Rahway Valley No. 17

NO. 17 AT GENERAL ELECTRIC'S PLANT IN ERIE, PA ON JANUARY 26, 1954. [DONALD A. MAXTON COLLECTION]
NO. 17 ON THE LEHIGH VALLEY BRANCH IN ROSELLE PARK IN 1954. [WILLIAM S. YOUNG PHOTO, RICHARD J. KING COLLECTION]
NO. 17 AT KENILWORTH ON JANUARY 19, 1956. [MICHAEL CAPUTO PHOTO, CORINNE CLARK COLLECTION]
NO. 17 AT KENILWORTH IN THE 1960S. [RICHARD J. KING COLLECTION]
NO. 17 AT ROSELLE PARK ON MARCH 3, 1978. [RALPH CURCIO PHOTO, RICHARD J. KING COLLECTION]
NO. 17 AT KENILWORTH ON AUGUST 18, 1980. [BOB WILT PHOTO]
NO. 17 IN KENILWORTH IN FEBRUARY 1988. [CARL PERELMAN PHOTO]

Model: 70-ton Switcher

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

Builder: General Electric Company, Erie, PA

Built: January 1954

Construction No.: 32130

Previous Owner(s): n/a

Acquired From: Purchased new from builder

Acquired Date: January 11, 1954

Purchase Price: $76,455.00

Freight Charges: $626.37

Total Cost: $77,081.37

Arrived on Property: February 2, 1954, 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, 2005-2016. Donated to the Tri-State Railway Historical Society, 2017.

Present Location: Whippany Railway Museum, Whippany, NJ

Notes: Arrived in factory colors, green and yellow. Repainted Cornell red (maroon) and white in 1975. Cosmetically restored to green and yellow, September 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.

Light Weight: 132,800 lbs.

Max Speed: 55 MPH