Salmon Creek Railroad


The Salmon Creek Railroad was a long heritage narrow-gauge railway in Fallon, Nevada, owned by Jim Walsh.

History

James Paul Walsh, Jr. was Executive Vice President of the J-V Corporation. He was interested in anything related to railroads and built, after he had moved to Golden Valley, Nevada a model railroad layout of the Feather River Route. He owned a collection of three narrow gauge steam locomotives, which he had imported from Alaska, to save them from being scrapped. For these he built a locomotive shed and a short piece of track in Fallon.

Locomotives

The H.K. Porter steam locomotive with works number 1421 was made in 1892 for Berner's Bay Mining & Manufacturing Co. as their No 1. It was called Seward. Previously it had been used in 1912 on the Salmon Creek Dam Railroad and had bee transferred in 1913 to Annex Creek, where it was taken out of services in 1915. Jim Walsh acquired it in 1976 and restored it into an operable condition. The cylinders were 7 × 12 inch, and the wheels had a diameter of probably 24 inch. It was occasionally demonstrated at Nevada State Railroad Museum in Carson, Nevada.
TypeGaugeNameManufacturerWorks-No, date of constructionPrevious ownderCondition
SewardH. K. PorterNr. 1421, Nov. 1892Berners Bay Mining & Milling Co. and Annex CreekOperable
H. K. Porter1392Albany Street Railway, Brown & Rush MineMothballed
DavenportTreadwell MineMothballed