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Jeffrey Mine Locomotives

The Jeffrey family invested in 1876 money into a coal cutting machine from that point on the mining line began its natural diversification to anything imaginable to help mechanize the coal industry.  The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company was one of the first companies to apply electric motors to industrial machinery in 1887.  Please keep in mind that all the other manufactures relied on General Electric or Westinghouse products to build their locomotives. Jeffrey realized to compete against these powerhouse companies that they had to produce their own line of traction motor & electric components.  The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company was almost tied with General Electric with mine locomotive sales.  The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company was the #1 producer for equipment in the coal mine industry.

Jeffrey Mine Locomotive

Original artwork from an early Jeffrey Catalogue

1st Electric Mine Locomotive that the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company delivered. This locomotive was called the "George Upson".

The smallest locomotive that Jeffrey built 1-1/2t on trammer

Jeffrey crab reel type mine locomotive

An early 6 ton Jeffrey gathering mine locomotive

A photo of the low vein coal seam without trolley wire using the cable reel.

A popular model was the 15 ton "Armorplate" Jeffrey Mine Locomotive

8 ton enclosed type electric cable reel gathering locomotive.

Low seam Jeffrey Mine Locomotive

Jeffrey mine locomotive utilized in surface haulage

Consolidated Coal Co. purchased several mine locomotives from The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company. This was an example of an early large battery locomotive but never used as a locomotive. Take a close look at the operator area, this unit was a portable power supply for underground equipment. The only purpose of the motorman compartment was to tram this unit from place to place within the mine.

Jeffrey industrial locomotives (trolley type)

Jeffrey manuafctured open type & permissable style locomotives for gaseous mines & metal mines

Jeffrey industrial locomotives (battery type)