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 dia. 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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External images
Builder's photo
1937, Kenilworth, New Jersey
1963-01-07, Steamtown USA
Current view.
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