| Photo Location Map |
Locomotive Details |
Location/Date of Photo |
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» Kennecott Copper Corp. (more..)
» EMD GP39-2 (more..) |
» Bingham Canyon Mine (more..)
» Copperton, Utah, USA (more..)
» March 07, 1988 |
| Locomotive No./Train ID |
Photographer |
» KCC 799 (more..)
» Unknown |
» Blair Kooistra (more..)
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| Remarks & Notes |
| Dynamic brakes from a pair of GP39-2's howl and flanges squeal in protest as a "mine run" of loaded copper ore cars near the end of their harrowing trip down the 3% grade from the mouth of Bingham Canyon Mine into Copperton Yard. Here, the Geeps will tie onto a cut of empties and haul them back upgrade for reloading; several cuts of loads will be assembled into a 7000 ton train of ore and forwarded behind three locomotives to the smelter complex at Magma, a dozen miles away on the shore of the Great Salt Lake. This was a process repeated seven days a week, 24-hours a day since the first decade of the 20th century. |
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