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Atlas Storage Battery Mine Locomotives
Atlas Car & Mfg. Co. main mine locomotive product line was storage battery type locomotives. The (2) most popular models that Atlas built were the Type "A" & the Type "J" . Below are different examples of the broad mine locomotive storage battery types Atlas manufactured.
Atlas Mine Locomotives
Atlas Type J trammer built for a gold mine in Cripple Creek, Colorado. Note this motorman's compartment does not collapse for hoisting down the shaft.
2-1/2 ton Atlas storage battery mine locomotive used in British Columbia, Canada. Note the short wheel base to allow the locomotive to make the tight curves within the mine.
3 ton special battery locomotive used at the American Locomotive Works to transport spring material.
The Atlas Type J Trammer (Used today in the metal mine industry in the western part of the U.S. & the metal mines of Canada.)
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