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Alcos RS-2 No. 106 & RSD-4 No. 201

In the photo to the left, the 201 is in its original paint while the 106 has been repainted. It's interesting that the large numeral "6" was retained; the 101, 102, 106, and 107 had the large numbers for use in the Liberty pit, but it had been five years since the rail was removed from the pit when this photo was taken.

The 106 was the only engine to retain the large number. The 107 had its large number removed in 1954 or 1955 when it was transferred from pit service to duty on the Hickey Pacific. The 101 and 102 had lost their big numbers by 1957.

Photographic evidence suggests that the large numbers on the long hoods fell out of favor when no longer required for the pit haulage, and then reappeared sometime between 1973 and 1977.

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	Jun 1988	KCC electric switch engines No.’s 80 & 81 at McGill, Nevada. Copyright © 2000 David Sellers; used with permission.


Photo by Ken M. Ardinger	25 July 1969 East Ely, NV	KCC Nevada Mines Division Alco RS-2 No. 102 Built Apr 1949. Used at Copper Flat almost exclusively as a pit engine until the cessation of pit rail haulage in 1958. Thereafter employed in ore haulage to McGill on the "Hickey Pacific". To KCC Utah No. 742 (2nd) in 1977. Scrapped. All that remains is the builders plate. From the collection of David Rogan
Photo by Ken M. Ardinger	25 July 1969 East Ely, NV
Photo by Ken M. Ardinger	02 Sep 1983 Salt Lake City, UT


Copyright © 2000 Keith Albrandt	20 Jun 1999	Alco RS-3 No. 109 inside engine house on track #2. Transferred to the Nevada Mines Division from Ray in 1970 after Ray received new GP-39's. Shown here newly painted and now lettered for the Nevada Northern (Museum).

Copyright © 2000 Al Clemens	May 2000 North Bend (Snoqualmie), WA	Alco RSD-4 No. 201 at the Northwest Railway Museum. Used on the Cobre local (when the 401 was not available) and in mainline ore haulage as it's long wheel base trucks couldn't negotiate the sharp curves in the pit. By 1960 it was decided that it didn't MU as well with the RS-2's so it was used at Copper Flat more often than not.


Copyright © 2000 Keith Albrandt	19 June 1999	KCC Nevada Mines Division Alco RS-2 No. 105 Built Dec1949. Used in mainline ore haulage from Copper Flat to the mill and smelter at McGill, aka the "Hickey Pacific". The large single digit on the hood is the last digit of the road number so the dispatcher could visually keep track of the train movements, No. 105 is fully operational and is used on the NN Railway Museum's tourist excursions on the Hiline Route. That trip is highly recommended; it is remarkably desolate and isolated for being only a few miles out of Ely. The silence is deafening. These four photographs capture No. 105 at the East Ely yards.
Copyright © 2000 Jim Bryant	05 Sep 1998
Copyright © 2000 Keith Albrandt	19 June 1999
Copyright © 2000 Keith Albrandt	19 June 1999


Steve Swanson collection	September 1963	KCC Nevada Mines Division Alcos RS-2 No. 106 & RSD-4 No. 201 In the photo to the left, the 201 is in its original paint while the 106 has been repainted. It's interesting that the large numeral "6" was retained; the 101, 102, 106, and 107 had the large numbers for use in the Liberty pit, but it had been five years since the rail was removed from the pit when this photo was taken. The 106 was the only engine to retain the large number. The 107 had its large number removed in 1954 or 1955 when it was transferred from pit service to duty on the Hickey Pacific. The 101 and 102 had lost their big numbers by 1957. Photographic evidence suggests that the large numbers on the long hoods fell out of favor when no longer required for the pit haulage, and then reappeared sometime between 1973 and 1977.

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