0 steam locomotive number 500 and new Utah Copper battery/electric locomotive number 700; Utah Copper 600 was delivered to Utah Copper in early August 1926. There is a photo of a waste train at the mine, in an article about the copper mine in 1927. The photo shows just the end of the locomotive, with the distinctive profile of an I-R boxcab locomotive, so it was definitely in service at the time.
c.	The locomotive was a failure on the grades in the Bingham open-pit mine and was returned to Ingersoll-Rand at some time in 1928; sold to Lehigh Valley number 99 on January 21, 1932; retired by LV in September 1947; scrapped by Lehigh Valley in June 1950.
d.	See also "Ingersoll-Rand: catalyst of Dieselization" by David H. Hamley in Trains magazine, December 1970, page 35.
e.	See also Lehigh Valley roster in Extra 2200 South, Issue 76, November 1982, page 22, note 5; photograph as LV 99 in Extra 2200 South, Issue 76, November 1982, page 30.
f.	Utah Copper number 600 looked very similar to Central of New Jersey number 1000.

GE 100-ton electric — 1 locomotive (Utah Copper)
B-B; 200,000 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	1948 KCC Number	1965 KCC Number	Notes
Utah Copper 600 (2nd)	Mar 1942	15105	KCC 665	KCC 765	1

General Notes:

Utah Copper 600 (2nd) was built in 1942; operated by Bingham & Garfield Railway as car-dumper motive power at Magna (Fogarty) and Arthur mills; KCC 600 joined 70-ton electrics 1000 and 1001 and 85-ton electrics 737, 738, 740, and 741, also assigned to Ore Delivery Department car dumper service at Magna and Arthur mills until 1948; all seven locomotives were transferred to the Bingham mine in 1948 after the new low-grade, all-electric Ore Haulage line was put into operation; the entire electrification at the mills was changed from 600 VDC to 3000 VDC at the same; car dumper motive power at the mills was then filled by rotating single, new 3000 VDC electric road locomotives between car dumper service and regular road service.

Notes:

1.	Utah Copper 600 (2nd) was transferred to Bingham operations and renumbered to KCC 665 in 1948; renumbered to KCC 765 in October 1965.

GE 85-ton electric — 61 locomotives (Utah Copper Bingham mine)
B-B; 750 VDC; (see general notes for operating weight and tractive effort)

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Last Paint Scheme	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 700	May 1927	10258		8 Sep 1983	1
(KCC 701)	(Jun 1928)	(10656)			2
KCC 702	Sept 1928	10657		31 Mar 1982	3
KCC 703	Aug 1928!	10658!		8 Sep 1983	3
KCC 704	Sep 1928!	10661	all-yellow	11 May 1972
KCC 705	Oct 1928	10662		27 Dec 1972
KCC 706	Oct 1928	10663		15 Mar 1979
KCC 707	Oct 1928	10664		27 Dec 1972
KCC 708	Oct 1928	10665		13 Dec 1979	4
KCC 709	Nov 1928!	10666		15 Mar 1979
KCC 710	Dec 1928	10667	all-black	27 Dec 1972
KCC 711	Dec 1928	10668		1 Dec 1972	5
KCC 712	Dec 1928	10669		31 Mar 1982
KCC 713	Jan 1929	10670		8 Feb 1983
KCC 714	Jan 1929	10671		27 Dec 1972
KCC 715	Jan 1929	10672		27 Dec 1972
KCC 716	Jan 1929	10673		15 Mar 1979
KCC 717	Feb 1929	10674		15 Mar 1979
KCC 718	Feb 1929	10675		31 Mar 1982
KCC 719	Feb 1929	10676		31 Mar 1982
KCC 720 (1st)	Feb 1929	10677	all-black	27 Dec 1972
KCC 720 (2nd)	Oct 1928	10665		8 Feb 1983
KCC 721	Feb 1929	10678		27 Dec 1972
KCC 722	Jun 1929	10866	all-yellow	1 Dec 1972	5
KCC 723	Jun 1929!	10867!		31 Mar 1982
KCC 724	Jun 1929	10868		8 Sep 1983	6
KCC 725	Jun 1929	10869		31 Mar 1982
KCC 726	Jul 1929	10870	all-black	11 May 1972
KCC 727	Jun 1929!	10871!		15 Mar 1979
KCC 728	Jul 1929	10872		15 Mar 1979
KCC 729	Jul 1929	10873	all-black	11 May 1972
KCC 730	Aug 1929	10874		31 Mar 1982
KCC 731	Aug 1929	10875		27 Dec 1972
KCC 732	Aug 1929	10876		15 Mar 1979
KCC 733	Jul 1929!	10877!		15 Mar 1979
KCC 734	Sep 1929	10878	all-black	11 May 1972
KCC 735	Sep 1929	10879		31 Mar 1982
KCC 736	Sep 1929	10880		15 Mar 1979
KCC 737	Sep 1929	10881		10 Oct 1975
KCC 738	Oct 1929	10882		15 Mar 1979
KCC 739	Oct 1929	10883		31 Mar 1982
KCC 740	Sep 1929!	10884		15 Mar 1979
KCC 741	Oct 1929	10885		15 Mar 1979
KCC 742	Feb 1937	12155		26 Aug 1976
KCC 743	Feb 1937!	12156		15 Mar 1979
KCC 744	Feb 1937	12157		15 Mar 1979
KCC 745	Feb 1937	12158		31 Mar 1979
KCC 746	Feb 1937!	12159!		15 Apr 1982
KCC 747	Feb 1937	12160		1 Mar 1979
KCC 748	Feb 1937!	12169!		31 Mar 1982
KCC 749	Feb 1937!	12170!		8 Feb 1983
KCC 750	Mar 1937!	12171!		15 Mar 1979
KCC 751	Mar 1937!	12172!		15 Apr 1982
KCC 752	Apr 1937	12173		31 Mar 1982
KCC 753	Apr 1937!	12174!		15 Mar 1979
KCC 754	Apr 1937	12175		31 Mar 1982
KCC 755	Aug 1937!	12235!		31 Mar 1982
KCC 756	Sep 1937	12236		31 Mar 1982
KCC 757	Sep 1937	12237		31 Mar 1982
KCC 758	Sep 1937!	12285!		15 Apr 1982
KCC 759	Oct 1937!	12286!		16 Aug 1982	7
KCC 760	Oct 1937	12287		8 Feb 1983

