Rahway Valley 15

Rahway Valley 15

1991 photo

Type and origin Power type Steam Builder Baldwin Locomotive Works Serial number 43529 Model 10-34 E Build date June 1916

Specifications Configuration 2-8-0 UIC class 1′D n2G Driver diameter 50 in (1,270 mm) Adhesive weight 127,700 lb (57.9 tonnes) Loco weight 146,000 lb (66.2 tonnes) Fuel type Coal Fuel capacity 6 short tons (5.4 tonnes) Water cap 3,500 US gal (13,000 l; 2,900 imp gal) Boiler pressure 200 psi (1.38 MPa) Cylinders Two, outside Cylinder size 20 in × 26 in (508 mm × 660 mm) Valve gear Walschaerts Valve type Built: Slide valves Rebuilt: Outside-admission piston valves

Performance figures Tractive effort 33,350 lbf (148.3 kN)

Career Operators Oneida and Western Railroad (O&W), Rahway Valley Railroad (RVRR), Steamtown Numbers O&W 20, RVRR 15 Nicknames Faithful Fifteen Retired November 28, 1953 Restored 1987 (cosmetic) Current owner Steamtown National Historic Site Disposition Displayed inoperable.

Rahway Valley Railroad No. 15 is a steam locomotive on display at Steamtown National Historic Site. It was built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works as Oneida and Western Railroad No. 20 in 1916, and was sold to the Rahway Valley Railroad in 1937. It last ran in 1953 before being replaced by #17 a GE 70-ton switcher. No. 15 was donated to F. Nelson Blount in May 1959 (received on June 5).

Blount chose to restore the locomotive and operate it at Steamtown, USA. It also travelled to Boston to be filmed in The Cardinal. No. 15's last run was on August 12, 1973, when a boiler tube blew out, scalding the locomotive engineer. Today, the locomotive is displayed inoperable.

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Builder's photo

1937, Kenilworth, New Jersey

1963-01-07, Steamtown USA

Current view.

Current.

• Long detailed page on the locomotive written by Steamtown