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Rahway Valley Railroad #4 | |
| Type: | 2-6-0 Mogul |
| Builder: | Dickson Manufacturing Company |
| Construction #: | 45 |
| Year Built: | 1889 |
| Drivers: | 57" |
| Cylinders: | 18" x 24" |
| Notes: | Ex-DL&W Morris & Essex Division #92
(?) Sold to Fitzhugh-Luther Company, 1903 Purchased 1904 Retired 1910/1911 |
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#4 was originally owned by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad. Constructed by the Dickson Manufacturing Company (C/N #45) in 1889, the locomotive saw use on the DL&W's Morris & Essex Division . Each of the DL&W's divisions had their own locomotive numbering systems. The locomotive that became #4 was originally #92 of the Morris & Essex Division. The locomotive was refitted with a new boiler in 1895 and was subsequently sold to the railway equipment brokerage firm of Fitzhugh-Luther Company in 1903. The Rahway Valley Railroad purchased this locomotive in 1904.
According to various sources, #4 was not in the best shape mechanically. The locomotive is made mention of in an annual inspection of the railroad in 1908, "Recommendations - That before locomotive No. 4 is put in service again the boiler and stay bolts have an examination and such repairs made as are needed, that the boiler have a hydrostatic test, and that the flues be renewed." #4 was retired in either 1910 or 1911 (Source: Frye ).
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