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Not #528, but CNJ
#532 was a sister unit of the same class making it a nearly
identical twin of #528.
Collection of George
Wankmueller. |
| During World War I the Rahway Valley Railroad
experienced an extreme upswing in activity along its rails. Traffic
was so heavy that the RV's motive power fleet could not keep up with
the demand. It has been reported that a variety of motive power was
leased during these years, including power from the Lehigh Valley,
Jersey Central, and the Pennsylvania. As of yet, only one of these
locomotives has been confirmed to of been leased to the Rahway
Valley Railroad. The RV leased from the Jersey Central their #528, a
4-4-0 American type, for one week in November, 1917. The cost of
leasing the CNJ hog came to a grand total of $202.60. #528 returned
to the CNJ to ply their rails another several years before being cut
up at Elizabethport in January, 1924. (Source) |
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