Detail View: NNRy Equipment and Building Roster: #309
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Title:
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#309
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Category:
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Locomotives
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Service:
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Switcher
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Description:
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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.
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Notes:
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150 psi boiler pressure.
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Disposition:
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Display
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Date Sold:
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1965
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Disposition Description:
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Sold and used on the Niles Canyon Railway before returned to the NNRy museum, on display.
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Locomotive Category:
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Steam
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Builder-Loco:
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H.K. Porter
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Build Date-Loco:
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January 1913
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Build Number-Loco:
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5247
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Locomotive Type/Model:
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0-4-0T
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Locomotive Weight:
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17 tons
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Tractive Effort:
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5,900
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Cylinders:
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10 x 14 in.
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Drivers:
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30 in.
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Locomotive Service Notes:
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Used as a switcher at the smelter complex.
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