The Robert Pearson Collection:
Porter Locomotives
The Robert Pearson Collection:
Porter Locomotives
 Porter Air Locomotive Catalog 2nd ed. 1914 Click on cover for 14 meg pdf of catalog. Some pages missing
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 USS Narrow Gauge Locomotive Operator Manual Click on cover for 8 meg pdf of manual
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Small 20" gauge Porter built for Detroit Copper Company as their No. 1. Built 6/1884 as construction number 651, and named Morenci, the locomotive had 24" drivers and 7x12 cylinders. For more information on the Detroit Copper Company see the 2004 Finescale Railroader - Logging, Mining & Industrial Annual article by Mallory Hope Ferrell and Railroads of Arizona vol III by David Myrick published in 1984. My thanks to Stan and Sheldon Schwedler of Coronado Scale Models for identifying the locomotive and to Garrie Tufford who also identified the locomotive and took the trouble to track me down. |
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Porter Construction #'s 4047, 4048, 4049 for Loretto Iron Co., Loretto, MI Built 2/1908 27" gauge, 4x7 inch cylinders. Used underground hauling mining cars from underground loading chutes to shaft stations. Notice that the cylinders are located inside the frame. Scan from 1908 Compressed Air Plant for Mines, 1st ed. by Robert Peele. |
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Compressed air locomotive used in coal mining in the town of Bankhead near Banff, Alberta Canada. Click on photo to go to a collection of photos of the locomotive and coal cars. Photos from the collection Michael Mott, used with permission. |
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Another example of Canadian compressed air motive power. Click on the photo to see some more photos. |
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