Borate and Daggett Railroad information

The Borate and Daggett Railroad was a 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge railroad built to carry borax in the Mojave Desert. The railroad ran about 11 miles (18 km)...

at the time. Equipment and Heisler locomotive #2 "Francis" from the Pacific Coast Borax Company's old Borate and Daggett Railroad were used to build the...

constructing the Borate and Daggett Railroad to link the nearby borax mines of Borate to the standard-gauge railway at Daggett, and were short on locomotives...

Pacific Railroad was done again by the 20 mule teams, but were retired as soon as Smith completed the 12-mile (19 km) long Borate and Daggett Railroad. When...

years after his retirement, in 1936. Twenty Mule Team Borax Borate and Daggett Railroad Trona Railway Category: Death Valley Biography, nps.gov. Accessed...

Company and operated the largest borax mine in the world at Borate, located 11 miles (18 km) north of Daggett, California, with the Borate and Daggett Railroad...

Outer Harbor Dock and Wharf Company Pacific Coast Borax Company (Borate and Daggett Railroad) Pacific Lumber Company Pacific Portland Cement Company Parr-Richmond...

Railroad. As Death Valley mining ran down, Smith developed new mines in the Calico Mountains near Yermo, California, and built the Borate and Daggett...

gauge railroad networks in the US were based in California, Colorado, and Hawaii. These narrow-gauge lines were easier to build than standard gauge and cost...

was a 2-truck Heisler locomotive built in 1899 for the Borate and Daggett Railroad and was acquired by the NSL in 1916. It was sold to the Terry Lumber...