A visit to Kennecott Copper Corporation's Dry Fork Shops on New Year's Day 1979 offered us a treasure trove of vintage GE Electrics parked all around. This grouping included KCC 772 (blt. Nov. 19... (more)
Kennecott Copper Corporation was in the process of replacing its electric railroad equipment with diesels in the late 1970s. Alco RS-2 #737 (blt. Nov 1949) is pictured working near Copperton in th... (more)
A visit to Kennecott Copper Corporation's Bingham Canyon Mine is a breathtaking experience. The open pit mine has been in production since 1906, and has resulted in the creation of a pit over 0.75... (more)
Kennecott Copper's 'Magna Motors' were on borrowed time late in 1978, undergoing replacement by new EMD SD40-2s in ore haulage. A couple of the distinctive GEs were still operating on Dec. 9th as ... (more)
The times they are a changing! Kennecott Copper Corp. dieselized its Utah ore haulage lines late in 1978, banishing the GE 'Magna Motor' 125-ton electrics to the history books. Pictured at Central... (more)