General Notes:

a.	Built as 75-ton locomotives, re-ballasted by Utah Copper as 85-ton locomotives.
b.	Operating voltage was 750 vDC.
c.	One source says that Utah Copper 703 was built as Utah Copper 701. This seems unlikely because of the sequence of builder numbers. GE numbers 10640-10656 are accounted for; most are small electric mine locomotives built for use inside coal mines, all built between February and October 1928.
d.	Numbers 700, 702, 703, and 724 were equipped for both overhead (750 vDC) and battery (600 vDC) operations; storage batteries were used in line relocation work in the Bingham mine where overhead power was not available. The batteries had a 500-hour running time and were recharged through the catenary. The battery feature was only used occasionally after highway trucks were adapted for use in the mine beginning in the 1930s and 1940s; operating weight was 170,600 pounds; tractive effort was 33,000 pounds.
e.	Numbers 709, 712, 718, 728, and 730 were equipped for both overhead and cable reel operation; cable reels were used in line relocation work in the Bingham mine where overhead power was not available. The cable was 800 feet in length and was connected at a junction box at the nearest overhead support. The cable feature was only used occasionally after highway trucks were adapted for track relocation work in the mine beginning in the 1930s and 1940s.
f.	Numbers 704-723, 725-747 had 172,800 pounds operating weight and 35,000 pounds tractive effort.
g.	Numbers 737, 738, 740, and 741 had 185,380 pounds operating weight and 55,600 pounds tractive effort; 737 and 741 were assigned to Bingham & Garfield local service at the Bingham mine serving common carrier access to other mining companies; 738 and 740 were assigned as car-dumper locomotives at Magna and Arthur mills, along with 80-ton electrics 1000 and 1001, and no. 600 after it was delivered new in 1942; all five dumper locomotives were transferred to the Bingham mine in December 1948 upon beginning of operations of the new low-grade Ore Haulage line, after the dumper yards at the mills were converted to 3000 VDC to allow use of the larger Ore Haulage locomotives in rotation with regular mine-to-mill service.
h.	Numbers 748-760 had 169,300 pounds operating weight and 35,000 pounds tractive effort.
1.	Builder plate specifications show B+B, 150/150-4GHM818A, 750VDC
j.	Locomotives retired in 1972-1979, and in March and April 1982 (total of 53 locomotives) were stored in the vicinity of Dry Forks shops, and on out-of-service tracks until all were gathered and stored along the abandoned Bingham & Garfield track above Copperton until all were sold for salvage in May 1982; throughout the summer of 1982 the salvage dealer scrapped the locomotives where they sat and hauled away the scrap metal in trucks.
k.	Locomotives retired in August 1982 and in 1983 (total of eight locomotives) were either donated for preservation, or were scrapped by Kennecott at Dry Forks shops.

Notes:

1.	KCC 700 was donated, along with 125-ton electrics 407 and 771 and dump car 539, to Western Railway Museum (Rio Vista Junction, California) in August 1984.
2.	(KCC 701) was wrecked on September 1, 1928 while in transit to Utah Copper, scrapped by Utah Copper on June 1, 1931; builder number 10656 was apparently reused by GE for a small 5-ton locomotive for Franklin Coal Mining Company. (Wreck and scrapping data from Basil Doman, via Steve Swanson; Basil Doman was a B&G and Utah Copper engineer and recalled seeing the locomotive in storage at Bingham after it was wrecked; he was a model railroader and asked about the wrecked locomotive and was given the date information shown above.)
3.	KCC 702 and 703 were donated, along with 125-ton electrics 408 and 409, to Boone Valley Historical Society (Boone, Iowa) in November 1985, delivered in June 1986; both units were acquired due to their similarity to Fort Dodge, Des Moines & Southern's number 209; both units remain in the collection, as of January 25, 2011. (2011 update from Fenner Stevenson, General Manager, Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad & Museum, via email dated January 25, 2011) (702 photo at Boone, Iowa)
4.	KCC 708 was renumbered to KCC 720 on December 13, 1979, to clear the number for use by a new GP39-2 to be delivered in 1980.
5.	KCC 711 and 722 were transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division in 1974.
6.	KCC 724 was donated to Puget Sound Railway Historical Society (Snoqualmie, Washington), along with RSD-4 909 and 50-ton dump car 212, shipped from Bingham mine on January 12, 1984; many air brake problems en route; delivered to Snoqualmie on July 11, 1984; scrapped at Snoqualmie during 2000.
7.	KCC 759 was donated to NRHS-Promontory Chapter (Salt Lake City, Utah) on May 10, 1983. (click here for more information)

EMD GP30 diesel-electric — 12 locomotives (Utah Copper Division)
B-B; 2250 horsepower

Road Number	Previous Number	Builder Date	Lease Start Date	Lease End Date	Builder Number
KCC 701	D&RGW 3027	Feb 1963	May 1973	Dec 1978	28056
KCC 704	D&RGW 3020	Feb 1963	May 1973	Dec 1978	28049
KCC 705	UP 813	Jul 1962	May 1973	Dec 1978	27522
KCC 707	UP 804	Jul 1962	May 1973	Dec 1978	27513
KCC 710	UP 820	Jul 1962	May 1973	Dec 1978	27528
KCC 711	UP 835	Aug 1962	May 1973	Dec 1978	27544
KCC 714	UP 807	Jul 1962	May 1973	Dec 1978	27516
KCC 715	UP 809	Jul 1962	May 1973	Dec 1978	27518
KCC 720	UP 815	Jul 1962	May 1973	Dec 1978	27524
KCC 721	UP 817	Jul 1962	May 1973	Dec 1978	27526
KCC 722	D&RGW 3021	Feb 1963	May 1973	Dec 1978	28050
KCC 726	D&RGW 3022	Feb 1963	May 1973	Dec 1978	28051

General Notes:

a.	All twelve locomotives leased from Union Pacific and Denver & Rio Grande Western beginning in May 1973; the lease ended in December 1978.
b.	D&RGW 3014 was also leased (without an assigned Kennecott number) between September 4, 1973 and mid-March 1974.
c.	These leased GP30s were numbered into vacated number slots in Kennecott's 700-class 85-ton straight electric fleet and were assigned to haul the waste trains from the Bingham open pit mine to disposal areas adjacent to the mine.
d.	All locomotives were equipped with raised pilots and wooden foot boards.
e.	UP, D&RGW, and Kennecott road numbers visually confirmed by Ryan Ballard.

GE U25B diesel-electric — 2 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 2500 horsepower

Road Number	Previous Number	Builder Date	Builder Number
KCC 729	AT&SF 6608
KCC 731	AT&SF 6611

General Notes:

a.	AT&SF and Kennecott road numbers visually confirmed by Ryan Ballard.

EMD MP15AC diesel-electric — 2 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 1500 horsepower

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Air Date	Date Received	Date Renumbered	Later Number	Notes
KCC 701	Dec 1978!	776117-1!	20 Dec 1978	12 Jan 1979	Oct 1986	KCC 915	1
KCC 704	Dec 1978!	776117-2!		11 Jan 1979	Jan 1984	KMC 123	2

General Notes:

a.	Federal ICC documents show that both locomotives were owned by Kennecott Copper, and financed through a lien-lease agreement with First Security Bank of Utah, dated September 1, 1978 (transferred to First Security Leasing Company on September 15, 1980); last day of lease was January 15, 1997. (ICC Recordation 9792)
b.	KCC 704 (as KMC 123) was removed from service on April 8, 1988, after the Magna car dumper was shut down (the Arthur car dumper had been shut down in 1985; the Bonneville car dumper remained in service until May 2001).

