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Viewing Album: CNJ CAMELBACK STEAM ALBUM
By:
Gary Everhart
Dates:
1/1/1881 - 1/1/1970
Album Info:
This is a consolidation of several separate Central RR of New Jersey camelback steam locomotive albums posted earlier. The photos are mostly original b&w scans, some with adjustments and refinements to bring out details. The photographer, date and location are identified when known. Approximate dates and locations have been given to those without the information.
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Title:
CNJ 4-6-0 #608 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Built by Alco-Brooks in 1902, this class of camelbacks were designed with some attention to the fireman's position. According to Steamlocomotive.com,""Sinclair pays particular attention to the fireman's position in this class of camelbacks. He explains that a lot of the discomfort and peril of coal-heaving in a double-cab came from requiring the fireman to work from the tender, or worse, straddle the footplate-tender junction just a couple of feet above the rails. In this engine the "coal digger" is placed "on deck" which offered the advantage that "...with all the motion of the engine, the fireman and firehole door maintain the same relative position to each other all the time." As a result, the man moved coal over a shorter distance and at a lower height and would have a truer aim at the door. Another amenity was that the fireman was housed in a complete cab that could be fitted with "curtains over the doors that would make [him] decidedly snug, and furthermore, he can't fall out."' Date and location were not given. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1920
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 12:34:17 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 608(4-6-0)
Views:
644
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #434 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Built by Alco-Brooks in 1899, this 12 wheeler camelback was an interesting configuration with the engineer sitting in the center. Thanks to Daniel Pagdon's comment, the nickname "Mastodon" seems very appropriate! Date and location were not given. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1920
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 12:35:18 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 434(4-8-0)
Views:
696
Comments:
2
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #438 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Another view of this 1899 Alco-Brooks camelback. Thanks to a comment from Daniel Pagdon about the CNJ nickname for this wheel configuration, "Mastodon", it seems very appropriate!
Photo Date:
6/1/1920
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 4:55:50 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 438(4-8-0)
Views:
523
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #438 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Here is a CNJ work train headed up by an 1899 Alco-Brooks built 12 Wheeler camelback. Thanks to a comment from Daniel Pagdon about the CNJ nickname for this wheel configuration, "Mastodon", it seems very appropriate!Date and location were not given. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1920
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 12:35:54 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 438(4-8-0)
Views:
432
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #471 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Here is an active 1899 Alco-Brooks camelback sitting in an unknown location. Thanks to a comment from Daniel Pagdon about the CNJ nickname for this wheel configuration, "Mastodon", it seems very appropriate! No date or location were given for this photo and no photographer was listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1920
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 4:59:30 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 471(4-8-0)
Views:
462
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #479 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Originally numbered 469, this Alco-Brooks camelback built in 1901 was renumbered in 1903 to 479. Rebuilt in 1919 to class K1, rebuilt again in January 1924 at Elizabethport to class K1as, reclassed in 1945 to TW40. The scan was left in its sepia tones as conversion to black/white caused a loss of details in this original photo. Thanks to a comment from Daniel Pagdon about the CNJ nickname for this wheel configuration, "Mastodon", it seems very appropriate! No date or location were given for this photo and no photographer was listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1920
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 4:59:58 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Track,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 479(4-8-0)
Views:
626
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 0-6-0 #25 Camelback - Central of New Jersey RR
Description:
Here's a typical yard switcher and crew at work in an unidentified location. Built by the CNJ shops in 1910, the camelback arrangement was a unique solution in the steam engine development. Now it looks like a strange "bird" but I find it interesting and actually pretty in a "Beauty-and-the-Beast" sort of way! Update - thanks to the comment by Daniel Pagdon (see below), I have changed the unknown location to the Elizabethport yards.
