Uintah Railway Photos
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Railcar #52 at Atchee. #52 was built from a Ford Model T Roadster used mostly by Superintendent Earp until the railroad was abandoned in 1939 | |
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0-6-2T #20 at Atchee. # 20 was built for the Uintah by Baldwin in June 1905 and scrapped after abandonment in 1939. | |
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0-6-2T #21 at Atchee. # 21 was built for the Uintah by Baldwin in July 1905 and scrapped after abandonment in 1939. | |
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Shay #5 at Atchee. #5 was built for the Argentine Central Ry. by Lima in June 1906. Bought by the Uintah in 1910, completely rebuilt in 1930, and scrapped after abandonment. Click for details. | |
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Shay #7 at Atchee. #7 was built by the Uintah at Atchee in December 1933, using spare parts and a new boiler, and was scrapped after abandonment. | |
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Another view of Shay #7 at Atchee. #7 was the largest Shay owned by the Uintah. | |
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2-8-0 #12 at Atchee. #12 was built by Baldwin in March 1896 for the Florence & Cripple Creek RR. It was bought by the Uintah in 1917 and sold in 1937. | |
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2-8-0 #12 believed to be at Palisades, NV. #12 is the only surviving Uintah locomotive and is now in storage at Boulder, NV. Photographer unknown. | |
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2-8-2 #40 pulling a freight. Notice the first three cars are the Uintah's unusual water cars. #40 was built by Baldwin in September 1913 and scrapped after abandonment. | |
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2-6-6-2T #50 at Atchee. #50 was built for the Uintah by Baldwin in June 1926 and sold to the Sumpter Valley Ry. in 1940. #50 & #51 were specially designed for the Uintah. | |
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2-6-6-2T #51 at Atchee. #51 was built for the Uintah by Baldwin in April 1928 and sold to the Sumpter Valley Ry. in 1940. | |
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2-6-6-2T #50 pulling a long freight of 15 cars including four of the unique water cars. | |
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#51 On the Sumpter Valley as SV #251. Note that the side tanks have been removed and a tender is being used. Photo courtesy Jeff Oscar | |
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251 in Guatemala. Courtesy Matt Mattioda and Stephen Thompson |
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2-6-6-2 #50 and #51 in Guatemala
after abandonment. A very sad sight indeed. Photo courtesy Martin E Hansen |
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Caboose #1. This was one of two 4-wheel cabooses possessed by the Uintah. It did not have a cupola when built. | |
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Caboose #3. This was the only two-truck caboose possessed by the Uintah and is the caboose being restored by the NRHS Chapter in Grand Junction, CO. | |
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Atchee, location of the Uintah
shops. Photo by Frank Kennedy |
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Photo copy of the original "sale
flyer" for the liquidation of the Uintah Railway's equipment in 1939.
Courtesy Rodger Polley |
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Note - There is an outstanding series of articles on the 2-6-6-2T #50 and #51 in the May/June, July/August, and September/October, 1999 issues of the Narrow Gauge and Short Line Gazette.
Photos on this page, unless noted otherwise, were taken by Otto Perry. Most photos on this page are courtesy of The Denver Public Library.
Most data on this page was derived from the Henry Bender book "Uintah Railway; The Gilsonite Route", Heimburger House recent reprint of 1970 Howell-North original.