Notes:

1.	KCC 701 was renumbered to KCC 915 in October 1986
2.	KCC 704 was transferred to Ore Haulage on September 19, 1983, repainted green and renumbered to KMC 123 on January 15, 1984

EMD GP39-2 diesel-electric — 7 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 2300 horsepower

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Blue Card Date	Date Received	Date Sold	Later Number	Notes
KCC 705	Sep 1980	796342-1	1 Oct 1980	14 Oct 1980	Oct 2005	Rio Tinto 71705	1
KCC 706	Sep 1980	796342-2		14 Oct 1980			2
KCC 707	Sep 1980	796342-3		14 Oct 1980	2002	RailWorks / Tangent Rail / Stella-Jones	3
KCC 708	Sep 1980	796342-4		14 Oct 1980			4
KCC 709	Sep 1980	796342-5		20 Oct 1980		RARW 1010	5
KCC 710	Oct 1980	796342-6		30 Oct 1980			6
KCC 711	Oct 1980	796342-7	7 Oct 1980	30 Oct 1980	May 1998	HLCX 3952 / EVWR 3836	7

General Notes:

a.	Equipped with extra height cabs (26 inches) for improved visibility in the Bingham open pit copper mine.
b.	Equipped with extra clearance pilots and fuel tanks.
c.	Equipped with dynamic braking.
d.	Federal ICC documents show that all seven were owned by Kennecott Copper, and used as collateral under a Lien/Lease agreement with First Security Bank of Utah (transferred to First Security Leasing Company on September 15, 1980), dated September 15, 1980; last day of lien/lease was January 15, 1999, at which time the locomotives became the property of Kennecott; asset value was reported as $5,170,000, or $738,571 for each locomotive. (ICC Recordation 12240-12243)
e.	KCC 706 was transferred to Haulage Division in March 1988.
f.	KCC 705 was rebuilt in-kind by Morrison Knudsen (Boise, Idaho) in March 1992; new paint and lettering scheme applied (seen en route to Boise in January 1992)
g.	KCC 710 was rebuilt in-kind by Morrison Knudsen (Boise, Idaho) in April 1992; new paint and lettering scheme applied.
h.	KCC 711 was rebuilt in-kind by Morrison Knudsen (Boise, Idaho) in May 1992; new paint and lettering scheme applied.
i.	(click here for notes on the modern lettering of KCC diesels)

Notes:

1.	KCC 705 was sold to Rio Tinto Minerals in July 2005 for use at the Rio Tinto Borax mine at Boron, California (formerly U.S. Borax, purchased by Rio Tinto in 1968). KCC 705 was seen en route at at Colton on July 3, 2005 (Trainorders.com July 3, 2005); seen at West Colton, California on October 30, 2005 with freshly shortened cab and nose (photo); seen on April 9, 2006 at Colton, California with freshly lowered cab (photo); seen on June 30, 2007 at UP's yard in Colton, California with newly applied white paint scheme (photo), en route to Rio Tinto Minerals at Boron, California, numbered as Rio Tinto 71705; seen in service at Boron in May 2008. (information from Robert Conroy via email August 24, 2007; and from N. L. Pitsch via email on May 21, 2008)
2.	KCC 706 was owned by Kennecott after January 1999; further disposition unknown.
3.	KCC 707 (along with KCC 792 and 799) was sold to Railworks in 2002, as contract operator of Kennecott's rail operations at Magna/Garfield, Utah; sold to Tangent Rail in October 2005 and used at Magna/Garfield; sold to Stella-Jones in April 2010, as part of their purchase of Tangent Rail. (click here for more information about the switching contract)
4.	KCC 708 was owned by Kennecott after January 1999; further disposition unknown.
5.	KCC 709 was owned by Kennecott after January 1999; sold to Rarus Railway (RARW) 1010 in 2000-2005, in service on Patriot Rail's Utah Central in Ogden, Utah; sold by Rarus before March 2010.
6.	KCC 710 was owned by Kennecott after January 1999; further disposition unknown.
7.	KCC 711 was sold to Helm Financial in May 1998, rebuilt by Motive Power-Boise with new larger fuel tank and standard cab (seen at Boise in July 1998, still in as-built condition but with HLCX 3952 spray-painted on long hood); in national lease service as HLCX 3952 (photo); to Evansville Western Railroad (EVWR) number 3836 before January 2005. (EVWR 3836 frame-checked as 796342-7 by Joe Furgeson) (photo1) (photo2)

EMD SW1500 diesel-electric — 4 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 1500 horsepower

Road Number	First Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Refurbished	Frame Number	1987 KCC Number	Date Sold To Helm	1998 HLCX Number	Notes
KCC 714	CRI&P 943	Jul 1966	31748	9 Dec 1982	7916-04	KCC 912	Apr 1998	HLCX 1515	1
KCC 715	CRI&P 945	Jul 1966	31750	21 Dec 1982	7916-06				2
KCC 716	CRI&P 948	Jul 1966	31753	29 Dec 1982	7916-09	KCC 913	Apr 1998	HLCX 1517	3
KCC 717	CRI&P 949	Jul 1966	31754	21 Jan 1983	7916-10	KCC 914	Apr 1998	HLCX 1518	4

General Notes:

a.	KCC 714-717 built new as Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 943, 945, 948 and 949. Returned to owner, United States Leasing, upon Rock Island's shutdown in March 1980. Stored at the former Rock Island Silvis shops until moved to Morrison Knudsen in spring 1981.
b.	Kennecott purchased the four locomotives from Morrison Knudsen in July 1982; M-K refurbished them, with completion dates as shown above. Modifications to the locomotives included 15-inch clearance for the pilots and fuel tanks (reducing the fuel capacity from 1,200 gallons to 900 gallons).
c.	All four locomotives were sold to Helm Financial in April 1998; in national lease service as HLCX locomotives.

Notes:

1.	KCC 714 was removed from mine service on January 4, 1984, renumbered to KCC 912 in January 1987; sold to Helm Financial in April 1998; used in national lease service as HLCX 1515. (photo as HLCX 1515 in 2005, note the extra clearance fuel tank)
2.	KCC 715 was removed from mine service on January 4, 1984; further disposition unknown (photo as HLCX 1516 in 2005, showing a different unit)
3.	KCC 716 was removed from mine service on January 4, 1984, renumbered to KCC 913, April 1987; sold to Helm Financial in April 1998; used in national lease service as HLCX 1517.
4.	KCC 717 was removed from mine service on January 4, 1984, renumbered to KCC 914, April 1987 (briefly seen renumbered back to KMC 717 in late 1990); sold to Helm Financial in April 1998; used in national lease service as HLCX 1518.

