Rahway Valley No. 16

NO. 16 AT GENERAL ELECTRIC'S PLANT ON JANUARY 17, 1951. [DONALD A. MAXTON COLLECTION]
NO. 16 AT KENILWORTH ON JANUARY 30, 1951, THE DAY AFTER IT ARRIVED. [WILLIAM S. YOUNG PHOTO, RICHARD J. KING COLLECTION]
NO. 16 AT KENILWORTH IN JULY 1956. [TED GLEICHMANN, JR. PHOTO]
NO. 16 AT KENILWORTH ON MARCH 30, 1967. [ANDY DICK COLLECTION]
NO. 16 AT KENILWORTH ON JULY 17, 1970. [JAMES CLAFLIN PHOTO, RICHARD J. KING COLLECTION]
NO. 16 AT ROSELLE PARK ON SEPTEMBER 29, 1978. [BOB GRAHAM PHOTO, BOB WILT COLLECTION]
NO. 16 AT ROSELLE PARK IN JUNE 1979. [ANDY DICK COLLECTION]

Model: 70-ton Switcher

Type: B=B (4-0-4 / 0-4-4-0)

Builder: General Electric Company, Erie, PA

Built: January, 1951

Construction No.: 30838

Previous Owner(s): n/a

Acquired From: Purchased new from builder

Order Date: October 23, 1950

Purchase Price: $66,770.00

Freight Charges: $495.00

Down Payment: $38,770.00, remainder financed through GE.

Interest: $2,970.00

Total Cost: $69,740.00

Arrived on Property: January 29, 1951, Summit, NJ

Disposition: Sold December 22, 1986 to Delaware Otsego Corporation. Served on NYS&W system. Donated 1995 to United Railroad Historical Society of NJ. On loan to Whippany Railway Museum, 2004-2016. Donated to the Tri-State Railway Historical Society in 2017.

Present Location: Morristown & Erie Railway, Morristown, NJ.

Notes: Fitted with a Switch Engine Speed Recorder, manufactured by Barco Mfg. Co., Model C, Serial No. 50397. Purchased from and installed by GE on April 18, 1952, at a cost of $475.00. Arrived in factory colors, red and yellow. Repainted Cornell red (maroon) and white in 1975. Cosmetically restored to red and yellow, August to September 2005, and again June to November 2014.

LOCOMOTIVE SPECIFICATIONS:

Phase: PS-B70T

Version: End Cab, non-MU equipped

Engine Builder: Cooper-Bessemer

Engine Model: FWL-6T, turbocharged

Engine Serial No.: 5100

Engine Configuration: Six (6) cylinder, four (4) cycle, diesel

Bore and Stroke: 9" x 10-1/2"

Horsepower: 660

Full Load RPM: 1,000

Idle RPM: 450

Main Generator: GT-571

Auxiliary Generator: GMG-146

Gear Ratio: 105:15

Traction Motors: Four (4) type GE 748, each 510 ampere continuous rating; 550 ampere one hour rating.

Control: General Electric Co., electric pneumatic, single station.

Brakes: Combined independent and automatic air brake equipment, Schedule 14-EL

Fuel Capacity: 500 gallons

Engine Cooling Water Capacity: 100 gallons

Lubricating Oil Capacity: 125 gallons

Sand Capacity: 12 cubic feet

Length Inside Knuckles: 37'

Height Overall: 13' 5-1/2"

Width Overall: 10'

Locomotive Wheelbase: 26' 3"

Truck Wheelbase: 6' 10"

Wheel Diameter: 36"

Minimum Radius Curvature: 75'

Underframe Construction: Welded

Journal Bearings, type: Friction

Journal Bearing, size: 5-1/2" by 10"

Tractive Effort at one-hour rating: 26,000 lbs.

Weight in Working Order: 137,600 lbs., later reported as 139,000 lbs.

Light Weight: 132,800 lbs.

Max Speed: 55 MPH