COLLECTION NAME:
NNRy Equipment and Building Roster
Record
Title:
#61
Category:
Locomotives
Service:
Pit
Description:
Built as KCC NMD #61. Transferred to KCC Utah 1978 and renumbered to #775. Assigned to Bingham Precipitation Plant, Copperton, Utah.
Disposition:
Unknown
Date Retired:
February 8, 1982
Disposition Description:
Donated to NRHS Promontory Chapter, Salt Lake City, Utah.
Locomotive Category:
Diesel
Builder-Loco:
General Electric
Build Date-Loco:
September 1949
Build Number-Loco:
30374
Locomotive Type/Model:
70-Ton
Locomotive Weight:
140,000 lbs.
Tractive Effort:
35,000 lbs.
Horsepower:
490
Type:
Diesel
Locomotive Service Notes:
Originally purchased for pit operations but was found to be severely underpowered. Moved to McGill as a backup to the electric dump switcher after 1966.
#61
