Phelps-Dodge Mining ?




Facts and Figures


Current Number?
Railway RepresentedPhelps-Dodge Mining
BuilderBaldwin/Westinghouse
Built In1918
Builder's order id49858
Currently in (State)Arizona
--(Locality)Douglas
Totally out of svc date1987
(Initial retirement date)1972
Car Typelocomotive
-subtypemining switcher
-designation
Statusdisplayed inoperable
More info
Gauge4'8.5"
Constructionsteel
Roof typeAR
EndedSE
Length
Width
Height
Weight38000
#Seatsn/a
#Wheels/Conf.4
Total HP
Trucks
Brakes
Compressor
Control
Motors
Voltage (if not 600DC)250vDC

PD locomotive on display in Douglas, Arizona, in 2020
Mining History Association
photo: https://www.mininghistoryassociation.org/BisbeeFieldTrip5.htm
 



Ownership History


OwnerCar NumFromToPreservation?Loan?
Copper Queen Reduction Works (Arizona, Douglas)?1918 1931 NO NO
Phelps-Dodge Mining (Arizona, Douglas)?1931 1987? NO NO
City of Douglas (Arizona, Douglas)?1987? present YES NO


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