Boston & Maine Class J 4-4-2 3200 was built by Baldwin in 1895 for the Concord & Montreal as their class 33. This was the first Atlantic type that offered all the qualities of the design, i.e., fi... (more)
CNJ camelback commuter power lays over at Jersey City, sharing the terminal with the colorful B&O upstarts. CNJ Class T38.
Following on from my Erie 0-8-8-0 Camelback here is a Pennsylvania & Reading Railroad camelback 4-4-0. The reason for the position of the cab was that the wide Wotton firebox designed to burn anth... (more)
Here's a frontal on Camelback #758, a product of Baldwin Locomotive c. 1910.
The 0-4-0 switchers weren't found in many PRR locations, but Atlantic City was one where they could be seen. A5s #713 worked the passenger terminal. McGregor Color original.
The crew enjoys a warm pot roast lunch in the caboose before the train is assembled in the Owosso yard and they head north into the heart of Michigan.
In the early 1900s, Maine's 2-foot railroads were a vital link between rural communities. Mixed trains were commonplace as railways with limited resources attemped to satisfy customer demands fo... (more)
NH&I RR #40 pauses at the station, just clear of the freight house, with a few hoppers in tow. In the earlier part of the 1900's a similar scene was duplicated with a P&R camelback (#482), though... (more)
RV 13 at the shops. Ansco color/color corrected in P/S
PRR had a fleet of rubber tired switchers, first built 1912, originally battery powered & later repowered with gasoline engines. They worked the dockside industries in Philly, Baltimore, & Jersey... (more)
This camelback B3b 0-6-0 worked the 8-mile CNJ Newark Branch , near the Ironbound section and the docks, was retired in 1953. Ansco color, color corrected in P/S