Show 0 A LARGE locomotive ORDER one of the most notable orders for ele electric locomotives that has been placed for some while in the the rocky mountain region is that placed recently by the anaconda copper mining company in butte with the westinghouse electric manufacturing fac turing company this order covers seventeen 31 3 2 and 4 ton locomotives for underground haulage the locomotives will be of the open bar steel frame type of construction each equipped with two 11 HP commutating pole motors and represent the very latest advance in mining locomotives for narrow gauge haulage the anaconda copper mining company and its subsidiaries probably use more locomotives co underground than any other me tal mining company in the united states they have in the past been rather favorable to the standard steel plate construction sometimes referred to as the armor plate design however about eighteen months ago one of their associate companies purchased more as an experiment than anything else three open frame bar steel locomotives that the wheels have now worn down to such a point that they will have to be re tired or renewed on the strength of this performance the anaconda copper mining company last june decided to buy five 4 ton bar steel frame locomotives co with commutating pole motor equipment for certain surface haulage and the operators found this type of construction so satisfactorily that bar steel frame construction was specified on the present large order |