Jackass & Western Car Mover - Boulder City, NV - Locomotives on Waymarking.com

This is L-2 of the Jackass & Western Railroad. It was built in 1943 by General Electric and is a 25-ton, 150-horsepower switcher engine.

According to a news article from 2010 in the Henderson Press
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the locomotive was transferred to the Nevada State Railroad Museum after 114 years of decontamination. L-2 was "acquired by the state in 1996, but because of their use in such atomic-related programs as the Air Force’s Project Pluto (nuclear-powered ramjet engines in Cruise missiles), NASA’s Project Rover (a nuclear reactor to send rockets into space) and Project NERVA (a similar program that developed a nuclear thermal engine), they both had to be decontaminated before being allowed to head for the museum."

The engine was also involved in a derailment in and this PDF account
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Locomotive Type: (required): Diesel Electric If "other" what is the engine type? (optional): Diesel Do you need to pay an entrance fee to view this locomotive? (required): No If a fee is required what is the approximate cost for admittance? (optional): http://www.nevadasouthern.com/ How accessible is this locomotive display? (Required): Display is behind a fence, access is limited to viewing only.

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