This gasoline powered mine engine is on display
at the Furnace Creek Ranch Borax Museum in Death Valley National
Park. The mine locomotive was used in the Ryan mines around 1922.
The most interesting feature of the Plymouth gasoline powered
locomotive is the friction clutch/continuously variable
transmission. As the wooden rimmed clutch wheel was moved from side
to side, it would change the speed or direction of the
locomotive.
This gas powered Plymouth industrial loco is located at
the Laws Railroad Museum at Laws California (4 miles NE of Bishop
CA). This little engine appears to be functional and may be used to
move equipment around the museum grounds.
