Kennecott Utah Copper
Steam Locomotives
By Don Strack
Utah Copper Co. — 1903-1941
American Smelting & Refining Co., Garfield Smelter — 1906-1959
Bingham & Garfield Railway — 1911-1948
Kennecott Copper Corp., Utah Copper Division — 1941-1948
Davenport 0-4-0 Saddle Tank — 2 locomotives (Utah Copper)
11x16 cylinders
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 01 | 1906 | |||
| 02 | 1906 | |||
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Davenport 0-4-0 Saddle Tank — 2 locomotives (Utah Copper)
13x18 cylinders
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 03 | 1906 | |||
| 04 | 1906 | |||
0-4-0 Side Tank — 1 locomotive (Utah Copper)
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 5 | Second hand 0-4-0T+T built by the Rock Island Silvis Shops in the mid 1880s. A sister engine survives today at Railtown 1897 in Jamestown, California. (information from Kyle Wyatt, May 20, 2003) | |||
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Porter 0-6-0 Side Tank — 1 locomotive (Utah Copper)
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 6 | Purchased from Southern Iron & Equipment Company (dealer) | |||
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Porter 0-4-0 Saddle Tank — 2 locomotives (Utah Copper)
16x24 cylinders; 46 inch drivers; 98,500 pounds total engine weight; 98,500 pounds weight on drivers; 19,800 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 7 | Feb 1907 | 3766 | ||
| 8 | Feb 1907 | 3767 |
General Notes:
| a. | Equipped with full saddle tanks across boiler |
| b. | See Locomotive Notes II, Issue 128, page 5. |
Baldwin 0-6-0 — 2 locomotives (Utah Copper)
20x24 cylinders; 51 inch drivers; 127,000 pounds total engine weight; 29,300 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 9 | 1907 | Ex Bingham & Garfield 100(?) | ||
| 10 | 1907 | Ex Bingham & Garfield 101(?) | ||
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Porter 0-4-0 Saddle Tank — 21 locomotive (Utah Copper)
16x24 cylinders; 46 inch drivers; 98,500 pounds total engine weight; 98,500 pounds weight on drivers; 19,800 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 11 | Jun 1907 | 3903 | ||
| 12 | Aug 1907 | 3971 | ||
| 13 | Aug 1907 | 3972 | ||
| 14 | Nov 1907 | 4005 | ||
| 15 | Nov 1907 | 4006 | ||
| 16 | Dec 1908 | 4239 | ||
| 17 | Dec 1908 | 4240 | Transferred to Kennecott-Chino Mines Division (Santa Rita, New Mexico) number 18; sold to Utah Construction Co., number 18, headquarters in San Leandro, Calif. (Locomotive Notes II, Number 135, page 4) | |
| 18 | Apr 1909 | 4327 | ||
| 19 | Apr 1909 | 4328 | ||
| 20 | May 1909 | 4336 | ||
| 21 | May 1909 | 4337 | ||
| 22 | May 1910 | 4580 | ||
| 23 | May 1910 | 4581 | ||
| 24 | May 1910 | 4621 | ||
| 25 | May 1910 | 4622 | ||
| 26 | Jun 1910 | 4623 | ||
| 27 | Jun 1910 | 4624 | ||
| 28 | Jul 1910 | 4625 | ||
| 29 | Jul 1910 | 4626 | ||
| 30 | Aug 1910 | 4627 | ||
| 31 | Aug 1910 | 4628 |
General Notes:
| a. | Equipped with full saddle tanks across boiler. |
| b. | See Locomotive Notes II 130-4, 131-4, 132-4, 135-4, 137-4, 140-5, 141-5. |
Porter 0-4-0 Side Tank — 10 locomotives (Utah Copper)
(cylinder size: see general notes); 46 inch drivers; 87,000 pounds total engine weight; 87,000 pounds weight on drivers; 17,950 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 32 | Nov 1910 | 4781 | ||
| 33 | Nov 1910 | 4782 | ||
| 34 | Nov 1910 | 4783 | ||
| 35 | Nov 1910 | 4784 | ||
| 36 | Dec 1910 | 4785 | ||
| 37 | Dec 1910 | 4786 | ||
| 38 | Jan 1911 | 4787 | ||
| 39 | Jan 1911 | 4788 | ||
| 40 | Jan 1911 | 4801 | ||
| 41 | Jan 1911 | 4802 |
General Notes:
| a. | Equipped with full saddle tanks across boiler |
| b. | Numbers 32-39 were equipped with 15x24 inch cylinders |
| c. | Numbers 40 and 41 were equipped with 15x20 inch cylinders |
| d. | See Locomotive Notes II, Issue 144, page 5 |
Baldwin 0-6-2 Side Tank — 10 locomotives (Utah Copper)
20x24 cylinders; 50 inch drivers; 154,000 pounds total engine weight; 30,000 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 71 | 1915 | 42620 | Transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 71 in 1932-1934 | |
| 72 | 1915 | 42621 | Transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 72 in 1932-1934 | |
| 73 | 1915 | 42622 | Transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 73 in 1932-1934 | |
| 74 | 1915 | 42623 | Transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 74 in 1932-1934 | |
| 75 | 1915 | 42624 | Transferred to Kennecott-Chino Mines Division 37 in 1929 | |
| 76 | 1915 | 42625 | Transferred to Kennecott-Chino Mines Division 38 in 1929 | |
| 77 | 1917 | 45434 | Transferred to Kennecott-Chino Mines Division 39 in 1929 | |
