Jeffrey Mine Locomotive (5 ton trolley type)

Below is one of our completed mine equipment restorations. 

 The Jeffrey Mine locomotive was built 12-15-1921 & weighs approximately 5 tons.  Ohio Vintage Coal Co. aquired this locomotive from a one man coal mine operation located in Eastern Ohio.  It was used at this mine to bring loaded coal cars out to the tipple & empty them into trucks to supply businesses / homes lump coal for heating during the cold months.

The locomotive is a trolley type meaning that there is a pole that slides on an overhead wire (250 volt D.C.) to supply the needed electricty for the motors.  This particular mine locomotive was also equipped with a cable reel. This device allowed the miners to mine in workings off the main haulage route underground without having to install overhead wires.  The reel is basically like a long electric extension cord that would clip on the overhead wire located on the main haulage line. This allows the mine locomotive to go into side tracks & pick up mine cars to bring them back to the main haulage line.

Ohio Vintage Coal Co. was honored to bring this locomotive to the 2007 National Coal/ Longwall show held in Pittsburg, Pa.  The show is hosted by Coal Age Magazine and attracts industry professionals throughout the United States & around the globe.