Photo Date:
6/1/1930
Upload Date:
12/30/2013 9:37:07 AM
Location:
Elizabethport Yard, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 25(0-6-0)
Views:
1572
Comments:
5
Title:
CNJ 0-6-0C #23 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Posed in front of the Communipaw roundhouse is this 1906 Alco built 0-6-0 camelback switcher. Stubby but cute, this was a B3a class loco. Date is approximate and no photographer was listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1930
Upload Date:
3/5/2016 9:41:12 AM
Location:
Communipaw, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 23(0-6-0)
Views:
549
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 0-6-0C #30 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Fine example of a 1910 CNJ shops built 0-6-0 camelback switcher loaded with coal and steamed up ready to work the unknown yard.. No date, location or photogrpaher was listed for this photo so an arbitrary date was used..
Photo Date:
6/1/1930
Upload Date:
9/6/2015 4:42:32 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 30(0-6-0)
Views:
400
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 0-6-0C #5 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Stubby but cute little 0-6-0 camelback switcher blows its whistle long and hard. Built by Brooks in 1901 for the Central RR of New Jersey, this was a member of the B3 class switchers. No location, date or photographer listed on this photo although it may be Communipaw or Elizabethport yards, both known for these stubby switchers.
Photo Date:
6/1/1930
Upload Date:
3/5/2016 9:41:15 AM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 5(0-6-0)
Views:
739
Comments:
2
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #625 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
The engineer rests at a window awaiting a signal no that the 1904 Alco-Brooks built 4-6-0 camelback has a head of steam and ready to roll. According to www.steamlocomotive.com " a lot of the discomfort and peril of coal-heaving in a double-cab came from requiring the fireman to work from the tender, or worse, straddle the footplate-tender junction just a couple of feet above the rails. In this engine the "coal digger" is placed "on deck" which offered the advantage that "...with all the motion of the engine, the fireman and firehole door maintain the same relative position to each other all the time." As a result, the man moved coal over a shorter distance and at a lower height and would have a truer aim at the door. Another amenity was that the fireman was housed in a complete cab that could be fitted with "curtains over the doors that would make [him] decidedly snug, and furthermore, he can't fall out." Specs - L-3 class, 69" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 19x26" cylinders, engine weight of 167,000 lb, tractive effort of 24,281 lb. No date, location or photographer was given for the photo.
Photo Date:
6/1/1930
Upload Date:
2/13/2017 10:44:56 AM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 625(4-6-0)
Views:
456
Comments:
4
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #468 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Here is a camelback built by Alco-Brooks in 1900 in this unknown location. No date or location were given for this photo and no photographer was listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1930
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 4:58:59 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 468(4-8-0)
Views:
401
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #762 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Beautiful action shot of a 1912 Baldwin built ten wheel camelback heading up a commuter train. Note on the back of the photo states "C.N.J. #762 eastb'd near Dunmellen, M.J. train #418." Specs - L-7s class, 69" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 23x28" cylinders, engine weight of 225,100 lb, tractive effort of 38,318 lb. The class was retired in 1953-54. R.P Morris photo credit.
Photo Date:
10/26/1931
Upload Date:
5/8/2016 5:15:29 AM
Location:
Dunellen, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 762(4-6-0)
Views:
438
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #468 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Caught with its steam up and tender loaded in the CNJ Communipaw yard, this 1900 Alco-Brooks built 4-8-0 camelback is an example of the largest camelback that Central RR of New Jersey had on its roster. Specs - K-1 class, 55" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 20x32" cylinders, engine weight of 201,000 lb, tractive effort of 43,619 lb. Renumbered from 453 to 468 in 1903. Rebuilt and superheated by the CNJ shops in April 1921. More than half were retired before WWII with the last of the class scrapped in 1948 (#465). Robert P. Morris photo
Photo Date:
11/22/1931
Upload Date:
8/15/2016 8:10:08 AM
Location:
Communipaw, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 468(4-8-0)
Views:
315
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 0-6-0C #1 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
This appears to be the first 0-6-0 camelback switchers built for the Central RR of New Jersey. This one was a 1901 Brooks example of the ugly-cute switcher that was common working the Communipaw yards. Some of these lasted into the early 1950's before being retired. Robert P. Morris photo credit.
