Rahway Valley Railroad #14 | |
Type: | 2-8-0 Consolidation |
Builder: | Baldwin Locomotive Works |
Construction #: | 26356 |
Year Built: | 09/1905 |
Drivers: | 50" |
Cylinders: | 20" x 26" |
Weight: | 74 tons |
tractive Effort: | 35,400 lbs. |
Notes: |
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Lehigh & New England RR #20. Sold to Georgia Car & Locomotive 08/1929 Purchased 1929 for $6,563.00 Retired 1951 Scrapped 12/1951 |
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The Rahway Valley's #14 was built for the Lehigh &
New England Railroad by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in September,
1905 and was numbered as the L&NE's #20, a member of the
L&NE's E-7 class. The other members were L&NE #18 (which was
sold to the Bellefonte
Central as their #15, and later became #15
of the Coudersport & Port Allegany)
and L&NE #19 (which became Rahway Valley #13). L&NE #20 was sold to locomotive rebuilder Georgia
Car & Locomotive in August of 1928 which subsequently sold the
engine to the Rahway Valley Railroad in 1929 where it was renumbered
#14. Sister, L&NE #19, came to the Rahway Valley Railroad in
June, 1928 and was renumbered #13 . #13 and 14 were the workhorses on the line, and #15
(added to the roster in 1937) served simply as a backup to them. The
two consolidations became the symbol of the Rahway Valley, and #14
worked reliably on the railroad for many, many years.
#14 finally lost out to new diesel power on
January 29, 1951 when #16 arrived on the line and #14 was scrapped
in December of that year.
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