BHP Nevada Railroad

BHP Nevada Railroad

Infobox SG rail
railroad_name=BHP Nevada Railroad
logo_filename=
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marks=BHP
locale=Northern Nevada Shafter - Ely
start_year=January 1996
end_year=July 9 1999
hq_city=Ruth, Nevada|The BHP Nevada Railroad Company reporting mark|BHP, is a defunct Nevada railroad shortline that operated from 1996 - 1999. BHP acquired the line from the Nevada Northern Railway. The railroad hauled copper ore concentrate from BHP's concentrator at Riepetown to Shafter, Nevada. At Shafter the railroad interchanged with the Union Pacific and the ore continued to BHP's smelter at San Manuel, Arizona. The railroad was owned by Broken Hill Proprietary Company (BHP), an Australian based company that purchased the Robinson copper mining district in Ely from Magma Copper. The line ran south from a connection with the Union Pacific at Shafter to Ely.

The railroad ended up turning over its locomotives and rolling stock to the Nevada Northern Railway Museum as part of a settlement over their track lease agreement.

A small portion of the BHP was operated over the Nevada Northern Railway Museum tracks with trackage rights between East Ely and Ruth.

Locomotives

For road use the BHP used 5 former Southern Pacific Railroad EMD SD9 locomotives built between 1954 - 1956 to operate over the line. They were numbered #201 - 205. For switching and local operations the railroad used two GE 70-ton switchers from the Santa Maria Valley Railroad. The BHP also had one ALCO RS-3. The switchers were also built in the 1950s and BHP numbered them #12 and #13.

Route

Stations, listed from north to south:

*Shafter, Nevada (connection with the Union Pacific Railroad, former Western Pacific)
*Decoy
*Dolly Varden
*Mizpah
*Currie
*Goshute
*Greens
*Cherry Creek
*Schellbourne (Ray)
*Requa (Raiff)
*Warm Springs
*Steptoe
*Glenn
*McGill Junction
*J&M Spur
*Hiline Junction (Hi Line Junction)
*Mosier
*East Ely
*Ore Yard
*Calumet
*Tunnel 1
*Lane
*Keystone
*Lone Tree Road
*Ruth
*Sunshine
*Tripp Pit
*Riepetown

ee also

*Nevada Northern Railway

References

*cite book | author=Robertson, Donald B.| title=Encyclopedia of Western Railroad History - The Desert States| location=Caldwell, ID | publisher=The Caxton Printers, Ltd. | year=1986| editor=| id=ISBN 0-87004-305-6
*cite book | author=Walker, Mike| title=Steam Powered Video's Comprehensive Railroad Atlas of North America - California and Nevada - Post Merger Ed.| location=Kent, United Kingdom | publisher=Steam Powered Publishing| year=1997| editor=| id=ISBN 1-874745-08-0
*cite web | title=Nevada Northern & Railroads of White Pine County| work=BHP Nevada Railroad History | url=http://nn.railfan.net/bhphist/bhphist.htm| accessdate=November 24| accessyear=2005
*cite web | title=Nevada Northern & Railroads of White Pine County| work=BHP Nevada Railroad Locomotive Roster| url=http://nn.railfan.net/bhproster/bhproster.html| accessdate=November 24| accessyear=2005


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