Photo Date:
10/1/1933
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 8:54:33 AM
Location:
Communipaw, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 1(0-6-0)
Views:
886
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 0-6-0C #89 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Here is an early 0-6-0 camelback built by Alco-Brooks during November 1905. There were 51 members built during 1902-1905 with a few lasting until 1951. Robert P. Morris photo credit.
Photo Date:
10/1/1933
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 8:55:08 AM
Location:
Communipaw, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 89(0-6-0)
Views:
501
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #626 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Nice stubby example of a 1904 Alco-Brooks 4-6-0 ten wheeler camelback. Specifics - camelback, 69" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 19x26" cylinders, engine weight of 167,000 lb, tractive effort of 24,281 lb. Date is approximate. No photographer listed
Photo Date:
6/1/1935
Upload Date:
1/4/2016 6:20:41 AM
Location:
Communipaw, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 626(4-6-0)
Views:
357
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #760 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
This photo illustrates one of the handicaps with a camelback - the engineer has a hard time communicating with his fireman riding at the back of the loco. Note how the engineer is hanging outside his window. Specifics - class L7s camelback, 69" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 23x28" cylinders, engine weight of 225,100 lb, tractive effort of 38,318 lb. No photographer listed and date is approximate.
Photo Date:
7/1/1935
Upload Date:
1/4/2016 6:20:45 AM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 760(4-6-0)
Views:
386
Comments:
1
Title:
Central Rail Road of New Jersey 0-6-0 #38
Description:
A rare camelback switcher sits idle in the Elizabethport yard on this clear December day. Buit by the CNJ in 1912 as a B4 class switcher, it serves as an evolutionary step in locomotive construction. Somehow this engine looks cute, almost toylike is some ways and must have been a partial inspiration to the Lionel Corporation early steeple models. Photo credit goes to Milt Ward.
Photo Date:
12/1/1935
Upload Date:
8/1/2013 9:16:33 AM
Location:
Elizabethport Yard, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 38(0-6-0)
Views:
540
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #172 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Ugly cute shot of a 1903 Alco-Brooks built 4-6-0 ten wheel camelback an L5b class loco. Note the fireman topping off the water tank with a hose. C.W. Jernstrom photo
Photo Date:
5/12/1936
Upload Date:
9/6/2015 4:42:35 PM
Location:
Elizabeth, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 172(4-6-0)
Views:
817
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #772 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
In this recent reprint of an older negative, this camelback ten wheeler built by Baldwin in 1913-14 sits in the Elizabethport yard waiting for the supplies and passengers to be loaded. It was a class L-7as with 69" drivers and developed a 210 psi boiler pressure for its 23"x28" cylinders. The engine tipped the scales at 225,600 lb and it could apply a tractive effort of 38,318 lb. The month and day in 1936 is approximate. Robert A. Schrum photo credit
Photo Date:
6/1/1936
Upload Date:
2/8/2014 6:57:06 AM
Location:
Elizabethport Yard, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 772(4-6-0)
Views:
453
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 4-4-2C #804 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Sitting in the deadline at the Elizabethport Yard with its sister camelbacks awaiting the torch is 4-4-2C #804. Built by the Reading Shops in 1912 when they were the controlling parent company, this camelback was a P7s class loco. No photographer listed for this photo.
Photo Date:
9/5/1936
Upload Date:
1/3/2016 10:49:13 AM
Location:
Elizabethport Yard, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 804(4-4-2)
Views:
371
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #440 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Sitting high on his pile of coal behind the Wooten firebox on this 1899 Baldwin built camelback, the fireman gives a jaunty wave to the photographer before the next round of shuffling passenger cars at the Jersey City terminal. The locomotive specs as handwritten by the unknown photographer are: K-1 class, 55" drivers, 220 psi boiler pressure, tractive effort of 39,564 lb. The photographer's initials appear to be J(?)C.
