Freight Equipment of the Death Valley Railroad

From PacificNG

Box Cars

No. Length Capacity Weight Builder Date Truck Notes
75 28 ft 8 ton 12,800 lbs Carter Brothers Unk. Carter 10 ton Former South Pacific Coast boxcar. Sold to North Shore Railroad in 1906 becoming no. 188. Renumbered Northwestern Pacific no. 5115. Sold to Tonopah & Tidewater (for Death Valley RR) February 24, 1914.
76 28 ft 8 ton 12,800 lbs Carter Brothers Unk. Carter 10 ton Former South Pacific Coast boxcar. Sold to North Shore Railroad in 1906 becoming no. 250. Renumbered Northwestern Pacific no. 5154. Sold to Tonopah & Tidewater (for Death Valley RR) February 24, 1914.

Both former Northwestern Pacific boxcars were rated 8 ton capacity on their equipment registers. South Pacific Coast equipment ledgers at the time of sale do not list any 10 ton cars. It is possible the North Shore simply rated them lower or swapped the trucks. The trucks visible under boxcar 75 in a photograph appear to be 10 ton trucks.

Flat Cars

No. Length Capacity Weight Builder Date Truck Notes
28 ft 10 ton 9,100 lbs Carter Brothers Unk. Carter 10 ton Former South Pacific Coast flat car. Sold to North Shore Railroad in 1906 becoming no. 1659. Renumbered Northwestern Pacific no. 5448. Sold to Tonopah & Tidewater (for Death Valley RR) February 24, 1914.
28 ft 10 ton 9,900 lbs Carter Brothers Unk. Carter 10 ton Former South Pacific Coast flat car. Sold to North Shore Railroad in 1906 becoming no. 1693. Renumbered Northwestern Pacific no. 5454. Sold to Tonopah & Tidewater (for Death Valley RR) February 24, 1914.
28 ft 10 ton 10,150 lbs Carter Brothers Unk. Carter 10 ton Former South Pacific Coast flat car. Sold to North Shore Railroad in 1906 becoming no. 1751. Renumbered Northwestern Pacific no. 5463. Sold to Tonopah & Tidewater (for Death Valley RR) February 24, 1914.
28 ft 10 ton 9,000 lbs Carter Brothers Unk. Carter 10 ton Former South Pacific Coast flat car. Sold to North Shore Railroad in 1906 becoming no. 1785. Renumbered Northwestern Pacific no. 5482. Sold to Tonopah & Tidewater (for Death Valley RR) February 24, 1914.

Hoppers

Cabooses

No. Length Capacity Weight Builder Date Truck Notes
100 12,800 lbs Pacific Car and Foundry Unk.


Car Totals

1915-1916 California Public Utilities Commission Report Locomotives: 3 Boxcars: 2 Flatcars: 9 Other cars: 16 Total: 27