BHP Nevada Railroad Rolling Stock & Equipment Roster

The BHP rolling stock listed below was transferred to the WPHRR Foundation (Nevada Northern Railway Museum) as part of the settlement of their 1996 track lease agreement. The BHP Nevada Railroad closed its operations in June 1999. The Foundation had plans to sell a portion of the equipment and retain or lease the remaining.

Type

Rpt. Marks

Road No.

Comments

Ballast Hopper

WSOR

102, 128, 129, 134, 136, 139, 158, 159

19 Jun 1999
Copyright © 2000 Keith Albrandt

Former Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Co.

Tank Car

NECX

194

06 Aug 2000
Copyright © 2000 Al Clemens

Former Mid-Am Equipment, Inc. 154,000 lb capacity, exterior coiled, insulated. NECX reporting marks have been painted over.

Box Car

SSW

23057

19 Jun 1999
Copyright © 2000 Keith Albrandt

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Flat Car

UP

217098

06 Aug 2000
Copyright © 2000 Al Clemens

Bulkhead flat car involved in the June 1995 crash with engine No. 93 and the tourist excursion train. One end is mangled.

Reference:
Lustig, David. September 1995. "Railroad News - Boiler Explosion, Collisions Shake Up Tourist Rail Industry: Meanwhile, in Nevada." Trains 55 (9), 14-15, 17.

Scale Car

BHP

 
Sep 1999
Copyright © 2000 June Shaputis

BHP new scale car. Photographed at Riepetown end of track.

Hi-Rail

4

1998 GMC 

Hi-Rail

11

1996 Ford Bronco 4x4

Hi-Rail

12

1996 Ford Crew Cab 4x4

Hi-Rail

13

1990 Ford Extra Cab

Hi-Rail

118

1996 maintenance truck

References:

Al Clemens, personal communication, 09 Aug 2000.

"Inventory Swells." Summer 2000. Ghost Tracks - Official Newsletter of the Nevada Northern Railway Museum. p. 1, insert.

Last updated 11 Feb, 2003 -/-