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Rahway Valley Railroad #11 | |
Type: | 2-6-0 Mogul |
Builder: | Baldwin Locomotive Works |
Construction #: | 23934 |
Year Built: | 03/1904 |
Drivers: | 56.5" |
Cylinders: | 19" x 26" |
Weight: | 60 tons |
Tractive Effort: | 23,184 lbs. |
Notes: | Ex-Grafton & Upton RR #5 Sold to General Equipment Co. Purchased 02/1920 for $12,092.57. Retired 1933 Scrapped 1935 |
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"This . . . Mogul served the G & U
mostly at night in transfer service on that central Massachusetts
road. The G&U an electrified interurban line with a busy
passenger schedule during the day." (Cite: On March 14, 1914 this engine was
damaged by fire at the Milford engine house of the G&U, "The
Milford engine house was completely destroyed by fire on March 14,
1914. The No. 5 steam locomotive, which survived the fire, was
entirely rebuilt by John F. Damon, owner of a Milford machine shop.
It was at first believed that the locomotive would have to be
shipped back to the factory where it had been built, but Damon took
the job and finished the work in record time. After receiving a test
and inspection, the engine made a trial run to Hopedale and back
with everything working smoothly." (Cite: After almost sixteen
years on the G&U the locomotive was sold to a locomotive broker,
General Equipment Company in February of 1920 which subsequently
sold the locomotive to the Rahway Valley Railroad later that year
(Source: Frye ). Through most of the
1920's, #11 was the preferred locomotive on the Rahway Valley
Railroad. When the Lehigh Valley Railroad contemplated purchasing
the RVRR in the 1920's, a letter between the LV people made mention
of the engine, "The equipment includes two engines, No. 8, a ten
wheel switch, weighing about 140,000 lbs. and No. 11, an eight
wheel, light passenger type, weighing about 98,000 lbs. At present
No. 11 is doing all the work and No. 8 is in the shed in Kenilworth
having broken a set of springs about the first of April" (Source:
Letter to E.E. Loomis dated 9/27/1923). With
#11 languished around
the
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