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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.

7 ton explossionproof type storage battery locomotive

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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The "Popular" Atlas Type A storage battery mine locomotive. This locomotive was produced with a fabricated style frame until 1966.

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