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==Rolling Stock== | ==Rolling Stock== | ||
Adding the recorded rolling stock deliveries, the total number of freight cars, not including cabooses and way cars, amounts to at least 70. However, by the time the railroad closed, the receivership report counted 47 coal cars and 3 way cars in April 1885. Four cars were recorded as smashed in | Adding the recorded rolling stock deliveries, the total number of freight cars, not including cabooses and way cars, amounts to at least 70. However, by the time the railroad closed, the receivership report counted 47 coal cars and 3 way cars in April 1885. Four cars were recorded as smashed in a wreck in February 1883. | ||
'''Flat Cars:''' | '''Flat Cars:''' | ||
Revision as of 12:44, 30 August 2022
Utah / Common Carriers / Utah Eastern Railroad
History
Rolling Stock
Adding the recorded rolling stock deliveries, the total number of freight cars, not including cabooses and way cars, amounts to at least 70. However, by the time the railroad closed, the receivership report counted 47 coal cars and 3 way cars in April 1885. Four cars were recorded as smashed in a wreck in February 1883.
Flat Cars:
- 10 Cars, numbers unknown, obtained from the Nevada Central in October 1880
Deseret Evening News, October 29, 1880
Battle Mountain Messenger, 30 October 1880
Salt Lake Daily Tribune, November 6, 1880
- 13 Cars, numbers unknown, origin unknown, purchased December 1880
Salt Lake Daily Tribune, December 22, 1880
- 5 cars, numbers unknown, origin unknown, purchased January 1881
Park Mining Record, Park City, January 29, 1881
- 12 cars, numbers unknown, origin unknown, purchased December 1881
Park Mining Record, Park City, December 10, 1881
- 30 cars, numbers unknown, origin unknown, purchased January 1882
Salt Lake Daily Tribune, January 1, 1882
Cabooses and Miscellaneous Equipment:
- Caboose, presumed to be numbered 1, obtained from the Nevada Central in 1880
Deseret Evening News, October 29, 1880
Battle Mountain Messenger, 30 October 1880
Salt Lake Daily Tribune, November 6, 1880
- Way Car No.2, built April 1882 by the Utah Central Railroad car shops in Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake Daily Tribune, April 29, 1882
- Way Car No.3, built June 1882 by the Utah Central Railroad car shops in Salt Lake City.
Park Mining Record, Park City, June 3, 1882
- Handcar, destroyed 4 February 1881
Salt Lake Daily Tribune, February 4, 1881
Passenger service was handled using the two way cars and coal cars with board benches laid over the sides.
Park Mining Record, Park City, August 12, 1882
Park Mining Record, Park City, 3 June 1882
Links
Utah Eastern Railroad on UtahRails