Alco RS-2 diesel-electric — 5 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 1500 horsepower

Road Number	First Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Transferred To Utah	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 722	KCC-Nevada 101!	Sep 1948	75951	1978	16 Aug 1982
KCC 729	KCC-Nevada 108!	Jun 1948	75950	12 Oct 1978	16 Aug 1982	1
KCC 731	KCC-Nevada 107!	Jan 1950	77891	1978	16 Aug 1982	1
KCC 737	KCC 902	Nov 1949	77563		1 Apr 1981	2
KCC 742	KCC-Nevada 102!	Apr 1949	76801	6 Jun 1978	16 Aug 1982	1

General Notes:

a.	KCC 722, 729, 731, and 742 were built as Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division locomotives; transferred to Kennecott-Utah Copper Division in 1978, renumbered to 700-series
b.	KCC 737 was built as KCC 902; short hood lowered ("chopped") by Kennecott in July 1972; transferred to Bingham mine on January 21, 1977, renumbered to KCC 737.

Notes:

1.	KCC 729, 731 and 742 were donated to NRHS-Promontory Chapter (Salt Lake City, Utah) on May 10, 1983. (click here for more information)
2.	KCC 737 was returned to Ore Haulage for parts; trucks used under various MP15ACs during truck rebuilding effort; body and frame scrapped by Ore Haulage during 1981.

Baldwin DRS6-4-1500 diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 1500 horsepower; 270,000 pounds operating weight

Road Number	First Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 734	KCC 901	Mar 1948	73474	16 Aug 1982	1

General Note:

a.	KCC 734 was built as Baldwin DRS6-4-1500 demonstrator 1501; sold to Kennecott 901 in 1949; wrecked in 1952, changed from A-1-A trucks to B-B trucks during wreck repairs; short hood lowered, "chopped", in June 1972; KCC 901 was transferred to Bingham mine on April 20, 1977, repainted yellow and renumbered to KCC 734.
b.	Equipped with 63:15 gear ratio.

Notes:

1.	KCC 734 was donated to NRHS-Promontory Chapter (Salt Lake City, Utah) on May 10, 1983. (click here for more information)

GE 90-ton electric — 4 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 750 VDC; 171,800 pounds operating weight; 50,300 pounds tractive effort

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 761	Feb 1942	15101	16 Aug 1982	1
KCC 762	Feb 1942	15102	8 Feb 1983	2
KCC 763	Mar 1942	15103	25 Mar 1979	2
KCC 764	Mar 1942	15104	25 Mar 1979	2

Notes:

1.	KCC 761 was donated to NRHS-Promontory Chapter (Salt Lake City, Utah) on May 10, 1983. (click here for more information)
2.	Scrapped by Kennecott at Dry Forks shops during 1983-1984

GE 100-ton electric — 1 locomotive (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 600 VDC (later converted to 750 VDC); 201,200 pounds operating weight; 50,300 pounds tractive effort

Road Number	First Number	Second Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 765	KCC 600 (2nd)	KCC 665	Mar 1942!	15105!	16 Jun 1982	1

General Note:

Built as Utah Copper 600 and used by Ore Delivery Department (B&G Ry.) in 600 VDC car dumper service at Magna and Arthur mills, joining numbers 737, 738, 740, 741, 1000, and 1001 already assigned there. Transferred to Bingham mine in December 1948 (converted to 750 VDC and renumbered to 665) upon beginning of operations of the new low-grade Ore Haulage line. The dumper yards at the mills were converted to 3000 VDC to allow use of the larger Ore Haulage locomotives in rotation with regular mine-to-mill service. Number 665 was renumbered to 765 in October 1965.

Notes:

1.	KCC 765 was scrapped by Kennecott at Dry Forks shops during 1983-1984

GE 125-ton electric — 8 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 750 VDC; 250,000 pounds operating weight; 57,700 pounds tractive effort

Road Number	First Number	Second Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 766	KCC 800	KCC 866	Mar 1952!	30920!	11 Nov 1983
KCC 767	KCC 801	KCC 867	Mar 1952!	30921!	11 Nov 1983	1
KCC 768	KCC 802	KCC 868	Mar 1952!	30922!	11 Nov 1983
KCC 769	KCC 803	KCC 869	Mar 1952!	30923!	11 Nov 1983
KCC 770	KCC 804	KCC 870	Nov 1955	32391	11 Nov 1983
KCC 771	KCC 805	KCC 871	Nov 1955	32392	11 Nov 1983	2
KCC 772	KCC 806	KCC 872	Nov 1955	32393	11 Nov 1983	3
KCC 773	KCC 807	KCC 873	Nov 1955	32394	11 Nov 1983

General Notes:

a.	KCC 766-769 were built as Utah Copper 800-series locomotives to support expansion of operations due to new 5940 tunnel; renumbered to 866-series locomotives; renumbered to 766-series locomotives; General Electric records show 770-773 as being built as numbers 870-873, but photographic research has found a photograph of number 871 with that number on the cab side and number 805 in the lighted number board.
b.	KCC 766 and 767 were built as 800 and 801, shipped from GE on February 18, 1952; numbers 768 and 769 were built as 802 and 803, shipped from GE on March 7, 1952; delivered to Lead Mine, Utah, Kennecott's interchange point with D&RGW's Bingham (Utah) Branch. (LN II 151-2)
c.	KCC 770 and 771 were built as 804 and 805, renumbered at GE to 870 and 871, shipped from GE on October 14, 1955; numbers 772 and 773 were built as numbers 806 and 807, renumbered at GE to 872 and 873, shipped from GE on December 22, 1955. (LN II 173-2)

Notes:

1.	KCC 767 was removed from service on November 11, 1982.
2.	KCC 771 was donated, along with 80-ton electric 700, 125-ton electric 407, and dump car 539, to Western Railway Museum, Rio Vista Junction, California in August 1984.
3.	KCC 772 was removed from service on May 15, 1982

GE 80-ton electric — 2 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 600 VDC; 165,740 pounds operating weight; 40,000 pounds tractive effort

Road Number	Previous Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 774	KCC 798	Dec 1917	6363	11 Feb 1974
(KCC 775)	KCC 799	May 1917	6272	11 May 1972

General Notes:

Built for General Electric stock; sold to Manufacturers Railway, St. Louis, Missouri in May 1918; sold to Utah Copper Company in June 1924 to electrify the car dumper yards at the Magna and Arthur mills; transferred to the Bingham mine in December 1948 upon startup of electrified Copperton Ore Haulage line; at the same time, the dumper yards at the mills were converted to 3000 VDC to allow use of the larger Ore Haulage locomotives in rotation with regular mine-to-mill service.

To Utah Copper as numbers 1000 and 1001 in 1924; to Kennecott Copper 1098 and 1099 in May 1964; to KCC 798 and 799 in October 1965; KCC 798 was renumbered to 774 in May 1966; KCC 799 was assigned number 775 but remained out of service during and after 1966 and was not renumbered.

