Nostalgia & History > Tooele Valley- a great little shortline

When I lived in Utah ,first part of the 70's, one of the most interesting backwaters
was the little Tooele Valley. They existed to service a smelter on the bench area east
of Tooele. That's Too-ell-ah. Not sure if it was the polution or economics that caused
the smelter closure. The last year or so they operated it was to take out the mill as
carloads of scrap.

In this shot the train is passing through downtown Tooele. They always were front
coupled when running as they lead down hill and pushed uphill.

Keith A

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Here they are out near the UP-WP connection at Warner.

Keith A

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Here the 104 is at the old mill site, overlooking the valley.

Keith A

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I sure would liked to have seen this old coach in service. I suppose it had set here
for decades befor I saw it .

Keith A

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Here the Warner depot , where the TV interchanged with UP. All gone now.

Keith A

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The sideframes on the TV's switcher are interesting, looks like early Flexicoils with FRICTION journals!!

TV 104 was formerly Pickering Lumber Corp. #104, built in 1959, with friction bearings on flexicoil trucks.

Keith, love that shot of the e/b train with the Centennials for power - a classic from another era!

So what happened to the wooden coach??

Geep

Geep Wrote:
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> So what happened to the wooden coach??
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> Geep


The wooden coach was used as tool shed until the line closed down in 1982, then along with the track, it was also dimantled and scraped. But ARCO, TV parent company did donate TV 03 & 04 cabooses to the city along with the Depot that sits in "New Town". I'll post whats left of the TV soon here on TO.

0q

Do you have any close-up photos of the caboose (s)?

for lynnpowell,

Here are the cabs, first #4

Keith A

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And the other on a cold ,clear, winter day.

Keith A

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I moved out here in 1982 and never knew about this operation. I really like the station shot at Warner and also the shot crossing the street in Tooele.

That #4 sure looks like it's an ex Rio Grande 01100 class doublesheathed caboose.

Con