Copper Belt Railway
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Locomotives
| Road Number |
Builder Number |
Builder Date |
Date Delivered By Lima |
Lima Class | D&RGW Class |
Date Retired By D&RGW |
Notes |
| CB 1 | 598 | Apr 1900 | 26 Apr 1900 (to SL&M) 5 Jan 1901 (to CB) |
Class C, 50 Tons, Three-truck | Y-21 | Aug 1924 | 1 |
| CB 2 | 843 | Jan 1904 | 1 Jan 1904 | Class C, 65 Tons, Three-truck | Y-25 | Oct 1925 | 2 |
| CB 3 | 761 | Apr 1904 | 9 Apr 1904 | Class C, 85 Tons, Three-truck | Y-32 | Dec 1934 | 3 |
| CB 4 | 1585 | Nov 1905 | 20 Nov 1905 | Class C, 85 Tons, Three-truck | Y-33 | Oct 1925 | 4 |
| CB 5 | 1801 | Dec 1906 | 20 Dec 1906 | Class C, 85 Tons, Three-truck | Y-33 | May 1936 | 5 |
General Notes:
| a. | All five locomotives were built by Lima; all were "standard" Lima three-cylinder, three-truck Shay locomotives. |
| b. | All five locomotives passed to Denver & Rio Grande in the 1908 reorganization that created that railroad; D&RG was reorganized again in 1921 as Denver & Rio Grande Western. |
| c. | Sources include: |
| "Locomotives of the Rio Grande", Colorado Railroad Museum, page 59. | |
| ShayLocomotives.com | |
| d. | The five Copper Belt Shay locomotives had the following specifications: |
| Road Number |
Cylinders | Drivers | Operating Weight |
Date Electric Headlight Installed |
|
| CB 1 | (3) 12-1/2x15 inches | 32 inches | 135,400 pounds | Jun 1920 | |
| CB 2 | (3) 12x15 inches | 32 inches | 150,200 pounds | Feb 1920 | |
| CB 3 | (3) 14-1/2x15 inches | 40 inches | 200,000 pounds | Jul 1920 | |
| CB 4 | (3) 14-1/2x15 inches | 40 inches | 200,000 pounds | Feb 1920 | |
| CB 5 | (3) 14-1/2x15 inches | 40 inches | 200,000 pounds | Feb 1920 |
Notes:
| 1. | Copper Belt no. 1 was built as Salt Lake & Mercur Railroad no. 7, delivered in April 1900; transferred to Copper Belt railroad in the first week of January 1901; to D&RG no. 1, then D&RGW no. 1; sold to Morse Brothers Machinery Company in Denver, Colorado in September 1924; to Utah Construction Company at Guernsey, Wyoming in July 1925; scrapped. (ShayLocomotives.com photo) |
| 2. | Copper Belt no. 2 arrived at Bingham on January 12, 1904; became D&RG no. 2, then D&RGW no. 2; sold to Morse Brothers Machinery Company in Denver, Colorado on July 28, 1926; to McGoldrick Lumber Company no. 2 on July 15, 1927, in service at Sanders, Idaho, then in service at Emida, Idaho by late January 1928; wrecked and sent to Lima for repairs by November 1929; noted as not repairable; scrapped in May 1947. (ShayLocomotives.com photo) |
| 3. | Copper Belt no. 3 became D&RG no. 3, then D&RGW no. 3; sold in June 1928 to (?); scrapped at Salt Lake City in December 1934. (ShayLocomotives.com photo) |
| 4. | Copper Belt no. 4 became D&RG no. 4, then D&RGW no. 4; retired in October 1925; scrapped at Salt Lake City in March 1926. (ShayLocomotives.com photo) |
| 5. | Copper Belt no. 5 became D&RG no. 5 (lettered for D&RG in March 1922), then D&RGW no. 5; scrapped at Salt Lake City in May 1936. (ShayLocomotives.com photo) (GearedSteam.com photo) |
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