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Locomotives and Equipment of the Rahway Valley Railroad

Through the course of its history the Rahway Valley Railroad (and its predecessors the NY&NO and the NOFJ) owned a total of fifteen steam locomotives, two diesel-electric locomotives, one flat car, and one caboose. A variety of leased and borrowed steam and diesel-electric locomotives, as well as boxcars, also made their way onto the Rahway Valley. Presented here are the locomotives and equipment of the Rahway Valley Railroad. Locomotives: Operations of the railroad require the use of but one locomotive at a time, and it has been the practive of the company to rotate the three engines every four months, so that two of them are always laid up. The engines are of sufficent weight and power to adequately serve operating needs, and their design is peculiarly adaptable to the type of railroad over which they operate. All three engines are in fair condition. (From the August, 1944 report on the Rahway Valley Railroad by Wm. Wyer & Co.).

NY&NO - NOFJ - RVRR Locomotives 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Visiting Locomotives CNJ CNJ NYO&W NYS&W NYS&W 502 528 116 120 1804 Equipment Passenger Coaches Parlor Car #1551 "Offices on Wheels" Railbuses Freight Cars MOW Equipment Flatcar #101 Caboose #102

Rahway Valley Railroad Steam Locomotive Roster As compiled by Richard J. King

# Whyte Builder Build Date C/N # Acquired Disposition Cylinders Drivers Weight Heritage Notes 502* 4-4-0 McKay 08/1871 1897 1899 14" x 22" 62-1/4"   NJSRR #24 CNJ #502 NY&NO #502 *Leased from CNJ 1 4-4-0   07/1898 1903* NCRR #322 NY&NO #1 NOFJ #1 Named "New Orange" 2 4-4-0 Baldwin 12/1880 5394 07/1899 1903* PW&B #80 NY&NO #2 NOFJ #2   3 4-4-0   1901 1906 PRR (?) NOFJ #3 RVRR #3 Wrecked in 1906 4 2-6-0 Dickson 1889 45 1904 1910/1911 Scrapped? 18" x 24" 57" M&E #92 FH-L RVRR #4 Served on DL&W's M&E Division 5 0-6-0T Baldwin 08/1882 6305 04/1906 1913/1914 Sold 15" x 22" 43-1/2" 32 ton CNJ #23 CNJ #710 JEB RVRR #5 CONT Nicknamed "Dinkey" 6 0-4-4T Baldwin 02/1889 9827 12/4/1906 05/1912 Sold 14" x 18" 48"   SRT #13 MRY #348 SLRR #3 SI&E #544 RVRR #6 GECo PBNE #23   7 2-4-4T Baldwin 06/1908 32817 1908 1917 Sold 17" x 24" 56" 75 ton RVRR #7 GECo Purchased new 8 2-8-0 Pittsburgh 03/1900 2070 1916 04/1929 Scrapped 20" x 26" 50" 72 ton P&LE #140 P&LE #9319 GECo RVRR #8 OOS 04/1923 9 0-6-0 Altoona 11/1893 1901 12/1917 Early 1920's Sold 19" x 24" 50" 46 ton PRR #506 GECo RVRR #9 GECo JC #11 SAL #124 PRR Class B-4 Retired 1920 10 0-6-0 Altoona 06/1895 1948 02/1918 Early 1920's Sold 19" x 24" 50" 46 ton PRR #396 GECo RVRR #10 GECo JC #10 SAL #123 PRR Class B-4a Retired 1922 11 2-6-0 Baldwin 03/1904 23934 02/1920 1935 Scrapped 19" x 26" 56.5" 60 ton G&U #5 GECo RVRR #11 Retired 1933 12 2-8-0 ALCO (Pittsburgh) 08/1902 25640 09/1927 02/1943 Scrapped 22" x 28" 54" 87 ton B&LE #96 RVRR #12 Retired 1929 13 2-8-0 Baldwin 09/1905 26355 1928 03/1955 Scrapped 20" x 26" 50" 74 ton L&NE #19 GC&L #619 RVRR #13 Retired 1951 14 2-8-0 Baldwin 09/1905 26356 1928 12/1951 Scrapped 20" x 26" 50" 74 ton L&NE #20 GC&L RVRR #14 Retired 1950 15 2-8-0 Baldwin 06/1916 43529 07/28/1937 05/1959 Sold 20" x 26" 50" 73 ton O&W #20 BR&L RVRR #15 MS&N #15 MNRR #15 GMRR #15 SMTN #15 Retired 1953 On display at the Steamtown National Historic Site . *Before or during this year. A 1902 analysis of the NOFJ mentions one locomotive being scrapped, but no clue as to which one. Acronyms & Abbreviations: Altoona - Altoona Machine Shops, ALCO - American Locomotive Company, Baldwin - Baldwin Locomotive Works, B&LE - Bessemer & Lake Erie, BR&L - Birmingham Rail & Locomotive, CNJ - Central Railroad of New Jersey, CONT - Anonymous Contractor, DL&W - Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad, Dickson - Dickson Manufacturing Company, FH-L - Fitzhugh-Luther Company, GECo - General Equipment Company, GC&L - Georgia Car & Locomotive, GMRR - Green Mountain Railroad, JC - Jefferson Construction Company, JEB - J. E. Bowen, McKay - McKay Iron and Locomotive Works, MRY - Manhattan Railway, MNRR - Monadnock Northern Railroad, MS&N - Monadnock, Steamtown, and Northern Railroad, NCRR - Nort hern Central Railroad, NOFJ - New Orange Four Junction Railroad, NY&NO - New York & New Orange Railroad, OOS - Out of Service, O&W - Oneida & Western  Railroad, PBNE - Philadelphia, Bethlehem, and New England Railroad, Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Locomotive & Car Works, P&LE - Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad, PRR - Pennsylvania Railroad, PW&B - Philadelphia, Wilmington, & Baltimore Railroad, RVRR - Rahway Valley Railroad, SAL - Seaboard Air Line, SI&E - Southern Iron & Equipment, SLRR - Silver Lake Railroad, SMTN - Steamtown, SRT - Suburban Rapid Transit. Disclaimer: These abbreviations are specifically used for this roster and do not particularly reflect any actual reporting marks used by any of the aforementioned railroads. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Roster Sources: Official Railway Equipment Registers, John J. McCoy, Rahway Valley Railroad Locomotive Rosters by: Allen Stanley of the Railroad Data Exchange courtesy of Michael Kaplonski, Harry Frye courtesy of the Steamtown National Historic Site, Thomas T. Taber, III, William S. Young, Shortline and Industrial Railroads of New Jersey: Volume II by Benjamin L. Bernhart.

