Utah Shortline Rails
Locomotive Rosters
Compiled by Don Strack
This page was last updated on December 6, 2007.
(Companies are listed alphabetically.)
Bamberger Railroad
Salt Lake City to Ogden
Changed from steam to electric in 1910; diesel power added in 1943; last electric operation in 1952-1953.
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Road Number |
Builder Model |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Date Retired |
Disposition and Notes |
| 570 | Alco RS-1 | May 1943 | 70820 | 1959 | Bamberger 570 was the road's first diesel locomotive, arriving in 1943; a builder's photo is available from Alco Historic Photos (see Extra 2200 South, July/August/Septemer 1976, page 31); re-engined by EMD in December 1951; sold to UP in 1959, renumbered to UP 1270; retired by UP in February 1972 and traded to EMD on new SD40-2s. |
| 601 | EMD SW8 | Jun 1952 | 17229 | 1959 | Bamberger 601 was sold to Chicago Short Line number 601 in 1959, then in about 1968 to Cargill number 601 at Gibson City, Ill., then in about 1973 to Cargill's facility in Port Allen, La. |
| 602 | EMD SW8 | Jun 1952 | 17230 | Feb 1958 | Bamberger 602 was sold to Yreka Western number 602 in February 1958 (photo in Pacific News, March 1979, page 27); then in late 1978 to Kyle's Oregon Pacific & Eastern Railroad at Cottage Grove, Ore. |
General Notes:
Carbon County Railway
Castle Valley Railroad
(company background)
| Road Number |
Wheel Arrangement |
Builder | Builder Number |
Builder Date |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 101 | 2-8-0 | Lima | 1106 | Dec 1909 | 1 | |
| 102? | 2-8-0 | Schenectady | 49309 | Dec 1910 | 2 | |
| 103 | 2-8-0 | Lima | 1211 | Jan 1912 | 3 |
General Notes:
| a. | Castle Valley 101 was delivered on January 3, 1910 as number 1, later renumbered to 101 to match the Southern Utah numbering system. The Southern Utah and Castle Valley shared 18 miles of joint trackage into Price, Utah. (20x24 cylinders, 50 inch drivers, locomotive-only weight of 151,000 pounds) |
| b. | Castle Valley 101 was a duplicate of Southern Utah 100, which was transferred to United States Smelting, Refining & Mining's smelter in El Paso, Texas during November 1916. |
| c. | Castle Valley 102 (20x26 cylinders, 50 inch drivers, locomotive-only weight of 160,000 pounds) (builder's photo of CV 102 in "Rio Grande...to the Pacific", by Robert A. LeMassena, 1974, page 283) |
| d. | Castle Valley 103 was ordered on Octobber 19, 1911; leased from Lima for one year while iits cost of $14,563 was paid off. (Carbon County courthouse records, research done on September 16, 1982) |
Notes:
| 1. | Castle Valley 101 was leased to Utah Railway on December 1, 1917; sold to Utah Railway number 1 on July 1, 1918; scrapped by Utah Railway in July 1939 at Martin, Utah. |
| 2. | Castle Valley 102 (disposition unknown) |
| 3. | Castle Valley 103 was leased to Utah Railway on Decembber 1, 1917; sold to Utah Railway number 3 on July 1, 1918; sold in April 1942 by Utah Railway to United States Transportation Corps, Ogden Arsenal number 6905, 10 April 1942; for sale by War Assets Administration in February 1947, probably scrapped. |
Ogden & Northwestern Railway
(company background)
| Road Number |
Builder Model |
Builder Date |
Builder Number |
Notes |
| 5 | Porter 0-4-4T | Mar 1904 | 3000 | Standard gauge, 12x18 cylinders (Locomotive Notes II, Number 115, page 3) |
General Notes:
| a. | (place holder) |
Salt Lake, Garfield & Western Railway
Southern Utah Railroad
Utah Central Railway
Ogden, Utah
| Road Number |
Builder Model |
Previous Number |
Builder Number |
Builder Date |
Date To UCRy. |
Date Retired |
Notes |
| 82 | EMD SW1500 | NS 82 | 30 Apr 1997 | 30 Dec 2002 | 1 | ||
| 83 | EMD SW1500 | NS 83 | 30 Apr 1997 | 30 Dec 2002 | 2 | ||
| 1244 | GE 44 Ton | 31882 | Feb 1953 | 3 | |||
| 1604 | GE 80 Ton | 4 | |||||
| 1637 | GE 80 Ton | 5 |
General Notes:
| a. | Utah Central acquired three GE 70-ton locomotives from an unknown source in Washington state; two were intended for use and the third was for parts; ex HBM 30, ex SMV 20, and ex SMV 50 (Locomotive Notes II, Number 22, January 2002, page 11, reported by Ryan Ballard) |
Notes:
| 1. | Utah Central 82 was built as K&IT 82, to Southern Ry. 82, to NS 82; to Metro-East Industries (dealer); to Helm Financial; leased to Utah Central 82 on 30 April 1997, received by UCRy at Ogden on 7 May 1997; lease expired on 30 December 2002; returned to Helm. (part from Locomotive Notes II, Number 198, September-October 1997, page 23, from The Mixed Train; part from Randy Keller via email on January 9, 2005, citing STB recordations for Helm Financial) |
| 2. | Utah Central 83 was built as K&IT 83, to Southern Ry. 83, to NS 83; to Metro-East Industries (dealer); to Helm Financial; leased to Utah Central 83 on 30 April 1997, received by UCRy at Ogden in October 1997 due to pre-lease maintenance work needed; lease expired on 30 December 2002; returned to Helm. (part from Locomotive Notes II, Number 199, November-December 1997, page 30, reported by Mike Pohlman; part from Randy Keller via email on January 9, 2005, citing STB recordations for Helm Financial) |
| 3. | Utah Central 1244 was built as USAF 1244; sold to Don Blansett on October 15, 1991 for use on Utah Central Ry.; sold to OmniTrax in Loveland, Colo., by September 1996. |
| 4. | Utah Central 1604 was built as USAF 1604, in service on Utah Central by January 1997. (Locomotive Notes II, Number 197, July-August 1997, page 26, reported by Ryan Ballard) |
| 5. | Utah Central 1637 was built as USAF 1637, in service on Utah Central by January 1997 . (Locomotive Notes II, Number 197, July-August 1997, page 26, reported by Ryan Ballard) |
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Date Retired |
Notes |
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