Bingham Canyon Railroads
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Author | : Don Strack |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2011-08-01 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780738584898 |
Railroads and mining in Bingham Canyon have gone hand in hand since the first railroad was constructed in the canyon in late 1873. Bingham Canyon in the early years was a gold and silver mining camp, and the railroads were small operations. Copper mining took hold in the late 1890s, and the mines, mining companies, and railroads that served them expanded rapidly. Bingham Canyon soon became the largest and richest mining district in the western United States and was the source for as much as a third of the copper mined in the nation. A variety of locomotives worked in the canyon, including a small number of Shay locomotives, several large articulated steam locomotives, and the nation's largest roster of electric locomotives. The last Bingham Canyon ore train ran in late 2001. While the railroad tracks have been removed, the mine itself is very much in full production and remains the source for 25 percent of the nation's copper production.
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Author | : Clarence A. Reeder |
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Total Pages | : 506 |
Release | : 1981 |
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Author | : Reho Francis Thorum |
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Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 1936 |
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Author | : Emma Louise Penrod |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2013-09-30 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1439644055 |
Shortly after the International Smelter offered economic salvation to Tooeles struggling desert community, the Tooele Valley Railroad became the town artery. Though originally built in 1908 to connect the smelter to the Union Pacific and Western Pacific lines west of town, the railroad became central to daily life. Hundreds of local workers rode it to and from work each day. As technology continued to change Tooele, the Tooele Valley Railroad shared Vine Street with the first automobilessafety precautions required that the caboose, with a horn mounted to warn motorists, lead the oncoming train. However, the smelters decades of prosperity proved short-lived, and by the 1930s, the town had fallen on difficult times once again. The railroad outlived the smelter, but operations ceased in the early 1980s, and the city had the abandoned tracks removed.
Author | : Edward Kelley |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 136 |
Release | : 2006 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780738546612 |
The picturesque town of Los Gatos stands between the once verdant orchards of the Santa Clara Valley and the forested slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains. The narrow-gauge South Pacific Coast Railroad arrived in 1878 and, within two years, laid track over the mountains to carry passengers, redwood, and tons of ripe produce. Less than a decade later it was purchased by Southern Pacific, and completely converted to standard gauge by 1909. Invigorating business and industry, the railroad remained a vital part of the economy of Los Gatos for over 80 years. Although the era of commercial rail ended in 1959, Billy Jones and his scaled-down Wildcat Railroad" still offered weekend rides at his ranch to guests, including Walt Disney. The Wildcat still operates in two local parks today."
Author | : Allan Kent Powell |
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Total Pages | : 696 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : History |
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The first complete history of Utah in encyclopedic form, with entries from Anasazi to ZCMI!
Author | : Leroy Radanovich |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 9780738581118 |
The Yosemite Valley Railroad was constructed as a badly needed conveyance to Yosemite Valley in the days before the automobile. Visitation to Yosemite had been small, and the federal government wished to introduce the new park system to the public. A railroad through the Merced River Canyon from Merced was the answer to the challenging terrain. Thousands of acres of virgin timber forest and other natural resources along the way supported the building and operation of this rail line. From l906 until World War II, timber, gold, barium, limestone, freight, and visitors rode the rails to Yosemite National Park on this line.
Author | : Ralph A. Heiss |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 132 |
Release | : 2009-08-24 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1439622280 |
Constructed as the Easton and Amboy Railroad, opened by 1875, the Lehigh Valley Railroad was instrumental in developing commerce and communities of central New Jersey. Thout it no longer runs, it was originally built to haul unending trains of "black diamonds" from Pennsylvania to Perth Amboy, the Lehigh Valley Railroad became so much more than a conduit for shipping coal. In building across the state, it became instrumental in not only hauling produce to New York City markets but also for providing service to companies like Johns-Manville and Lionel Trains. From Phillipsburg to Jersey City and all points in between, the Lehigh Valley Railroad hauled freight and passengers, while at the same time contributing to the social fabric of the area. The Lehigh Valley Railroad across New Jersey paints a picture of a railroad that provided over 100 years of quality service to the Garden State.
Author | : Jeff Moore |
Publisher | : Arcadia Publishing |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2013-11-04 |
Genre | : Transportation |
ISBN | : 1439644241 |
In 1922, the US Forest Service offered one of the largest timber sales in the agencys history, encompassing 890 million board feet of mostly Ponderosa pine timber in the mountains north of Burns, Oregon. Among other requirements, the sale terms required the successful bidder to build and operate 80 miles of common carrier railroad through some of the most remote and undeveloped country in the state. The Fred Herrick Lumber Company and its Malheur Railroad initially won the bidding, only to lose it when a crash in the lumber market forced the company into insolvency. The Edward Hines Lumber Company of Chicago picked up the pieces, and from 1929 until 1984, its subsidiary Oregon & Northwestern Railroad made a living hauling logs, lumber, and occasional livestock between Burns and Seneca, Oregon.