Recently found an article in the May 1940 issue of the Railway and Locomtive Hisorical Society Bullitin with a small article on the Uintah. Among variuos smaller tidbits of information was this paragraph on Engine #30.
---- The Mikado type locomotive purchased in 1911 was the road's first really big enigine. It was so large that it could not be run over the mountain on its own wheels because the curves were to sharp for it's long wheel base. When this engine was delivered to Mack it was towed to Atchee where it was jacked up, the pony and trailing wheels removed, a pair of tender trucks placed under the front end and another pair under the firebox so the engine was riding on the trucks with the drivers well clear of the rails. In this fashion it was hauled over the mountain by three of the Shays. ( WHY OH WHY CAN'T I FIND THAT PHOTO!!!!!) This was in 1911 and the #30 has never been east of Baxter Pass since. During these years #30 has switched back and forth between Dragon, Watson, and Rainbow, staying nights at Dragon. Light repairs were made by engine crews and every other Sunday a shop crew went up from Atchee to make heavier repairs. When a general overhaul was necessary, the engine would be dismantled and the parts carried down to Atchee. After repairs the parts would be hauled back to Dragon, there to be reassembled. "I remember once," tells Mr. Shafer, the Master Mechanic, "when she needed a new firebox. I went up to Dragon and cut the boiler in two at a seam and brought the rear portion back to the shop at Atchee and built a new firebox on to it. Then we hauled the new firebox amd part of the boiler back to Dragon and riveted it to the front end again. To add to our troubles we had to set up a pumping plant at Dragon to supply air to the riveting hammers."
