SPNG Derrick 1
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Southern Pacific (Narrow Gauge) Derrick Car #1
History
Gauge: Originally standard gauge, converted to 3' gauge by Central Pacific.
Dimensions: 36' over the end sills. 9' 6" wide.
Weight: 22000 lbs
Originally Southern Pacific (Central Pacific) #687 a standard gauge derrick car.
ex-Central Pacific s.g. 10-ton hand derrick No. 687, into service Jun 5, 1902; changed Oct 1917 to n.g. No. 687. Mar 11, 1920 changed to CP MW No. 1, later SP MW No. 1. Vacated Jun 1938; broken up Jul 28, 1938 at Mina.
Believed to be too wide to fit through the tunnel at Mount Montgomery.
Scrapped at Mina in 1938.
Data from SP MW Car Record Book held at the California State Railroad Museum and the June 1890 ORER.