This and a 2nd Heisler were used by the company to haul borax out of the Mojave Desert. They replaced the famous "Twenty-Mule Teams" previously used for the same purpose. Lower photo is of #2 on a trestle near Borate.
| Photo source: | "Railroads of Nevada"- Vol.
2 - by David F. Myrick / Howell-North Books -
Berkeley 1963 Upper - Charles P. Atherton Collection || Lower - U.S. Borax & Chemical Corporation collection Provided courtesy of Christian Halpaap of Hohenhameln-Bruendeln, Germany |
Built 11/1909 - Std gauge - 42 tons 130d
Photo courtesy of the Marc Reusser collection.
Built 03/1921 - Std. gauge - 36 tons 130d
Preserved - It was last owned by the Mt. Tamalpais & Muir Woods Railway, where it served as #9.
Provided courtesy of Uwe Doerflein of Cadolzburg, Germany
Built 1922 - Std. gauge - 22 tons 130d
Built for Phenix Marble Co. of Phenix, Missouri - Operational in 1995 at the privately owned Passumpsic RR.
Photo (Copyright © 1995) from Railroad Model Craftsman - September, 1995 - posted with permission.
Photo by Jim Berge