New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Steam Locomotive #357 at Mayfield, Pennsylvania in 1938

ID # 11,868

Built by the American Locomotive Company (Schenectady) in 1915.

Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive #5528

ID # 9,599

Delaware & Hudson Railroad Steam Locomotive #1095 at Binghamton, New York

ID # 4,384

Built by the American Locomotive Company (Schenectady) in 1914.

LAFAYETTE

ID # 892

LAFAYETTE

The Lafayette, a 4-2-0 type built by William Norris at Philadelphia in the fall of 1837, was the first six-wheeler on the Baltimore & Ohio, which was then nine years old and owned only eleven four-wheeled locomotives. This locomotive was a high-stacked woodburner used to haul freight. Like other iron horses of that period, she had no Cab and the engineer stood on an open platform exposed to sun, rain. wind and snow. An old report shows that during the first six months of 1841 the Lafayette covered 10,400 miles, consumed 255 1/2 cords of wood in her firebox and cost $438.10 in repairs, of which $393.60 went for  workmanship and only $44.50 for material.

THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY

Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive #2846

ID # 20,784

Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in November, 1905.

TRUCKS ON TRACKS

ID # 21,319

From the August, 1965 issue of Trains Magazine.

ask your DOCTOR

ID # 22,809

From the January, 1953 issue of Trains & Travel Magazine.

Conrail Diesel Locomotive #6530 at Buffalo, New York, September 2, 1976

ID # 24,184

CONRAIL 6530

On April 1, 1976, Conrail took over the operations of many eastern roads to become a 17,000 route mile system with 5000 locomotives. Painted in the new Conrail colors, former Pennsy and PC U28C No. 6530, is ready to head up a freight out of Buffalo, N.Y., September 2, 1976.

Photo by Ray Lackemeyer

Take the heat off travel!

ID # 11,929

From the August, 1954 issue of Trains Magazine.

Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive #5536 at Crestline, Ohio in 1946

ID # 9,600

Steam Locomotive

ID # 4,382

The Pioneer

ID # 891

Barre & Chelsea Railroad Steam Locomotive #6 Taking Water at Montpelier, Vermont in April, 1949

ID # 24,271

Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1912, builder # 37,525.

Burlington-to be sure!

ID # 21,249

From the June, 1965 issue of Trains Magazine.

Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive #6163

ID # 18,733

How many cars in this picture?

ID # 13,779

From the April, 1948 issue of Trains Magazine.

New York, Ontario & Western Railroad #32 at Middletown, New York in 1937

ID # 11,567

Reading Railroad Steam Locomotive #1492 at Bridgeport, Pennsylvania on May 4, 1948

ID # 9,603

Westover Leather Company Steam Locomotive #1

ID # 4,380

TOM THUMB and BEST FRIEND OF CHARLESTON

ID # 889

TOM THUMB and BEST FRIEND OF CHARLESTON
Two experimental engines that made trial runs in 1830 were the Tom Thumb (upper picture) and Best Friend of charleston (lower). Peter Cooper built the Tom Thumb in 1829 for the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and drove her August 28, 1830, hauling an open car filled with B. & 0. offIcials in a race with a horse-drawn vehicle. A belt in the locomotive slipped, permitting the horse to win, but the test proved that steam power could be used on the B. & 0. to replace horses. The Best Friend of Charleston was the first locomotive to draw a train in America. Designed by E. L. Miller of Charleston, South Carolina. she was built in 1830 at the West Point Foundry in New York for the Charleston & Hamburg Railroad, today part of the Southern system. On trial runs in November and Decemher she hauled four and five carloads of passengers at speeds up to 21 miles per hour.

New York Public Library
New-York Historical Society

New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Steam Locomotive #406

ID # 21,178

Late became Savannah & Atlanta Railroad # 447.

Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern Railroad Trolley #111, Syracuse, New York

ID # 18,463

Rochester, Syracuse & Eastern #111; 1906 by Niles Co. Rebuilt by Rochester & Syracuse R. R. in 1922 with steel sides, into chair car in 1927; length 53' 6" weight 84, 000; tr Brill; Motors H. West, 119; H-L cont. 125 H. P. Leaving Clinton Sq. in downtown Syracuse.

$1,000,000 OF NEW HORSE POWER FOR C&EI

ID # 13,777

From the April, 1948 issue of Trains Magazine.

New York, Ontario & Western Railroad #126 at Middletown, New York in April, 1912

ID # 11,561

ID # 9,371

Westover Leather Company Steam Locomotive #1

ID # 4,379

The Stourbriclge Lion

ID # 888

THE STOURBRIDGE LION

The Stourbriclge Lion, which had a lion's picture painted on her boiler front, was the first practical locomotive to run on American rails. Her four oaken wheels were fitted with iron tires. Horatio Allen of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company ordered her for hauling coal trains. Foster, Rastrick & Company built her at Stourhridge. England, in 1829, even before Stephenson built his more famous pioneer locomotive, the Rocket. She was delivered by sailing ship, then river boat and finally canal boat to Honesdale. Pennsylvania. With Allen at the throttle, she made a trial run April 8, 1829, crossing a shaky wooden trestle over the Lackawaxen Creek at about ten miles per hour. But her seven-ton weight made her unsafe to operate on the light rails of those days, and she never ran again. Parts of her may be seen today at the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. 

Smithsonian Institution

Schoharie Valley Railroad Steam Locomotive #5

ID # 24,118

Drag or race!

ID # 21,201

From the July, 1967 issue of Trains Magazine.

Pennsylvania Railroad Steam Locomotive #3768 at the New York Worlds Fair in August, 1939

ID # 18,725

New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Steam Locomotive #245 at Walton, New York in 1939

ID # 11,571

Reading Railroad Steam Locomotive #1112

ID # 9,593

Ulster & Delaware Railroad, Steam Locomotive #27 at Oneonta, New York in July, 1914

ID # 3,804

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in June, 1907, builder # 43,062. Later New York Central Railroad #814 and #1,227.

Moving a Mountain to Move Trains Faster

ID # 13,541

From the April, 1949 issue of Trains Magazine.

Types of Steam Locomotives

ID # 887

Whyte's Classification System
Whyte's Classification System for distinguishing locomotive types by their wheel arrangements was devised in 1900 by Frederic M. Whyte, a New York Central official. Whyte divided engine wheels into three groups: pony - or leading-truck wheels, driving wheels (usually the largest), and trailing-truck wheels. The last-named were placed under the cab.. A Mogul, for example, has two pony-truck wheels, six drivers, and no other wheels hence it is a 2-6-0. Whytes system, though ingenious, does not indicate the presence or absence of a booster. the small reciprocating steam engine sometimes fastened to trailing-truck wheels to supply extra starting power. These diagrams show the best-known steam locomotive wheel arrangements. A complete all-time list would include about seventy different types.

Reader Railroad Steam Locomotive #108

ID # 24,120

Built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1920, builder # 52,820. Ex St. Augustine Lumber Company.

New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Steam Locomotive #76

ID # 21,163

Built by the Brooks Locomotive Company in January, 1887, builder # 1,179.

Boston Elevated Railway Trolley #6094ID

ID # 18,456

The Land Bridge

ID # 13,532

From the July, 1968 issue of Trains Magazine.

New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Steam Locomotive #281

ID # 11,565

Steam Locomotive with Train

ID # 9,146

New York Central Railroad Steam Locomotive #812

ID # 3,771

Built by the Schenectady Locomotive Works in May, 1906, builder # 39,957. Former Ulster & Delaware.

United Traction Company Trolley #654 at North Troy Barns

ID # 844