May 1966 KCC Number	June 1924 UCC Number	May 1964 KCC Number	October 1965 KCC Number
KCC 774	UCC 1000	KCC 1098	KCC 798
(KCC 775)	UCC 1001	KCC 1099	KCC 799

GE 70-ton diesel-electric — 3 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 600 horsepower; 140,000 pounds operating weight

Road Number	First Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date To Utah	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 775	KCC-Nevada 61	Sep 1949	30374	1978	8 Feb 1982	1
KCC 776	KCC-Nevada 62	Sep 1949!	30375!	Jun 1966	16 Aug 1982	2
KCC 777	KCC-Nevada 66	Sep 1949!	30379!	Dec 1966	16 Aug 1982	3

General Note:

a.	KCC 775-777 were built as Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division, Ruth, Nevada 61, 62, 66; transferred to Kennecott-Utah Copper Division in 1966 and 1978; all three locomotives were assigned to Bingham Precipitation Plant, Copperton, Utah.

Notes:

1.	KCC 775 was donated to NRHS-Promontory Chapter, Salt Lake City, Utah; offered for sale via Ozark Mountain Railcar in July 2008, not sold; scrapped by NRHS-Promontory Chapter in July 2010. (2008 and 2010 update from Ron Sims via email dated December 26, 2010)
2.	KCC 776 was donated to NRHS-Promontory Chapter (Salt Lake City, Utah) on May 10, 1983. (click here for more information)
3.	KCC 777 was reported as being donated or sold to a museum in California, but more likely scrapped by Kennecott. (previously reported in error as being donated to NRHS-Promontory Chapter, update from Ron Sims via email dated December 26, 2010)

GE 125-ton electric — 1 locomotive (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B

Road Number	First Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 778	KCC-Chino 4	Apr 1958!	33348!	11 Nov 1983	1

General Notes:

a.	KCC 778 was built as Kennecott-Chino Mines Division 4, renumbered to 104; transferred to Kennecott-Utah Copper Division in December 1971 (seen loaded on flat car in-transit through Pueblo, Colorado on December 11, 1971, with trucks in separate gondola. (see Extra 2200 South, January-February 1972, page 30)
b.	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. Kennecott also painted Copperton Low Grade line cabooses 416 and 425 to a bicentennial paint scheme.

Notes:

1.	KCC 778 was donated, along with RS-3s 2 and 3, and RS-2 908, to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, in November 1985; still there in August 2010 (photo).

EMD GP39-2 diesel-electric — 11 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 2300 horsepower

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Received	Date Returned To Helm	1983 MKT Number	Later Number	Notes
KCC 779	Jan 1977	766028-1	11 Feb 1977	19 Sep 1983	MKT 380	UP 2350 / UP 1201
KCC 780	Jan 1977	766028-2	11 Feb 1977	19 Sep 1983	MKT 381	UP 2351 / UP 1208
KCC 781	Jan 1977	766028-3	11 Feb 1977	19 Sep 1983	MKT 382	UP 2352 / UP 1202
KCC 782	Jan 1977!	766028-4!	11 Feb 1977	19 Sep 1983	MKT 383	UP 2353 / UP 1203
KCC 783	Jan 1977	766028-5	13 Feb 1977	19 Sep 1983	MKT 384	UP 2354 / UP 1204
KCC 784	Jan 1977!	766028-6!	17 Feb 1977	(24 Aug 1983)		KCC 910	1
KCC 785	Jan 1977	766028-7	13 Feb 1977	19 Sep 1983	MKT 385	UP 2355 / UP 1205
KCC 786	Jan 1977	766028-8	12 Feb 1977	(24 Aug 1983)		KCC 911	2
KCC 787	Jan 1977	766028-9	17 Feb 1977	19 Sep 1983	MKT 386	UP 2356 / UP 1206
KCC 788	Jan 1977!	766028-10!	18 Feb 1977	19 Sep 1983	MKT 387	UP 2357 / UP 1207
KCC 789	Jan 1977!	766028-11!	21 Feb 1977	19 Sep 1983	MKT 388	UP 2358 / UP 1200

General Notes:

a.	Equipped with extra height cabs (26 inches) for improved visibility in the Bingham open pit copper mine.
b.	Equipped with extra clearance pilots and fuel tanks.
c.	Equipped with dynamic braking.
d.	KCC 779-789 were declared surplus and removed from service due to discontinuance of rail waste trains in September 1983.
e.	All 11 units were owned Kennecott, contrary to earlier reports that they were owned by Helm Financial and leased to Kennecott (Helm acted as Kennecott's agent for the lease to MKT).
f.	On August 2, 1984, a 13-year lease agreement was signed for KCC 779-783, 785, 787-789 (9 units) to be leased by Kennecott to Missouri-Kansas-Texas Railroad; the locomotives were brought up to operable condition and FRA standards, including lowering the extra height cabs; work was performed by National Railway Equipment at a leased facility in Clearfield, Utah, between August and October 1984; moved to MKT in October 1984, under their own power as part of a power-pool agreement between MKT and D&RGW; in service as MKT 380-388; changed to UP with MKT/UP merger in August 1988, locomotives renumbered to UP 2350-2358 between December 1988 and January 1991, renumbered to UP 1200-1208 (not in sequence) in 2001-2003.
g.	On all except KCC 782, the entire cab was lowered for the lease to MKT by removing the 26 inches of extra height, but because the actual cab roof was then too low, a four-inch hump was added to allow clearance to open the cab interior electrical cabinet doors. The extra-height cab on KCC 782, was in very poor shape from wreck damage repair by Kennecott (the cab had been sheared off by a mining shovel in the Bingham Canyon Mine). National Railway Equipment replaced the entire cab with one from a retired Milwaukee Road SD45.

Notes:

1.	KCC 784 was transferred to Ore Haulage on August 24, 1983, painted green and renumbered to KCC 910 at Bingham Dry Fork shops on November 8, 1983, shipped to Magna shops on January 18, 1984, entered service on February 3, 1984.
2.	KCC 786 was transferred to Ore Haulage on August 24, 1983, painted green and renumbered to KCC 911 at Bingham Dry Fork shops on November 18, 1983, shipped to Magna shops on November 22, 1983, entered service on December 8, 1983.

