Some photos of U.S. Potash 2-8-0 No. 1, displayed at Carlsbad, NM. Photos meant for modeling, but show the engine's condition well. Donated to city in 1956. This 3' gauge industrial RR ran into early 1970s, with 6-axle GE diesels.

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> Some photos of U.S. Potash 2-8-0 No. 1,
> displayed at Carlsbad, NM. Photos meant for
> modeling, but show the engine's condition
> well. Donated to city in 1956. This 3' gauge
> industrial RR ran into early 1970s, with
> 6-axle GE diesels.


ryarger@rypn.org

> Some photos of U.S. Potash 2-8-0 No. 1,
> displayed at Carlsbad, NM. Photos meant for
> modeling, but show the engine's condition
> well. Donated to city in 1956. This 3' gauge
> industrial RR ran into early 1970s, with
> 6-axle GE diesels.

The engine was built for the Death Valley Railroad owned by US Borax and connecting with its Tonopah & Tidewater. A sister engine is now on display at Furnace Creek Ranch on the floor of Death Valley. The railroad never got into the valley itself.

A third steam engine from US Potash (#3) is part of the collection of the Southern California Chapter R&LHS. This is an outside-frame, deckless engine that once ran at Morinci Arizona.

Brian Norden

Aspen Daily News
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