Rahway Valley Railroad Diesel Locomotive Roster As compiled by Richard J. King

# Model AAR Builder Build Date C/N # Acquired Disposition Horespower Heritage Notes 16 GE 70-ton swticher B=B General Electric 01/1951 30838 01/29/1951* 12/1986** 600 RVRR #16 DO #16 URHS #16 Off RVRR late 1989 On display at WRYM 17 GE 70-ton swticher B=B General Electric 01/1954 32130 02/04/1954* 12/1986** 600 RVRR #17 DO #17 URHS #17 Off RVRR late 1989 On display at WRYM 116 NW-2 B=B EMD 06/1948 3169 ------ ------ 1,000 NYO&W #116 NYS&W (DO) #116 DURR #116 On RVRR c.1988-1990 120 SW-9 B=B EMD 01/1953 17263 ------ ------ 1,200 C&O #5091 CS #5091 NYS&W (DO) #120 AMPI On RVRR c.1986-1992 1804 GP-18 B=B EMD 08/1962 27506 ------ ------ 1,800 NYS&W #1804 NYS&W (DO) #1804 EPRR On RVRR c.1991 *Date unit arrived on the railroad. **Rahway Valley Railroad Company, et al, acquired by Delaware Otsego Corporation, unit became property of the latter company. Acronyms & Abbreviations: AMPI - American Motive Power Inc., DO - Delaware Otsego Corporation, DURR - Delaware & Ulster Railroad, EMD - Electro Motive Division of General Motors, EPRR - East Penn Railroad, NYO&W - New York, Ontario, and Western Railroad, NYS&W - New York, Susquehanna, and Western Railroad, RVRR - Rahway Valley Railroad, URHS - United Railroad Historical Society, WRYM - Whippany Railway Museum

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