EMD GP39-2 diesel-electric — 10 locomotives (Bingham Utah Copper Mine)
B-B; 2300 horsepower

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Received	Date Sold	Later Number	Notes
KCC 790	Oct 1978	776116-1	17 Nov 1978	28 Feb 2008	Twin Cities & Western (TCWR) 2301	1
KCC 791	Oct 1978	776116-2	23 Nov 1978	May 1993	Copper Basin Railway 501	2
KCC 792	Oct 1978	776116-3	20 Nov 1978	2002	RailWorks / Tangent Rail / Stella-Jones	3
KCC 793	Oct 1978	776116-4	19 Nov 1978	Jun 1989	Soo 4598; then CP 4598	4
KCC 794	Oct 1978	776116-5	23 Nov 1978	Jun 1989	Soo 4599; then CP 4599	5
KCC 795	Oct 1978	776116-6	28 Nov 1978	Aug 1995	HLCX 3950 / UP 2749 / ILSX 1390	6
KCC 796	Oct 1978	776116-7	28 Nov 1978	May 1993	Copper Basin Railway 502	7
KCC 797	Nov 1978	776116-8	10 Nov 1978	Aug 1995	HLCX 3951 / UP 2750 / ILSX 1389	8
KCC 798	Nov 1978	776116-9	17 Nov 1978	Jun 2005	Dakota & Iowa Railroad (DAIR) 2510	9
KCC 799	Nov 1978	776116-10	28 Nov 1978	2002	RailWorks / Tangent Rail / Stella-Jones	10

General Notes:

a.	Equipped with extra height cabs (26 inches) for improved visibility in the Bingham open pit copper mine.
b.	Equipped with extra clearance pilots and fuel tanks.
c.	Equipped with dynamic braking.
d.	Federal ICC documents show that all 10 locomotives were owned by Kennecott Copper, and financed through a lien-lease agreement with First Security Bank of Utah, dated September 1, 1978 (transferred to First Security Leasing Company on September 15, 1980); last day of lease was January 15, 1997. (ICC Recordation 9792)
e.	Number 790 rebuilt in-kind by Morrison Knudsen (Boise, Idaho) in February 1993.
f.	Number 799 rebuilt in-kind by AMF (Montreal, Quebec) in May 1993.
g.	KCC 791, 794, 795, and 797 were briefly in service as KCC 108-111, for about six months from late 1987 to April 1988, when the slurry pipeline between the new Copperton concentrator and the Garfield smelter went into service, reducing the need for motive power on the mainline railroad.

Notes:

1.	KCC 790 was transferred to Haulage Division in March 1988; sold (along with KCC 910) to Twin Cities & Western (TCWR) 2301 on February 28, 2008, stored at Provo, Utah, at time of sale; moved in July 2008 to Mid America Car in Kansas City to have the high cab cut down to standard height; completed and delivered to TC&W on March 17, 2009. (photo as TCWR 790, with high cab) (photo as TWCR 2301) (TC&W sale date and location from Mike Bargmann via email dated January 1, 2012)
2.	KCC 791 was transferred to Haulage Division in October 1986; sold to Copper Basin Railway (Hayden, Arizona) number 501 in May 1993 (rebuilt with low cab by AMF, Montreal in September 1993; AMF is Atelier Montreal Facility, formerly the Canadian National Montreal shops) (photo as CBRy 501)
3.	KCC 792 was sold (along with KCC 707 and 799) to Railworks in 2002, as contract operator of Kennecott's rail operations at Magna/Garfield, Utah; sold to Tangent Rail in October 2005 and used at Magna/Garfield; sold to Stella-Jones in April 2010, as part of their purchase of Tangent Rail. (click here for more information about the switching contract) (There were reports that 792 and 799 were used briefly during April 2009 at Energy Solutions at Clive, Utah, 59 miles west of Garfield on UP's former WP mainline.)
4.	KCC 793 was sold to Soo Line 4598 in late June 1989 (cab cut down to normal height)
5.	KCC 794 was transferred to Haulage Division in October 1986; sold to Soo Line 4599 in late June 1989 (cab cut down to normal height)
6.	KCC 795 was transferred to Haulage Division in October 1986; sold to Helm Financial in August 1995, cab rebuilt to standard configuration, in lease service as HLCX 3950, leased to UP 2749, August 1996; retired by UP in January 2001, returned to Helm; sold to Independent Locomotive Service (ILSX) and used in national lease service as ILSX 1390, painted maroon with yellow lettering (2011 photo), in service on Illinois Railroad (OmniTrax) at Ottawwa, Illinois.
7.	KCC 796 was sold to Copper Basin Railway (Hayden, Arizona) number 502 in May 1993. (rebuilt with a standard cab by AMF Montreal in September 1993; AMF is Atelier Montreal Facility, formerly the Canadian National Montreal shops) (photo as CBRy 502) (photo as CBRy 502)
8.	KCC 797 was transferred to Haulage Division in October 1986; sold to Helm Financial in August 1995, cab rebuilt to standard configuration, in lease service as HLCX 3951 (1996 photo), leased to UP 2750, August 1996; retired by UP in January 2001, returned to Helm; sold to Independent Locomotive Service (ILSX) and used in national lease service as ILSX 1389, still in UP paint until March 2007 when it was repainted at Horicon in Crawford, Wisconsin, in maroon with yellow lettering (2007 photo), in service during April 2011 on Twin Cities & Western at Moorhead, Minnesota (2011 photo).
9.	KCC 798 was sold (along with KCC 911) to National Railway Equipment in June 2005 (Extra 2200 South, issue 128, page 16); seen at Provo, Utah on Utah Railway on June 11, 2005 (not yet as NREX) (photo) and at Denver, Colorado on June 30, 2005 (photos at Trainorders.com); seen as NREX 798 at Concord, Ontario, Canada on July 29, 2005 (2005 photo); stored at NRE's Dixmoor facility as NREX 798 in mid September 2005; cab cut down in October 2006 and sold to Dakota & Iowa Railroad (DAIR) as their 2510. (information from Ken Lanovich, via LocoNotes, September 10, 2005 and October 18, 2006) (photos as NREX 798: August 2005; November 2006, at RR Picture Archive)
10.	KCC 799 was sold (along with KCC 707 and 792) to Railworks in 2002, as contract operator of Kennecott's rail operations at Magna/Garfield, Utah; sold to Tangent Rail in October 2005 and used at Magna/Garfield; sold to Stella-Jones in April 2010, as part of their purchase of Tangent Rail. (click here for more information about the switching contract) (There were reports that 792 and 799 were used briefly during April 2009 at Energy Solutions at Clive, Utah, 59 miles west of Garfield on UP's former WP mainline.)

Alco S-2 diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Bingham & Garfield)
B-B; 1000 horsepower; 228,300 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date To Nevada	Notes
B&G 800	Jul 1942	69908	1944	1

General Notes:

a.	Built as Bingham & Garfield Railway 800; used as yard switcher at Magna, Utah from 1942 until transferred to Nevada in 1944.

Notes:

1.	B&G 800 was transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division in 1944, in service until 1970.

Baldwin VO1000 diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Bingham & Garfield)
B-B; 1000 horsepower; 236,000 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date In Service	Date To New Mexico	Notes
B&G 801	Dec 1942	64731	31 Jan 1943	1949	1

General Notes:

a.	Built as Bingham & Garfield Railway 801; used as yard switcher at Magna, Utah from 1943 until transferred to New Mexico 1949.

Notes:

1.	B&G 801 was transferred to Kennecott-Chino Mines Division in 1949, renumbered to Chino 80; transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division in September 1963, renumbered to Nevada number 801.

