Rahway Valley No. 8

No. 8 at Kenilworth. (J. Wallace Higgins photo, Thomas T. Taber, III collection)

No. 8 at work in October 1922. (Richard J. King collection)

Type: 2-8-0 Consolidation

Builder: Pittsburgh Locomotive & Car Works, Allegheny, PA

Built: March 1900

Construction No.: 2070

Previous Owner(s): Pittsburgh & Lake Erie Railroad No. 140, renumbered No. 9319.

Acquired From: Southern Iron & Equipment Co.

Acquired Date: February 1916

Purchase Price: Unknown

Disposition: Retired May 1, 1928. Sold for scrap to General Equipment Co. of Paterson, New Jersey for $7.75 per ton. Dismantled and cut up on the RV and loaded into cars by the scrap dealer, May 1929. Delivered to the CNJ at Aldene on May 17, 1929. Towing to the scrappers yard was cost prohibitive due to the extensive repairs necessary to make No. 8 acceptable for movement.

Notes: Locomotive was owned by Louis Keller and leased to the Rahway Valley Company for $10/day, excluding Sundays. No. 8 was out of service for thirty-three months between September 11, 1919, and May 1, 1928. Shopped by the Erie Railroad in October and November 1920, and December 1921.