| 78 | 1917 | 45435 | Transferred to Kennecott-Chino Mines Division 40 in 1929 | |
| 79 | 1917 | 45436 | Transferred to Kennecott-Chino Mines Division 35 in 1929 | |
| 80 | 1917 | 45437 | Transferred to Kennecott-Chino Mines Division 36 in 1929 | |
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Baldwin 0-6-2 Side Tank — 8 locomotives (Utah Copper)
13x18 cylinders
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 81 | 1923 | 57016 | Transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 81 in 1929 | |
| 82 | 1923 | 57019 | Transferred to Kennecott-Chino Mines Division 33 in 1929 | |
| 83 | 1923 | 57020 | Transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 83 in 1929 | |
| 84 | 1923 | 57091 | Transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 84 in 1929 | |
| 85 | 1923 | 57092 | Transferred to Kennecott-Chino Mines Division 34 in 1929 | |
| 86 | 1924 | 57768 | Transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 86 in 1929 | |
| 87 | 1924 | 57769 | Transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 87 in 1929 | |
| 88 | 1924 | 57770 | Transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division 88 in 1929 |
Notes:
| 1. | Number 85 was transferred from Utah to Chino, then transferred to Nevada (retaining number 34). Converted to 0-6-0T at an unknown place and time. Sold to Lavino Furnace Co. (E. J. Lavino & Company), transferred to Reusens, Va. in November 1949. (LN II 153-1) Donated to Virginia Museum of Transportation, Roanoke, Va. by July 1991. (LN II 159-1) |
Alco-Schenectady 0-8-8-0 — 4 locomotives (Bingham & Garfield)
26/41x28 cylinders; 51 inch drivers; 462,840 pounds total engine weight; 102,000 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 100 | Jun 1911 | 49978 | ||
| 101 | Jul 1911 | 50018 | ||
| 102 | Nov 1911 | 50483 | ||
| 103 | Aug 1912 | 51710 |
General Notes:
| a. | Bingham & Garfield 100-103 also had 123,000 pounds simple tractive effort. |
Alco-Schenectady 0-8-8-0 — 2 locomotives (Bingham & Garfield)
26/41x28 cylinders; 51 inch drivers; 477,000 pounds total engine weight; 105,500 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 104 | Mar 1917 | 56788 | ||
| 105 | Mar 1917 | 56965 |
General Notes:
| a. | Bingham & Garfield 104 and 105 also had 127,000 pounds simple tractive effort. |
Alco-Schenectady 0-8-8-0 — 2 locomotives (Bingham & Garfield)
26/40x28 cylinders; 51 inch drivers; 474,400 pounds total engine weight; 470,000 pounds weight on drivers; 107,000 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
First Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 107 | B&M 800 | Oct 1922 | 63455 | ||
| 108 | B&M 801 | Oct 1922 | 63456 |
General Notes:
| a. | Bingham & Garfield 107 and 108 were purchased second-hand from Boston & Maine 800 and 801 in June 1929. |
| b. | Bingham & Garfield 107 and 108 also had 128,000 pounds simple tractive effort. |
Baldwin 2-8-8-2 — 2 locomotives (Bingham & Garfield)
25/39x32 cylinders; 56 inch drivers; 526,000 pounds total engine weight; 103,000 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
First Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 109 | N&W 1721 | Aug 1918 | 51936 | Renumbered to B&G 400:2 | |
| 110 | N&W 1723 | Sep 1918 | 52298 | Renumbered to B&G 401:2 |
General Notes:
| a. | Bingham & Garfield 109 and 110 were purchased second-hand from Norfolk & Western 1721 and 1723 in 1943. |
| b. | Bingham & Garfield 109 and 110 also had 125,000 pounds simple tractive effort. |
| c. | Very similar, if not identical, to D&RGW 3550-3564 (Class L-109); D&RGW received ex N&W 1722 (D&RGW 3551) and ex N&W 1724 (D&RGW 3552). |
| d. | See article about N&W sales of surplus locomotives during World War II, "N&W's wandering Y-3's", by Ed King, in Railroads and World War II, Classic Trains Special Number 6, 2008 (Kalmbach), page 53; in the article, Mr. King states, "Norfolk & Western got into the used locomotive market as a vendor in December 1942, when it sold two 2-6-6-2's in class Z-la to the power-starved Denver & Rio Grande Western. In 1943, N&W sold eight Y-2a 2-8-8-2's to the D&RGW and then two more Y-2a's to the Utah Copper Company for its Bingham & Garfield road-haul railroad. The latter two locomotives, which were used in slow-speed service, kept their N&W numbers as B&G 1721 and 1723." Mr. King also says that the USRA standard design 2-8-8-2 was based on these N&W Class Y2a locomotives. |
Alco-Brooks 2-8-0 — 1 locomotive (Bingham & Garfield)
21x30 cylinders; 51 inch drivers; 211,460 pounds total engine weight; 41,900 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 200 | Dec 1914 | 54900 | ||
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Baldwin 0-6-0 — 2 locomotives (Bingham & Garfield)
