Utah Eastern Railroad (1879-1887)

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Locomotives

Utah Eastern was completed in December 1880; purchased by UP in December 1883 and immediately shut down as competition to UP's paralleling Echo & Park City (formerly the Summit County Railroad). Property of Utah Eastern sold to Echo & Park City in May 1887.

Utah Eastern 2-6-0 — 1 locomotive

Road Number	First Number	Second Number	Date To Utah Eastern	Builder	Builder Number	Builder Date	1885 UP System Number	Date Vacated	Notes
UE 1	B&H 2	NC 1	Oct 1880	Brooks	230	May 1875	UE 1	Apr 1891	1

Description:

Drive Wheel Diameter: 38 inches (later 36 inches)

Cylinders: 11x16 inches

Notes:

1.	Utah Eastern number 1 was built as Bath & Hammondsport Railroad number 2, named "Jonathan Robie"; sold in September 1879 to Nevada Central Railway number 1, "Battle Mountain"; to Utah Eastern Railroad number 1 in 1880 (retained number 1 in 1885 UP System numbering); vacated in April 1891.

Utah Eastern 2-8-0 — 1 locomotive

Road Number	Builder	Builder Number	Builder Date	1885 UP System Number	Date Vacated	Notes
UE 2	Baldwin	5984	Jan 1882	UE 280	After Dec 1896	1

Description:

Drive Wheel Diameter: 37 inches (later 38 inches)

Cylinders: 14x18 inches

General Notes:

Utah Eastern number 2 was equipped with an Eames vacuum brake, a 20-inch headlight, and a snowplow.

Little used on the Utah Eastern, as the U. P. shut the road down in December of 1883, this engine was taken out of Coalville on the 2nd of August 1884 for use on the Utah & Northern. In the 1885 UP renumbering, it became No. 280, in the "Odd" class. In August of 1886, air brakes were put on this engine, and the U. P. was cheeky enough to charge it to the Utah Eastern! This engine appears to be on the roster (of the Echo & Park City, to which all were assigned in 1887); further disposition is unknown. (Pitchard)

Notes:

1.	Utah Eastern number 2 was built in 1882, named "Ontario"; to Utah Eastern 280 in 1885; carried on the books of Echo & Park City until December 1896, dropped from accounts after December 1896, no further known disposition

Utah Eastern 2-6-0 — 1 locomotive

Road Number	First Number	Second Number	Date To Utah Eastern	Builder	Builder Number	Builder Date	1885 UP System Number	Date Vacated	Notes
UE 3	M&SV 1	NC 3	Dec 1880	Baldwin	3625	Jul 1874	UE 289	1894	1

Description:

Drive Wheel Diameter: 40 inches (later 42 inches)

Cylinders: 12x16 inches

Notes:

Utah Eastern number 3 was built as Monterey & Salinas Valley Railroad number 1 in 1874, named "C. S. Abbott"; M&SV was purchased by SP and gauge changed to standard in 1879; sold to Nevada Central Railway number 3 in December 1879, named "Anson P. Stokes"; to Utah Eastern in October 1880, named "General Burton"; to Utah Eastern 289 in 1885; sold to Kirkpatrick Brothers & Collins, railroad contractors, in 1894; sold to Laurel Railway by early October 1914.

Sources

Other than the research of George Pitchard, other sources used include:

Myrick, page 896
"Coal Road", pages 50, 51
Kratville, page 3
Davies, entry for 1885

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