COLLECTION NAME:
NNRy Equipment and Building Roster
Record
Title:
#309
Category:
Locomotives
Service:
Switcher
Description:
Built as Steptoe Valley Smelting & Mining Co. #3, transferred to NCCCo and renumbered to #309 in 1914. Sold to G. Heimerdinger in 1965 and moved to the Pacific Locomotive Association, Richmond, California in 1968. Heavily altered to look more like a traditional steam locomotive and used at the Niles Canyon Railway, dismantled for a rebuild in April 2001, returned to Ely in pieces and currently sits at the NNRy Museum awaiting restoration.
Notes:
150 psi boiler pressure.
Disposition:
Display
Date Sold:
1965
Disposition Description:
Sold and used on the Niles Canyon Railway before returned to the NNRy museum, on display.
Locomotive Category:
Steam
Builder-Loco:
H.K. Porter
Build Date-Loco:
January 1913
Build Number-Loco:
5247
Locomotive Type/Model:
0-4-0T
Locomotive Weight:
17 tons
Tractive Effort:
5,900
Cylinders:
10 x 14 in.
Drivers:
30 in.
Locomotive Service Notes:
Used as a switcher at the smelter complex.
#309
