YESTERYEAR DEPOT COLLECTION

RUBY HILL RAILROAD - EUREKA, NV
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 Excellent Reference:
 David Myrick - Railroads of Nevada, 1962
 Volume I, Publisher - Howell-North

RH 0-6-0T #2

 Image, Ruby Hill RR 0-6-0T Locomotive #2
 Order No.  RHRREO2I

 March 17, 1940, Oriville, California:  When a young
 Ted Wurm took this view at the Swayne Lumber Co. it
 was the end of the line for this little tank engine.

 In 1876 Baldwin built this narrow guage tea-kettle,
 under construction number 9036, for the Ruby Hill Minning
 operation at Eureka, Nevada.  Between there and its
 final owner the Swayne Lumber Co. it would see 64 years of
 service.

 Specifications:
   Cylinders:  12" bore by 16" stroke
   Guage:  36"
   Drivers:  36" diameter
   Boiler Pressure:  130 lbs.
   

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