The changing of the guard on New Year's Day '79: Kennecott Copper's 125 ton GE electric pit motors share trackage at Copperton Yard with high cab EMD GP39-2s. The diesels were replacing the venera... (more)

A pair of General Electric 125 ton switchers take a breather during shift change at Kennecott Copper Corporation's Bingham Canyon Mine. The duo were built new for KCC in November 1955 and were ret... (more)

A Kennecott Copper ore haulage train rolls south along the huge ore crusher and concentrator complex that made the railroad superfluous. By 2001 the efficiency of the slurry eclipsed any need for ... (more)

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)

General Electric 85 ton electric pit motors rest at Kennecott Copper's Dry Fork Shops in the the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine. The KCC 748 was built in Feb. 1937 while the 753 was built in April of ... (more)

On New Year's Day 1979, all is quiet at the Dry Fork Shops in Kennecott Copper's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine.

A fine example of a GE 125-ton Electric workhorse stands proudly at Copperton yard just outside Kennecott's Bingham Canyon Copper Mine. This 3000 HP 'Magna Motor' was built in Nov. 1947 and would ... (more)

A pair of Kennecott Copper 'Magna Motors' arrive at Copperton yard with 90 ore empties ready for loading at the Bingham Canyon mine.

Kennecott Copper electric pit motors ramble slowly through the Bingham Canyon Copper Mine near Copperton, Utah. KCC 727 is an 85 ton, 1929 product of GE while KCC 762 is a 90 ton, 1942 product of ... (more)

While most freight trains had cabooses in 1977, relatively few had waycars painted in United States Bicentennial livery. A Kennecott Copper Corp. train conductor is pictured dropping his caboose f... (more)

This photo has an interesting story to tell. My friend Steve Seguine had just purchased a brand new 1978 Chevy Monza Spyder (with a 305 V8) and was itching to take it for a spin. He invited me to ... (more)

inbound empty copper concentrate train approaching Copperton yard.

How many of us took operations like this for granted? This is a big gutsy monster of a center-cab and it has truck mounted couplers just like Tyco.