Photo Date:
5/11/1937
Upload Date:
6/10/2015 4:10:40 AM
Location:
Jersey City, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 440(4-8-0)
Views:
545
Comments:
0
Title:
Central Rail Road of New Jersey 4-4-2 #593
Description:
Camelback locomotives always look toy-like in some way - must be the early Lionel steeple cab models influence. This 1902 Alco-Brooks unit was a P-6s class camelback. George E. Votava photo gets the photo credit.
Photo Date:
6/1/1937
Upload Date:
8/1/2013 9:16:50 AM
Location:
Raritan, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 593(4-4-2)
Views:
910
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 0-6-0C #17 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Here is a later Alco-Brooks camelback switcher. It was one of 15 built between 1902-06. A couple of these lasted as late as 1954 before hitting the torch. Robert P. Morris photo credit.
Photo Date:
3/19/1938
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 8:54:48 AM
Location:
Communipaw, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 17(0-6-0)
Views:
550
Comments:
2
Title:
CNJ 0-6-0C #27
Description:
Good photo by an unknown photographer of the Central RR of New Jersey 0-6-0 camelback switcher. This loco was one of 26 0-6-0C switchers that the CNJ shops built between 1910-1915 (#24-49). No information was given for this photo so "guess-timates" were used for location and date.
Photo Date:
6/1/1938
Upload Date:
6/3/2020 7:48:23 AM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 27(0-6-0)
Views:
293
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #162
Description:
Good photo by an unknown photographer of Central Railroad of New Jersey 4-6-0C camelback ten wheeler #162. Built by Alco-Brooks around 1901, this camelback had the fireman in a rear position while the engineer rode alone in the cab. Several pros and cons have been made about this configuration but it eventually died out as engines became larger. No date was given so an approximate one was used.
Photo Date:
6/1/1938
Upload Date:
6/3/2020 10:08:44 AM
Location:
Dunellen, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 162(4-6-0)
Views:
272
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #627 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Built by Alco-Brooks in 1902, this 4-6-0 style was called a "camelback", "Mother Hubbard" or more aptly "center-cab" locomotive. Specifics -class L-3, camelback, 69" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 19x26" cylinders, engine weight of 167,000 lb, tractive effort of 24,281 lb. Robert P. Morris photo
Photo Date:
9/5/1938
Upload Date:
6/9/2015 5:12:25 PM
Location:
Communipaw, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 627(4-6-0)
Views:
435
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #461 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Another example of the "ugly cute" camelbacks that CNJ were known to use. This one was built sometime between 1899-901 by Alco-Brooks, a class K1 locomotive. No photogrpaher was listed for this photo.
Photo Date:
5/27/1939
Upload Date:
9/6/2015 4:42:37 PM
Location:
Elizabethport Yard, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 461(4-8-0)
Views:
391
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #162 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Interesting example of an turn of the century Alco-Brooks 4-6-0 ten wheeler camelback. Specifics - L5 class camelback, 69" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 20x28" cylinders, engine weight of 201,500 lb, tractive effort of 28,974 lb. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:
7/1/1939
Upload Date:
1/4/2016 6:20:35 AM
Location:
Dunellen, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 162(4-6-0)
Views:
463
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #780 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Nice older photo of the 1918 Baldwin 4-6-0 camelback built for the Central RR of New Jersey. Specs - class L-8s, camelback, 69" drivers, 220 psi boiler pressure, 23x28" cylinders, engine weight of 225,600 lb, tractive effort of 40,143 lb. The entire class of 8 locomotives was retired between 1950-54. The date, location and photographer were not listed for this photo.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
6/8/2017 6:04:19 AM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 780(4-6-0)
Views:
374
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #440 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Here is another example of an 1899 Alco-Brooks built camelback now sitting in a storage/scrap line. Date and location were not given. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 12:36:27 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 440(4-8-0)
Views:
391
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #443 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Here is another example of an 1899 Alco-Brooks built camelback now sitting in a storage/scrap line. Date and location were not given. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 4:56:23 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 443(4-8-0)
Views:
714
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #444 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Another example of an 1899 Alco-Brooks twelve wheeler camelback now relegated to the storage/scrap line. No date or location were given for this photo and no photographer was listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 4:56:56 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 444(4-8-0)
Views:
424
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #450 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
With its smokestack covered, this 1899 Alco-Brooks twelve wheeler camelback probably is sitting in a storage/scrap line somewhere. No date or location were given for this photo and no photographer was listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 4:57:28 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 450(4-8-0)
