Nevada-California-Oregon Railway Locomotives
Including predecessors
by Tom Armstrong
The locos are listed in order of purchase, not in numerical order. This is because of the sale of No. 4, the ordering of a new No. 4, and the later renumbering of the new No. 4 (to No. 8) and the renumbering of No. 6 to 4 and No. 8 to 6. The ex-Florence & Cripple Creek locomotives arrived in 1915.
The columns of information are: 1. Number 4. Wheel arrangement 7. Construction number 10. Weight 2. Name 5. Builder 8. Driver diameter 11. Boiler pressure 3. New number 6. Date arrived 9. Cylinders 12. Tractive effort 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Santa Cruz 0-6-0 P-B 1875 218 28 9.5x14 30,000 140 5,950 Purchased by N&O from the Santa Cruz & Felton RR in 1881, to Lake Valley RR about 1885, to Carson & Tahoe Lumber & Fluming, to Nevada County Narrow Gauge in 1900, scrapped in 1915. 1 4-4-0 BLW 1885 7527 43 12x18 40,000 130 6,660 Ordered by N&C, retired in 1915. 2 4-4-0 BLW 1885 7528 43 12x18 40,000 130 6,660 Ordered by N&C, retired in 1918. 3 Erasmus Gest 4-4-0 BLW 1887 8791 43 12x18 40,000 130 6,660 Ordered by N&C, retired in 1916, restored in 1923 (and given a semi-cylindrical tender, sold to SP in 1929 but not used, scrapped in 1934. 4 Charles Moran 2-8-0 BLW 1888 9519 37 16x20 71,000 130 15,460 Sold to the Tonopah RR in 1904, to Sumpter Valley in 1910, out of service in 1918, retired in 1930. 5 Amedee 4-6-0 BLW 1899 17123 44 15x18 69,000 160 12,520 Ordered with tender tank but no frame or trucks, etc. Sold to SP in 1929 but not used, scrapped c.1934. 6 Comyn 4 4-6-0 BLW 1899 17124 44 15x18 69,000 160 12,520 Ordered with tender tank but no frame or trucks, etc. Renumbered to No. 4 c.1907, sold to SP in 1929 but not used, scrapped in 1934. 7 4-6-0 BLW 1903 22012 44 15x20 74,000 160 13,920 To SP in 1929 but not used, scrapped in 1934. 8 6 4-6-0 BLW 1903 22020 44 15x20 74,000 160 13,920 Renumbered to No. 6 c.1907, out of service in 1916, restored in 1919?, to SP in 1929 but not used, scrapped in 1934. 4 8 4-6-0 BLW 1907 31445 44 16x20 81,000 180 15,580 First locomotive to arrive with a semi-cylindrical tank, renumbered to No. 8 c.1909, to SP No. 8, retired in 1955, displayed in Carson City, Nev., and now in Sparks, Nev. 9 4-6-0 BLW 1909 34035 44 16x20 88,000 180 15,825 To SP No. 9 in 1929, retired in 1960, on display at Laws, Calif. 10 4-6-0 BLW 1910 34580 44 16x20 88,000 180 17,800 To Pacific Coast Ry. No. 111 in 1928, scrapped in 1948. 11 4-6-0 BLW 1911 37394 44 16x20 89,000 180 17,800 To Pacific Coast Ry. No. 112 in 1928, to Oahu Ry. And Land Co., scrapped in 1950. 12 4-6-0 BLW 1912 37395 44 16x20 89,000 180 17,800 To SP No. 18 in 1928, retired in 1955, on display in Independence, Calif. Being restored to service. 14 2-8-0 BLW 1914 41300 40 17x20 94,000 180 22,000 To SP No. 1 in 1928, to Nevada County Narrow Gauge No. 9 in 1933 with a smaller tender, to U.S. Navy in Hawaii in 1944, sold or scrapped after WWII. 22 4-6-0 Schen.1899 5399 42 16x20 87,400 180 18,650 Purchased from Florence & Cripple Creek RR in 1915, to SP No. 22 in 1929, scrapped in 1949. 23 4-6-0 Schen.1899 5399 42 16x20 87,400 180 18,650 Purchased from Florence & Cripple Creek RR in 1915, retired in 1921. SIERRA VALLEY LOCOMOTIVES The disposition of these locomotives is a mystery. While one was wrecked on the SV, it may have been rebuilt. They may have been used on the N-C-O later, or stored in Reno for resale. Mohawk 0-6-0 Converted to narrow gauge by the V&T from a standard gauge locomotive c.1886. 1 Plumas 2-6-0 Porter 1880 375 35.5 12x16 36,000 Built as Oregonian Ry. No. 2, Dallas, became No. 6, to SP, to Sierra Valleys Railway in 1895, Wrecked? 2 2-6-0 Porter 1880 375 35.5 12x16 36,000 Built as Oregonian Ry. No. 3, Scio, became No. 7, to SP, to Sierra Valleys Railway in 1895, to N-C-O in 1915? 3 2-6-0 Porter 1880 375 35.5 12x16 36,000 Built as Oregonian Ry. No. 5?, to SP, to Sierra Valleys Railway in 1899, to N-C-O in 1915? Note: P-B is Porter-Bell locomotive co. BLW is Baldwin Locomotive Works. Schen. Is Schenectady locomotive company.
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