Salmon Creek Railroad
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.jpg) H.K. Porter No 1421 of the Berners Bay Mining and Milling Co. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Line length | 500 feet (150 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Track gauge | 3 ft (914 mm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Salmon Creek Railroad was a 500-foot-long (150 m) heritage narrow-gauge railway in Fallon, Nevada, owned by Jim Walsh.[1]
History
[edit]James Paul (Jim) Walsh, Jr. (born on 21 October 1930 in Inglewood, California; died 10. June 2018) was executive vice president of the J-V Corporation. He was interested in anything related to railroads and built, after he had moved to Golden Valley, Nevada a model railroad layout of the Feather River Route.[2] He owned a collection of three narrow gauge steam locomotives, which he had imported from Alaska, to save them from being scrapped. For these he built a locomotive shed and a short piece of track in Fallon.
Locomotives
[edit]The H.K. Porter steam locomotive with works number 1421 was made in 1892 for Berner's Bay Mining & Manufacturing Co. as their No 1. It was called Seward. Previously it had been used in 1912 on the Salmon Creek Dam Railroad and had bee transferred in 1913 to Annex Creek, where it was taken out of services in 1915. Jim Walsh acquired it in 1976 and restored it into an operable condition. The cylinders were 7 × 12 inch (178 × 305 mm), and the wheels had a diameter of probably 24 inch (610 mm).[3] It was occasionally demonstrated at Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson, Nevada.
| Type | Gauge | Name | Manufacturer | Works-No, date of construction | Previous owner | Condition |
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| 0-4-0T | 3 ft (914 mm) | Seward | H. K. Porter | Nr. 1421, Nov. 1892 | Berners Bay Mining & Milling Co.[4] and Annex Creek[3] | Operable |
| 0-4-2T | 2 ft (610 mm) | H. K. Porter | 1392 | Albany Street Railway, Brown & Rush Mine[5][6] | Mothballed | |
| 0-4-0T | 2 ft (610 mm) | Davenport | Treadwell Mine[5][1] | Under restoration[7] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Steamlocomotive map. Downloaded on 25 July 2018.
- ^ James Paul (Jim) Walsh Jr., 1930 - 2018, Obituary. Retrieved on 25 July 2018.
- ^ a b Lawrence Hargis: Notes. In: Salmon Creek RR, No. Unknown, Fallon, NV, United States. 5 May 2003. Downloaded on 25 July 2018.
- ^ Berners Bay Mining & Milling Co., No. Unknown, Fallon, NV, United States. Downloaded on 25 July 2018.
- ^ a b CVR220: NG Discussion. 27 April 2018. Retrieved on 26 July 2018.
- ^ Rush & Brown Copper Mine, No. Unknown, Fallon, NV, United States.
- ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onuiSzXXjbc