Show ingham Garfield F Line U Unique n que in an Railroads Railroad s an any Engineering Feats o of Note Required in Building 0 of Ore Ore- Hauling Road lost ost Expensive Short Railroad in the W World or orId 4 f t Remarkable for or Character o of Construction Con Con- on- on 1 Work Done one oneat at no short railroad in the world embraces within its twenty miles r so many tunnels au an equal number of such E dizzy steel bridges bridge an and affords e Se passenger such an outlook of unparalleled g as ns that of the Bing- Bing 1 8 Garfield railway It Jt also has three miles of f the most expensive track- track o 0 in the world The Carr Fork bridge hn has a span of feet is feet h h. h The Tho bridge is J O feet in length and 1 25 feet in height while chile Dry Drs Fork bridge bride is 67 feet long Iong and feet h high gh Then t there here arc are four eat At tunnels with wall n a 1 total nf oft nearly n a I mile milr w wu A he BIngham Garfield extends ong ng the tho foothills of ot the Oquirrh range rl t f 1 mountains from a CI connection with withe e San Pedro Los Angeles Salt I ako Lako at t Garfield up Into Bingham Lingham non ny on to the town of or Bingham a total stance of ot twenty miles mUes The Tho length sidings and other industrial tracks tween and Bingham vo ve of or those at tho Utah Copper mine I about ten miles additional The Tho del det deit de- de it t l and commercial tracks at Bingham hom ro 10 b located Just opposite the main part the tho town between een Carr Fork and gulches The Tho construction of or this line ac- ac under unusual en engineering which however It is ought have been bean eon taken taken- care caro of or Inch in inich rich ich ch a manner as to guarantee cheap of or oro ore and supplies ho- ho eon cen the two terminals of the line h bo he road is approximately ten miles orter between the tho mines at nt Bingham ham id nd tho the mills and l smelter at Garfield an the l lino rio belonging to another com com- any iny over O which ores ore and supplies were handled d and transportation over o the new line lino should be cor- cor J more moro economical This ti a was built primarily for tor tho the of at transporting ores from the tah lab Copper Cappel mine minI at Bingham to its Us agna anti and Arthur concentrating plants t t Garfield but It also doer doen a general an and freight business between ne lC c numerous mines at Bingham nills and ande e mills and smelters near Garfield id nd d Salt Lal Lake e CIl City The Tho distance from to Salt Lake City via the San edro dro Los Angeles t Salt Lake rollad roll roll- antI oad ad is 15 fifteen en miles and the business tween those two points Is lie handled er tho San Pedro road The Bingam Bing- Bing im rn GarfIeld is Js one ono of ot th the more mor lit nt- scenic lines In n this western ne Regular ular operations on the hd nd were begun September 10 15 1 1911 IMI rid ad d since that time it has ben beers doing a freight and passenger business Great Engine ring Pent Font Ivor For a distance of about ton miles bew bo bore be- be w re w Bingham the 10 railway 11 a of or necessity tases through very el rough roush and broken It being advisable to make makee e e line lino as short and straight ns as o a on on n account of ot tho the heavy tonnage per fer it It was necessary to expend a argo argo argo amount of ot monc money lu lit the construe- construe I on of or this ten miles so that the work works is s 11 probably cost as much per mile asap as n ap other lino of the equal length th 7 n the tho west The Tho first three milts miles s sow low ow Bingham in DIngham cann can can- n m were wore rendered unusually coste coston cost- cost t e on account o of the the deep canns canns can can- ns that had to be bridged and the th cep ep mountain ridges that thal had hall to b bo be not nol only for tor the purpose of or the line Une as 88 short hort and straight po possible but ut also to protect tho the lives I dd d d property o of the tho residents of at fling fling- am m. m If It Instead of ot using tunnels the thedo theno therie no rie do had been located locatell along the faces I the tho almost vertical roel rocky cliffs cutts I tho the curva- curva love Jove ove tho the town of or Bingham tro ro would have been boen oen excessive and I H of only would lives and property haon ha have Bon on on destroyed but afterward during bo be I would t orations derailed trains kely to leave the tho roadbed and drop awn among tho houses in tho tiro canyon mo nab to feet vertically below 10 re track trade Th The construction of the these three miles cast cost about of the first mile having ln cost tI 9 being the line most expensive eco of or work on the tho line lino on account t f Including tho the Carr fork and I Mark Mark- Mark n im