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Road Number: Kennecott 778
First Renumber: Kennecott-Chino 104
Second Renumber: Kennecott-Chino 4
Date to Utah: December 1971
Date in Service: March 1973
Date retired: November 11, 1983
Kennecott 778 was built as Kennecott-Chino Mines Division 104, renumbered to Kennecott-Chino 4; transferred to Kennecott Utah Copper Division in April 1971; shipped to Utah in December 1971 (seen loaded on flatcar in-transit through Pueblo, Colorado on December 11, 1971, with trucks in separate gondola); renumbered to Kennecott-Utah 778 in March 1973. (December 1971 data from Extra 2200 South, January-February 1972, page 30)
Painted in red-white-blue paint scheme in May 1976 to commemorate America's Bicentennial; repainted back to standard yellow and black in June 1978. Kennecott also painted Copperton Low Grade line cabooses 416 and 425 to a bicentennial paint scheme. (photographs as red-white-blue in Pacific News, June 1976, page 29 [photo by Ryan Ballard]; and in Extra 2200 South, Issue 64, April-May-June 1978, inside back cover [photo by John C. Benson])
Kennecott 778 was donated, along with RS-3s 2 and 3, and RS-2 908, to Feather River Rail Society, Portola, California, in November 1985.
More information on the WPRM Audio Tour Page for KCC 778 HERE!
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