Views:
402
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #451 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Sitting quietly in a storage/scrap line is #451 along with its fellow locos. Built by Alco-Brooks in 1899, this twelve wheeled camelback must be awaiting its final fate. Date and location were not given. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 12:37:00 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 451(4-8-0)
Views:
431
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #453 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Buried in a scrap line, this 1899 Alco-Brooks camelback awaits the torch in an unknown location. No date or location were given for this photo and no photographer was listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 4:57:58 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 453(4-8-0)
Views:
396
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #461 - Central of New Jersey
Description:
Here is another 1900 Alco-Brooks camelback mothballed in a storage/scrap line. No date or location were given for this photo and no photographer was listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 4:58:27 PM
Location:
Elizabethport Yard, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 461(4-8-0)
Views:
340
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #469 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
As camelback locomotives go, this was a brute but was well suited to the hilly CNJ landscape while hauling coal. Built by Brooks (Alco) in 1900, it was well suited to burn the anthracite fuel in its wide Wooten firebox (123" long by 97" wide) which needed two firemen to stoke its hungry mouth. CNJ renumbered their class so this was actually built at #454. More than half retired before WWII with the last of the class scrapped in 1948 (#465). Specs - K-1 class, 55" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 20x32" cylinders, engine weight of 201,000 lb, tractive effort of 43,619 lb. Rebuilt and superheated by the CNJ shops at Elizabethport in March 1917 to class K1s and rebuilt to class K1as at Ashley in November 1924. The photo is from the Bob Lorenz collection and the date is approximate.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
3/10/2019 6:38:56 AM
Location:
Bethlehem, PA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 469(4-8-0)
Views:
388
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 4-8-0C #4XX - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Definitely sitting in a scrap line, this 1899 Alco-Brooks camelback awaits its final appointment with the torch. Date and location were not given. No photographer listed.
Photo Date:
6/1/1940
Upload Date:
10/20/2014 12:34:47 PM
Location:
unknown, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 4XX(4-8-0)
Views:
765
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 0-8-0C #284 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Nice original photo of a fascinating camelback switcher built by Alco Schenectady December 1916 (E-1 class). Robert P. Morris photo credit.
Photo Date:
8/25/1947
Upload Date:
2/16/2015 5:21:29 PM
Location:
Raritan, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 284(0-8-0)
Views:
557
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 294
Description:
Another nice original photo of a fascinating camelback switcher built by Baldwin circa 1918 (E-1 class). Robert P. Morris photo credit.
Photo Date:
8/25/1947
Upload Date:
2/16/2015 5:21:40 PM
Location:
Raritan, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 294(0-8-0)
Views:
439
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #786 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Great action shot of the 1918 Baldwin built 4-6-0 ten wheeled camelback at the head of a commuter passenger train. Specs - L-8s class, 69" drivers, impressive 220 psi boiler pressure, 23x28" cylinders, engine weight of 225,600 lb, tractive effort of 40,143 lb. his class was retired at the end of steam in 1950-1954. Robert P. Morris photo credit
Photo Date:
9/23/1947
Upload Date:
5/8/2016 5:15:40 AM
Location:
Elizabethport, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 786(4-6-0)
Views:
405
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #162 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Beautiful action shot of the 1900 Alco-Brooks built 4-6-0 ten wheel camelback as its running with its passenger cars. You can easily see the distance between the engineer and the fireman at the back of the camelback loco. Note on back "C.N.J. 162 east with #722 nearing Westfield, NJ. 10/14/47". Specs - L5Ds class, 69" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 20x28" cylinders, engine weight of 201,500 lb, tractive effort of 28,974 lb. The 111 camelbacks in the class were rebuilt and superheated by CNJ during the years with a variety of upgrades to several components. Some lasted in mixed service into the 1950's. Robert P. Morris photo
Photo Date:
10/14/1947
Upload Date:
8/15/2016 9:34:45 AM
Location:
Westfield, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 162(4-6-0)
Views:
475
Comments:
2
Title:
CNJ 0-6-0C #27 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
With a trail of smoke and steam, this plucky ugly-cute 0-6-0 camelback heads down the track near Dunnellen, NJ. Built by the CNJ shops in 1910, it was classified as a B3b member. Note on back "C.N.J. 27 east of Green Brook nearing Dunellen, N.J." Robert P. Morris photo
Photo Date:
12/29/1947
Upload Date:
7/27/2016 8:54:58 AM
Location:
Dunellen, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 27(0-6-0)
Views:
446
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 0-8-0C #274 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
According to the back of the photo, this 1912 Alco-Schenectady built 0-8-0 camelback yard switcher is at the Allentown, PA yards. An online photo similar to this lists it as Bethlehem, PA, yards. Can anyone help identify which it is? Unknown photographer.
