Nevada Northern & Railroads of White Pine County

 

  
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0-4-0ST    Alpha

 
   

 

Builder

Type

Road No.

Built

BN

Cyl.

Drivers (in)

Engine Weight

Tender Weight (light)

Weight on Drivers

Effort

Coal (lbs)

H20 (gal)

Comments

Disposition

Porter

0-4-0ST

Alpha

May 1907

3904

8 x14

24-27

29,000

na

29,000

 

350

450

Purchased new by Giroux Consolidated Mines Company.

Abandoned near Alpha No. 2 mine plant in mid-1930's.

Service Notes

36" gauge; to Consolidated Coppermines Co. 1913.
Wheelbase: 54"; length: 16' 8" over bumpers;, height: 9' 0"; radius of sharpest curve: 35'; boiler pressure: 170 lbs.; standard weight: 29,000 lbs. (possibly more or less when completed).

 
Late teens -- early 1920's

Alpha No. 2 Shaft?

Jim Perkins photograph
Martin/Healy collection
Used with permission
   
Notes: Woman in cab is photographer Jim Perkins mother, Hazel Hackman Perkins.
     

 

 

 

 

Last modified 07 Nov, 2001 -/-