21x26 cylinders; 51 inch drivers; 164,600 pounds total engine weight; 34,400 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 300 | Dec 1911 | 37376 | Sold to Hanford Engineering Works, Richland, Wash., number 39-209 | |
| 301 | Dec 1911 | 37377 | ||
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Baldwin 0-6-0 — 4 locomotives (Bingham & Garfield)
22x26 cylinders; 51 inch drivers; 164,600 pounds total engine weight; 37,750 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 302 | Apr 1912 | 37668 | 1 | |
| 303 | Apr 1912 | 37669 | 2 | |
| 304 | Apr 1912 | 37670 | ||
| 305 | Apr 1912 | 37671 |
Notes:
| 1. | B&G 302 was transferred to Kennecott-Nevada Mines Division number 300 in 1937. |
| 2. | B&G 303 was sold to General Construction Company (Owyhee Dam Project, Ore.), number 303. Sold for scrap in 1936. |
Baldwin 0-6-0 — 2 locomotives (Bingham & Garfield)
22x26 cylinders; 51 inch drivers; 172,500 pounds total engine weight; 37,750 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 306 | Sep 1912 | 40618 | ||
| 307 | Sep 1912 | 40619 | ||
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Baldwin 0-6-0 — 2 locomotives (Bingham & Garfield)
22x26 cylinders; 51 inch drivers; 175,800 pounds total engine weight; 38,800 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 308 | Feb 1917 | 45131 | ||
| 309 | Feb 1917 | 45132 | ||
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Baldwin 0-6-0 — 2 locomotives (Bingham & Garfield)
20x26 cylinders; 51 inch drivers; 138,400 pounds total engine weight; 31,200 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
First Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 400 (1st) | L&S 3 | Dec 1906 | 29712 | ||
| 401 (1st) | B&G 4 | Dec 1906 | 29713 | Sold to Peninsula Terminal 401 in June 1931 |
General Notes:
| a. | Utah Copper 400 (1st) was purchased second-hand from Ludlow & Southern 3 |
| b. | Utah Copper 401 (1st) was purchased second-hand from Bullfrog & Goldfield 4 |
Baldwin 2-8-8-2 — 2 locomotives (Bingham & Garfield)
25/39x32 cylinders; 56 inch drivers; 526,000 pounds total engine weight; 103,000 pounds tractive effort
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Road Number |
First Number |
Second Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 400 (2nd) | 109 | N&W 1721 | Aug 1918 | 51936 | ||
| 401 (2nd) | 110 | N&W 1723 | Sep 1918 | 52298 |
General Notes:
| a. | Bingham & Garfield 400 and 401 (2nd) were purchased second-hand from Norfolk & Western 1721 and 1723 in 1943, first numbered as 109 and 110, renumbered to 400 and 401. |
| b. | Bingham & Garfield 400 and 401 (2nd) also had 125,000 pounds simple tractive effort. |
Alco-Richmond 0-8-0 — 1 locomotive (Bingham & Garfield)
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Road Number |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 500 | Jun 1924 | 65663 | ||
Roster general notes:
1. Steam locomotive roster compiled from information furnished by Allen Copeland and Locomotive Notes II.
2. Original organization was Utah Copper Company, which operated the Bingham mine, and the Magna and Arthur concentrator mills, and the Bingham and Garfield Railway, which operated the common carrier railroad between the mine and the mills, using steam locomotives. The Bingham and Garfield was also known within Utah Copper as the Ore Delivery Department.
3. Utah Copper was purchased by Kennecott Copper Corporation in 1936 and became the Utah Copper Division in 1941. The Bingham and Garfield Railway was replaced in late 1947 by a new, all-electric, low grade line (called the Copperton Low Line) between the mine and the mills. At the same time the operating organization was changed from the Bingham and Garfield Railway to Ore Haulage. The mine locomotives and trains were operated by the mine organization, connecting with Ore Haulage at the Copperton yard. Ore Haulage operated all of the remaining rail organization, including the ore trains, the mill dumpers, and all local and yard switching at the mills and the refinery. The rail operations at the Utah smelter were always operated by the smelter organization.
4. 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.
5. Boston Consolidated Mining Company purchased six 0-4-0T, 36-inch gauge locomotives with 10x16 cylinders in May 1906 from H. K. Porter and Company (Porter 3560-3565), plus four more in September 1906 (Porter 3707-3710), plus two more in April 1907 (Porter 3867, 3868). (Locomotive Notes II, Number 125, page 4; Number 127, page 3; Number 130, page 4)
6. Utah Copper Company and Boston Consolidated Mining Company merged in March 1910; the dispositions of these former Boston Consolidated locomotives is not known.
