Porter 0-4-0 Mining Locomotive - Glendale, Arizona
N 33° 41.781 W 112° 09.151
12S E 393187 N 3729084
This beautiful locomotive is on display at the Adobe Mountain Railroad Park in Glendale, Arizona.
Waymark Code: WMMBDV
Location: Arizona, United States
Date Posted: 08/26/2014
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This Porter 0-4-0 is an 18" gauge locomotive that was once used as a copper mining locomotive. Built in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1887, this locomotive was operated by the Detroit Copper Company at their Morenci, Arizona mine.
" Porter locomotives were legendary for their durability and used worldwide for mining, logging, industrial and plantation short lines. "
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