GE 128-ton diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Bingham & Garfield)
B-B; (2) Cooper-Bessemer engines; 1500 horsepower; 267,300 pounds operating weight

1943 B&G Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	1943 KCC Number	Notes
B&G 802	Mar 1943	15634	B&G 900	1

General Notes:

a.	B&G/KCC 802 had a center-cab design and was one of the largest center-cabs built by General Electric.
b.	(click here for a separate article about these 19 large center cab locomotives built by GE)

Notes:

1.	B&G/KCC 802 was built in March 1943, renumbered to KCC 900 just three months later, in June 1943.

Baldwin VO1000 diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Bingham & Garfield)
B-B; 1000 horsepower; 236,000 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date In Service	Date To Nevada	Notes
B&G 803	Feb 1943	64743	24 Mar 1943	1948	1

General Notes:

a.	Built as Bingham & Garfield Railway 803; used as yard switcher at Magna, Utah from 1943 until transferred to Nevada in 1948.

Notes:

1.	B&G 803 was transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division in November 1948

GE 128-ton diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Bingham & Garfield / Ore Haulage)
B-B; (2) Cooper-Bessemer engines; 1500 horsepower; 267,300 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Previous Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
B&G 900	B&G 802	Mar 1943	15634	1972	1

General Notes:

a.	Bingham & Garfield 900 had a center-cab design and was one of the largest center-cabs built by General Electric.
b.	Built as Bingham & Garfield 802 in March 1943, renumbered to B&G 900 just three months later, in June 1943.
c.	B&G 802/900 was one of 19 similar very large center-cab locomotives built by General Electric. (Click here for more information)
d.	The frame with bare engine blocks was stored on shop trucks at the Magna shops as late as 1972.

Notes:

1.	KCC 900 was scrapped by Kennecott at their Magna shops in July 1969

Baldwin DRS6-4-1500 diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Ore Haulage)
B-B (originally A1A-A1A); 1500 horsepower; 270,000 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date In Service	Date Renumbered	1977 KCC Number	Notes
KCC 901	Mar 1948	73474	14 Mar 1948	1977	KCC 734	1

General Notes:

a.	Number 901 was built as Baldwin DRS6-4-1500 demonstrator 1501; sold to Kennecott 901 in 1949 (in-service date from Baldwin records dated June 1960).
b.	Equipped with 63:15 gear ratio.
c.	Wrecked in December 1952, changed from A1A-A1A trucks to B-B trucks during wreck repairs.
d.	Short hood lowered, "chopped", in June 1972.
e.	Transferred to Bingham mine on April 20, 1977, repainted yellow.
f.	Photograph with new chopped nose in Extra 2200 South, Issue 36, September-October 1972, page 26; photo by W. Greg Champlain, pseudonym for Don Strack.

Notes:

1.	KCC 901 was transferred to Bingham Mine, renumbered to KCC 734 on April 20, 1977.

Alco RS-2 diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 1500 horsepower; 229,500 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Renumbered	1977 KCC Number	Notes
KCC 902	Nov 1949	77563	1977	KCC 737	1

General Notes:

a.	Short hood lowered by Kennecott-Utah Copper Division in July 1972.
b.	Photograph with new chopped nose in Extra 2200 South, Issue 36, September-October 1972, page 26; photo by W. Greg Champlain, pseudonym for Don Strack.

Notes:

1.	KCC 902 was transferred to Bingham Mine on January 21, 1977, renumbered to KCC 737

EMD SD7 diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Ore Haulage)
C-C; 16-567BC engine; 1500 horsepower; 342,880 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 903	Dec 1952	17411	8 Apr 1988	1

General Notes:

a.	Not equipped with dynamic braking.
b.	Short hood lowered ("chopped") by Kennecott in April 1972.
c.	EMD order number: 6456-1.
d.	(click here for notes on the modern lettering of KCC diesels)

Notes:

1.	KCC 903 was removed from service on April 8, 1988; sold to locomotive dealer Western Railway Supply; sold to Minnesota Valley Rail Authority (MNVA), Morton, Minnesota in November 1990; seen on January 1, 1991 at Omaha, Nebraska en route to MNVA; scrapped by MNVA during 1994.

EMD SD24 diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Ore Haulage)
2400 horsepower; C-C trucks; 386,000 pounds operating weight

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 904	Mar 1963	28170	8 Apr 1988	1

General Notes:

a.	Kennecott 904 was the last EMD SD24 built, the only one built in 1963, with none having been built in 1962. Kennecott had wanted a six-axle version of the then currently available GP30.
b.	Equipped with dynamic braking.
c.	EMD order number: 5649-1.
d.	(click here for notes on the modern lettering of KCC diesels)

Notes:

KCC 904 was removed from service on April 8, 1988; sold to locomotive dealer Western Railway Supply (also known as Western Rail Dismantlers); sold to Minnesota Valley Rail Authority (MNVA), Morton, Minnesota in November 1990; seen on January 1, 1991 at Omaha, Nebraska en route to MNVA (photo in Locomotive Notes II, Number 176, January-February 1994, page 10); sold to Pioneer Rail Equipment (PREX) 2400 in December 1994 at the same time that MNVA was sold to Minnesota Central Railroad (MNCR); stored on ground without trucks at Bismarck, North Dakota during July 1998. (photo in Locomotive Notes II, September-October 1998, Number 204, page 9)

EMD GP39-2 diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 2300 horsepower

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Received	Date In Service	Date Sold	Later Number	Notes
KCC 905	Dec 1976	756151-1	4 Jan 1977	5 Jan 1977	2000-2005	RARW 1011	1

General Notes:

a.	Equipped with dynamic braking.

Notes:

1.	Kennecott 905 was still in service as late as 1994; sold to Rarus Railway (RARW) 1011 between 2000 and 2005; sold by Rarus before March 2010.

EMD MP15AC diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 1500 horsepower

Road Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Received	Date In Service	Date Returned To Helm	Later Number	Notes
KCC 906	Dec 1976	756152-1	8 Jan 1977	18 Jan 1977	1999	LLPX 131	1

Notes:

1.	KCC 906 was sold to EMD/GATX owned Locomotive Leasing Partners (LLPX) in July 1999; seen at Livingston Rebuild Center in Montana during early 1999; still there in late October 1999; seen as LLPX 131 in May 2000 at Livingston, Montana.

Alco RS-2 diesel-electric — 2 locomotives (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 1500 horsepower

Road Number	First Number	Date To Utah	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 907	KCC-Nevada 103	Oct 1978	Nov 1949	77564	Jun 1982	1
KCC 908	KCC-Nevada 104	Oct 1978	Nov 1949	77888	1982	2

General Notes:

a.	Built as Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 103 and 104; transferred to Kennecott-Utah Copper Division in October 1978, renumbered to 907 and 908 in May 1979.
b.	Used by KCC-Utah as stand-by for Utah Smelter 1, 2, and 3 prior to the delivery of new GP39-2s Smelter 1 and Smelter 2.

