Kennecott Copper


Kennecott 734
734

DRS6-4-1500
c/n 73474, b/d 2/1948

photo & text by: Barry Maxfield
Number 734 built new as Baldwin DRS6-4-1500 demonstrator 1501. Sold to Kennecott as Number 901 in 1949. Wrecked in 1952, At that time it was changed from A-1-A trucks to B-B trucks during repairs. Short hood chopped in June 1972. Number 901 was transferred to Bingham mine April 20, 1977. It was repainted yellow and renumbered to 734. Retired 16 Aug 1982. Donated to NRHS-Promontory Chapter (Salt Lake City, Utah) on May 10, 1983. Traded to Industrial Salvage & Metals (Salt Lake City, Utah), Who in turn traded a former Utah Railway RSD-5 for two (The Baldwin 734 and an Alco) former Kenecott Locomotives.


Kennecott 802 & 801 802
S12
c/n 75548, b/d 6/52
- built as NYC #9312
- to Penn Central #8097
- to Kennecott as #802, 1969
801
VO1000
c/n 64731, b/d 1/43
- built as Bingham & Garfield #801
- to Kennecott as #80 in 1949
photo by: Doug Ellison
Oct. 13, 2004 - at the Nevada Northern Railway Museum


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