SP 0-6-0 Wrote:
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> Was Kaiser iron ore shipped by both the Santa Fe
> and the SP? I always thought the SP had that
> traffic exclusively, but this shot indicates
> otherwise. I guess I'll have to find a copy of
> this Pacific News to get the whole story.
Ore was handled exclusively by SP after Kaiser's Eagle Mountain Mine and railroad opened.
The train pictured in your link is a coal train from the York Canyon Mine, which was served by Santa Fe. More information about it, and the DRGW-UP-ATSF coal trains the Fontana mill also received, can be found on Don Strack's
Utah Rails website.
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utahrails.net]