Notes:

1.	KCC 907 was removed from service in June 1982; donated to Pacific Southwest Railway Museum, Campo, California on July 9, 1984, delivered to La Mesa, California in November 1984, moved to Campo on February 28, 1987. (more PSRM information)
2.	KCC 908 was removed from service during 1982; donated (along with Smelter RS-3s 2 and 3, and 125-ton mine electric 778) to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, in November 1985; still there as of January 2012, unserviceable.

Alco RSD-4 diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Ore Haulage)
C-C; 1500 horsepower

Road Number	First Number	Date To Utah	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Retired	Notes
KCC 909	KCC-Nevada 201	1978	May 1951	78217	1982	1

General Notes:

a.	Built as Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 201; used occasionally by Nevada Northern Railway as stand-by motive power for their SD7.
b.	Transferred to Kennecott-Utah Copper Division in 1978, renumbered to 909; returned briefly to Nevada and used by Nevada Northern from November 2, 1979 to May 5, 1980.

Notes:

1.	KCC 909 was removed from service in 1982; donated to Puget Sound Railway Historical Society (Snoqualmie, Washington), along with 80-ton electric 724 and 50-ton dump car 212; shipped from Bingham mine on January 12, 1984; many air brake problems en route; delivered to Snoqualmie on July 11, 1984. (click here for a photo as KCC 201 at Snoqualmie, Washington)

EMD GP39-2 diesel-electric — 2 locomotives (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 2300 horsepower

Road Number	First Number	Date To 900 Series	Builder Date	Builder Number	Date Sold	Later Number	Notes
KCC 910	KCC 784	8 Nov 1983	Jan 1977!	766028-6!	28 Feb 2008	Twin Cities & Western (TCWR) 2300	1
KCC 911	KCC 786	18 Nov 1983	Jan 1977	766028-8	Jun 2005	Dakota & Iowa Railroad (DAIR) 2511	2

General Notes:

a.	Both locomotives were transferred to Ore Haulage to replace aging SD7 903 and SD24 904, which were to be retired.
b.	Equipped with extra height cabs (26 inches) for improved visibility in the Bingham open pit copper mine.
c.	Equipped with dynamic braking.
d.	Both units were owned Kennecott, contrary to earlier reports that they were owned by Helm Financial and leased to Kennecott (Helm acted as Kennecott's agent for the lease of KCC 779-799 to MKT).
e.	Number 910 was built as Bingham Utah Copper Mine 784, transferred to Ore Haulage on August 24, 1983, painted green and renumbered to 910 at Bingham Dry Fork shops on November 8, 1983, shipped to Magna shops on January 18, 1984, entered service on February 3, 1984; the locomotive was held at Dry Fork shops prior to release to service on Ore Haulage due to needed truck work.
f.	Number 911 was built as Bingham Utah Copper Mine 786, transferred to Ore Haulage on August 24, 1983, painted green and renumbered to 911 at Bingham Dry Fork shops on November 18, 1983, shipped to Magna shops on November 22, 1983, entered service on December 8, 1983.
g.	Numbers 910 and 911 were rebuilt in-kind by Morrison Knudsen (Boise, Idaho) in May 1992; paint scheme changed from Ore Haulage green and yellow, to the all-yellow scheme used at the mine. (photo in 1994)

Notes:

1.	KCC 910 was sold (along with KCC 790) to Twin Cities & Western (TCWR) 2300 on February 28, 2008, stored at Provo, Utah, at time of sale; moved in July 2008 to Mid America Car in Kansas City to have the high cab cut down to standard height; completed and delivered to TC&W on March 17, 2009. (photo as TCWR 910, with high cab) (photo as TC&W 2300) (TC&W sale date and location from Mike Bargmann via email dated January 1, 2012)
2.	KCC 911 was sold (along with KCC 798) to National Railway Equipment in June 2005 (Extra 2200 South, issue 128, page 16); seen at Provo, Utah on Utah Railway on June 11, 2005 (not yet as NREX) (photo)and at Denver, Colorado on June 30, 2005; seen as NREX 911 at Concord, Ontario, Canada on July 29, 2005 (photo); sold to Dakota & Iowa Railroad (DAIR) as their 2511; cab being lowered by NRE at Dixmoor during mid October 2006, completed by November 25, 2006. (information from Ken Lanovich, via LocoNotes, October 18, 2006 and December 10, 2006)

EMD SW1500 diesel-electric — 3 locomotives (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 1500 horsepower

Road Number	First Number	Second Number	Builder Date	Builder Number	Notes
KCC 912	CRI&P 943	KCC 714	Jul 1966	31748
KCC 913	CRI&P 948	KCC 716	Jul 1966	31753
KCC 914	CRI&P 949	KCC 717	Jul 1966	31754

General Notes:

a.	KMC 912-914 were built as Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific 943, 948 and 949; returned to owner, United States Leasing, upon Rock Island's shutdown in March 1980; stored at CRI&P's Silvis shops until moved to Morrison Knudsen for refurbishment; refurbished in December 1982 and sold (leased?) to Kennecott; removed from service on January 4, 1984; renumbered to 900-series in April 1987.

EMD MP15AC diesel-electric — 1 locomotive (Ore Haulage)
B-B; 1500 horsepower

Road Number	Previous Number	Date Renumbered	Builder Date	Builder Number	Notes
KCC 915	KCC 701	Oct 1986	Dec 1978!	776117-1!	1

General Notes:

a.	KCC 915 was built as KCC 701; renumbered to KCC 915 in October 1986

Notes:

1.	KCC 915 (ex KCC 701) was sold to Helm Financial in January 1997; leased to Union Pacific as UP 1430 on June 18, 1997; renumbered to UPY 1430 in October 2001; returned to Helm in March 2002.

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Donation To NHRS-Promontory Chapter

On May 10, 1983, Kennecott donated several pieces of rail equipment to the Promontory Chapter of National Railway Historical Society in Salt Lake City, Utah. The equipment donated included:

KCC 402 (125-ton electric)
KCC 759 (80-ton electric)
KCC 761 (90-ton electric)
KCC 729 (RS-2)
KCC 731 (RS-2)
KCC 734 (DRS6-4-1500)
KCC 742 (RS-2)
KCC 775 (GE 70-ton)
KCC 776 (GE 70-ton)

Electrics 759 and 761 and five diesels were sold in January 1984 to Industrial Salvage & Metals (Salt Lake City, Utah), in trade for Utah Railway RSD-4 number 306 and RSD-15 401.

Electric 402 was traded to Oquirrh Mountain Mining Museum, displayed at Deseret Peak Complex (motor sports center) near Grantsville, Utah.

Diesel 775 was scrapped in July 2010.

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Kennecott Utah Copper

Roster of Electric and Diesel-Electric Locomotives

Further Reading

Additional Information

General Locomotive Notes

Utah Copper Division

Donation To NHRS-Promontory Chapter