 photo by: Unknown - collection of Thomas Hillebrant Bacchus UT - May 1969 |
901(734) DRS6-4-1500 c/n 73474, b/d 3/1948 - built as Baldwin demo #1501 - sold to Kennecott as #901 - wrecked, rebuilt with B-B trucks - nose chopped, 1972 - renumbered 734, 1977 - retired 1982 |
 photo by: Keith Ardinger - collection of Thomas Hillebrant Lakepoint, UT - April 19, 1973 |
 photo by: Keith Ardinger - collection of Thomas Hillebrant Magna, UT - April 19, 1973 |
 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 Kennecott Locomotives." |
 photos & text by: Thomas Hillebrant Salt Lake City, UT - April 1986 |
"I shot these while it was owned by the local RHS chapter and stored on a spur (probably on the SLG&W line) out near the SLC airport." |
 photo by: D.R. Hare - collection of Sam Beck McGill, NV - Aug. 14, 1981 |
802  S12 c/n 75548, b/d 6/52 - built as NYC #9313(2nd) - became Penn Central #8097 - to Kennecott Nevada Mines as #802 in 1969 - donated to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum |
 photo by: John C. Benson McGill, NV - Aug. 22, 1991 |
801 VO1000 c/n 64731, b/d 1/43 - built as Bingham & Garfield #801 - to Kennecott Chino Mines as #80 in 1949 - to Kennecott Nevada Mines as #801 in 1963 - donated to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum |
 photo by: Unknown collection of Matt Liverani McGill, NV - Nov. 8, 1965 |
803 VO1000 c/n 64743, b/d 3/43 - built as Bingham & Garfield #803 - removed from service in 1958 and used as a parts source * - scrapped in 1968 |
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| "Dropped in on the Nevada Northern Ry. this weekend (Feb. 27, 2021) and checked up on their VO1000 and S-12. The S-12 looks pretty ratty, and the mechanic I talked to said it would take a lot more work to get running. However, the VO looks to be in really good shape. They are saving their pennies for new batteries, and the mechanic told me they are optimistic they can have it running later this year for operation alongside the Baldwin 2-8-0 (#81) that they are close to fully restoring." - TH |