m gulch Kulch bridges as al well w ll as aM a the yards Bingham and one tunnel 1280 1250 feet ot n g. g I eTho c total length of at tunneling on thelie tho the thone no ne Is feet fee divided Into four tun- tun els le 18 of ot following the lengths 1280 feet teet I 79 feet teet feet teet and 68 f feet ct The These I are eighteen feet teet wide wille and aud j two twenty feet big hl above e the tho top of ot tho rail ran In the clear There are aro three steel viaducts In Bingham canyon one ono across Carr Fork gulch adjacent to tho the thomIne thomine mine ore ole yards of ot the Utah Copper company compan having ha a length of or 6 0 feet and maximum height of feet teet ono one across Markham gulch having ins a length of feet and maximum height of or 7 feet and one acro across s Dry Fork ForI gulch near the old Copperton plant of the Utah Copper copany COllan having a length of or GiO feet an and maximum height of feet The rite concrete foundations of these vin viaducts were put down to solid wIld rock The greatest depths below elow the tho surface of tho ground roun required to reach solid rock were as follows Carr fork torI viaduct viaduct viaduct via via- duct foundations 57 51 feet Markham gulch viaduct foundations 38 feet teet Dr Dry fork tork Ja viaduct foundations 9 93 95 feet Eventually E at least OOOO tons ton of oC oro ore per day clay will be hauled over this line from tram to the mills ter at nt Garfield and the town of Garfield Garfield Gar- Gar field being much lower in elevation than Bingham the tho wade grade Is Jg naturally all in favor of loads coming from tram Bingham nin Bingham Bing Bing- ham and there Is no adverse ad grade In inthe the tho line nt at an any point The maximum grade on straight track Is is 5 per cent or 1 2 feet to the mile tulle This rate of S grade Hlo Is compensated on all curves and andIs ands Is s also made matlo lighter than the maximum maximum maximum maxi maxi- mum on all nil sidings s and in all tunnels The rhe maximum r g-r grade pre 1 prevails II for only about aboul fourt fourteen en miles o of the distance and anil tho the average a grade for the entire length o of the line is 2 per ller cent Tho maximum curvature cur is at Dry Dr fork where there are ale two 10 degree curves cur There are six S 8 degree e curves cur s and the remainder er are arc G 6 degrees or less This Is a er very light rate of curvature for a n railway constructed through such Buch rough and difficult count country So far Car aa as tho the track is concerned It has las been constructed to correspond with tho the Harriman main lino standard and has been ballasted and put In first first- class condition All of ot the main line over o which there is hea heavy traffic has hils been laid with foot 33 oot rails rall having ha a a. wel weight ht of ot ninety pounds per pel yard ard and of 01 the American Railway Hallway m association ton series Herles A section and all sidings and branches have been laid with pound Co-pound rail Man Main line t flat bottom tie plates rail anchors or creepers anti-creepers and hole four continuous Joints have been used ed in all main line construction I For or tho the ore service ser from Bingham to Gai field CleW a very hea heavy type tp of or Mullet Mallet articulated compound locomotives and steel all-steel ore cars are arc used At the time the they were ordered these Mallet compound compound com com- poun pound locomotives were tho the most powerful powerful pow pow- erful that had ever been e n built hullt but since then the A. A T T. S S. F. F railroad has built a Cl similar type of or locomotive which Is IR considerably heavier Tho The Binghan Garfield Mallet locomotives tives have a weight for tor engine and tender tender tender ten ten- der of or 6 poun pounds s. s with a weight on the sixteen dl driving wheels of pounds pound the maximum tract o power being pounds Tho The total length over all of 01 the tho engine and tender t r Is 90 feet 6 G Inches but ut the driving driving- wheel wheelbase wheelbase base is only 14 1 feet 9 itches Inches and wd these Mallet allet locomotives es take the curves cunes better better bet bet- etter et- et ter and are arc easier casler on the tra track k than the very he heavy v typo tIO of or consolidated lo lo- lo Th The steel ore cars were sp specially designed to handle the ore business from the Utah Copper Coppel mine and have e a n. capacity of pounds with 10 30 per cent excess ss allowance for rori i overload o The cars car are arc of ot the hopper bottom ottom type t e and dump tho the load quickly h. h and anti clean cleanly so o that the ore can be de delivered tie tie- livered ll Into tho the ore bins at tho the mills at atan atan atan an almost almust Inappreciable cost per top too for unloading |