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250: 197: 17: 124:. Death Valley Railroad's No. 5, a Brill railcar was used to transport workmen from Loving to work at the mine and the mill and she is now preserved at the Laws Railroad Museum at 350: 85:, along with another engine of similar design coming from the Morenci & Southern Railroad, pulled the trains until about 1948 when they were replaced by specially-built 291: 335: 128:. A few trucks from the old DVRR ore cars and caboose are now at the Laws Railroad Museum. Two tankcar bodies, also ex-Death Valley Railroad, are located near Carlsbad. 345: 234: 330: 320: 108:
Whilst the three diesels were scrapped, the three steam engines that worked the line all survived. No. 1 is currently on display near Municipal Beach Park at
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to become the U.S. Borax & Chemical Corporation. Then they were bought out by Rio Tinto Minerals and moved their mining focus onto the borax at
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had a spur that went out to the refinery to carry out the processed potash. The 16-mile (26 km) railroad was located at
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United States Potash Company Engine Number 3 on display at Fairplex (Pomona, California)
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equipment, rails and employees. The two 2-8-0 Baldwin locomotives from the
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The railroad ceased operation in 1967 when U.S. Potash merged with
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The railroad was originally built and operated with former
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3 ft
narrow gauge
railroad
potash
Loving, New Mexico
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Loving, New Mexico
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Carlsbad Caverns National Park
Death Valley Railroad
Death Valley Railroad
diesel-electric locomotives
Pacific Coast Borax Company
Boron
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Death Valley
Death Valley Railroad
Pomona, California
Bishop
Trona Railway
ISBN
0-8263-1185-7
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