Bamberger Equipment Rosters

This page was last updated on July 9, 2011.

Additional Bamberger Equipment

Steam Locomotives

This roster is based on information presented in Ira Swett's "Interurbans of Utah."

No.	Type	Service
1	0-4-2	Light Passenger (Dummy)
11	0-4-2	Light Passenger (Tank)
18	4-4-0	Heavy Passenger & Freight
19	4-4-0	Heavy Passenger & Freight
20	4-4-0	Heavy Passenger & Freight
21	4-4-0	Heavy Passenger & Freight
22	4-6-0	Heavy Freight
24	0-4-0	Switcher & Light Freight

Steam locomotives of the lighter type were scrapped when electric operation took over. The heavier engines were sold to various railroads, usually industrial roads. One, No. 26, was reportedly sold to the Salt Lake & Utah and was used in constructing that interurban line, after which it was scrapped.

The steam-era passenger cars were purchased used from the Brooklyn Rapid Transit and were closed coaches with open platforms, forty in number. Some open cars were also operated in steam trains. After electrification, some of these closed coaches were equipped with electric lights and used as trailers. Later these trailers were rebuilt into express trailers and were used through World War 1. The rather light construction of these cars made it necessary to restrict their speed; in the days of steam operation, this was no problem -- but with the advent of the much faster electric interurban service the company was forced to purchase interurban trailers which could safely operate at high speeds.

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