Salmon Creek Railroad

The Salmon Creek Railroad was a 500-foot-long (150 m) heritage narrow-gauge railway in Fallon, Nevada, owned by Jim Walsh.[1]

Salmon Creek Railroad
H.K. Porter No 1421 of the Berners Bay Mining and Milling Co.
Technical
Line length500 feet (150 m)
Track gauge3 ft (914 mm)
Route map

 Locomotive shed
End of track

History

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

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.

TypeGaugeNameManufacturerWorks-No, date of constructionPrevious ownerCondition
0-4-0T3 ft (914 mm) SewardH. K. PorterNr. 1421, Nov. 1892Berners Bay Mining & Milling Co.[4] and Annex Creek[3]Operable
0-4-2T2 ft (610 mm)H. K. Porter1392Albany Street Railway, Brown & Rush Mine[5][6]Mothballed
0-4-0T3 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)DavenportTreadwell Mine[5][1]Mothballed

References
  1. Steamlocomotive map. Downloaded on 25 July 2018.
  2. James Paul (Jim) Walsh Jr., 1930 - 2018, Obituary. Retrieved on 25 July 2018.
  3. Lawrence Hargis: Notes. In: Salmon Creek RR, No. Unknown, Fallon, NV, United States. 5 May 2003. Downloaded on 25 July 2018.
  4. Berners Bay Mining & Milling Co., No. Unknown, Fallon, NV, United States. Downloaded on 25 July 2018.
  5. CVR220: NG Discussion. 27 April 2018. Retrieved on 26 July 2018.
  6. Rush & Brown Copper Mine, No. Unknown, Fallon, NV, United States.

39.505156°N 118.7716662°W / 39.505156; -118.7716662 (Locomotive shed)

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