Photo Date:
9/10/1948
Upload Date:
2/3/2018 5:30:55 PM
Location:
Unknown, PA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 274(0-8-0)
Views:
538
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #771 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Pouring on the coal as it passes CNJ 2-8-2 #866, the 1913 Baldwin built 4-6-0 camelback #771 shows it can compete with the Mikado sister. Note on the back of the photo states - "CNJ 771 - east - train #202, CNJ 866 west - train #403". Specs - L-7as,69" drivers, 200 psi boiler pressure, 23x28" cylinders, engine weight of 225,600 lb, tractive effort of 36,493 lb. Virtually all of this class served until the 1950's. R.P. Morris photo credit
Photo Date:
4/21/1949
Upload Date:
5/8/2016 5:15:35 AM
Location:
Bound Brook, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam,Passenger,Action
Locomotives:
CNJ 771(4-6-0)
CNJ 866(2-8-2)
Views:
850
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #164 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
This massive 4-6-0 camelback was built by Alco-Brooks in 1901. Specifics - class L-5ds, camelback, 69" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 20x28" cylinders, engine weight of 201,500 lb, tractive effort of 28,974 lb. Robert P. Morris photo
Photo Date:
11/19/1949
Upload Date:
6/9/2015 5:12:20 PM
Location:
Communipaw, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 164(4-6-0)
Views:
652
Comments:
0
Title:
CNJ 4-6-0C #751 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
The fate of this 1902 Baldwin built 4-6-0 camelback seems in question as it sits in what might be a scrap line. Baldwin, 1910, Specifics - L-6a class, camelback, 69" drivers, 210 psi boiler pressure, 22x28" cylinders, engine weight of 195,000 lb, tractive effort of 35,058 lb. The photographer did not put his name on the photo but did include a lot of detail about the camera settings. He used a Ciroflex "B" camera with 120 size Exx film at 1/50th sec exposure with f/d 50, then used Micro film developer and printed the photo on #3 paper . Only wish he had written his name as well.
Photo Date:
10/1/1950
Upload Date:
6/9/2015 5:12:29 PM
Location:
Elizabethport Yard, NJ
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 751(4-6-0)
Views:
475
Comments:
1
Title:
CNJ 0-8-0C #275 - Central RR of New Jersey
Description:
Caught standing in an unidentified yard ( possibly Bethlehem, PA) is this Alco-Schenectady 0-8-0 camelback switcher was built in December of 1913 as CNJ 275. Thanks to the research efforts of Chuck Zeiler, we have few more details about this unique loco. It was reclassified as an E1 in 1919 and again in 1945 as class 8553. The loco was finally sold for scrap in May of 1952. Thanks, Chuck, for the info! Edward H. Weber photo credit.
Photo Date:
12/29/1951
Upload Date:
2/3/2018 5:30:59 PM
Location:
Unknown, PA
Author:
Gary Everhart
Categories:
Roster,Yard,Steam
Locomotives:
CNJ 275(0-8-0)
Views:
472
Comments:
1
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