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Motive Power Development on the Pennsylvania Railroad System, 1831-1924.

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DescriptionMotive Power Development on the Pennsylvania Railroad System, 1831-1924. By Paul T. Warner. Reprinted from Baldwin Locomotives. Philadelphia: (Pennsylvania Railroad Co.), 1924. First thus in book format. Small quarto, red cloth. 80 pp., color frontis, illustrations, photos. Pages up to page 9 plus index on page [80] are shown in this record (Small PDF on file with all pages.) See notes for full text of index. Pages 7-9 have text and images related to John Stevens and Edwin A. Stevens of Hoboken in regard to their railroad efforts. On page 9 is a photo of an 1850 Norris Brothers captioned: Single-driver Locomotive "Stevens," built by Norris Bros. for the Camden & Amboy R.R., 1850 Cylinders. 13" x 38". Drivers. diameter, 96". Weight, total engine, about 47,000 lb. There were seven locomotives of this general design. ---- Selected text excepted from Chapter I: THE NEW JERSEY RAILROADS The State of New Jersey was a pioneer in building railroads for the general transportation of passengers and freight. As early as 1812, John Stevens applied to the State Legislature for authority to build a railroad within its borders, but nothing was accomplished at that time. In 1832, however, the Camden & Amboy Railroad was completed between Bordentown and Amboy, a distance of 26½ miles, and the following year was extended from Bordentown to Camden, N. J., opposite Philadelphia. This road, in conjunction with a line of steamboats operated between Amboy and New York, constituted, at that time, the principal route between New York and Philadelphia, and was, because of its strategic location, a most important part of the country's transportation system. [illustration] The "John Bull," first Locomotive on the Camden & Amboy R. R., as originally built and named "Stevens" The first locomotive to be used on the Camden & Amboy was the "John Bull," which was built by Robert Stephenson and Co., of New Castle-on-Tyne, England. It was received by the road in August, 1831, and was put in service at Bordentown, N. J., on November 12th of that year. This locomotive was originally named "Stevens," but its name was changed to "John Bull" shortly after its arrival. It was of the well known "Planet" class, as built by the Stephensons at that time, with inside cylinders and two pairs of wheels of the same diameter, coupled by side rods. The cylinders were 9 x 20 inches; the wheels had a diameter of 54 inches, and the weight of the locomotive was 11 tons. This locomotive was placed in service by Isaac Dripps, Master Mechanic of the road; a genius who was destined to subsequently make a name for himself. Finding that the "John Bull," with its rigid wheelbase, was not well fitted to take the curves on the road, Mr. Dripps removed the side rods and improvised a twowheeled leading truck, the wooden frame of which was hinged to the extremities of the front axle. This truck carried a crude form of pilot. It proved effective as a guide, and thus equipped the locomotive not only did duty on the Camden & Amboy for many years, but in 1893 travelled, under its own steam, to Chicago, where it formed part of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company's exhibit at the World's Columbian Exposition. The locomotive is permanently preserved at the National Museum in Washington. This locomotive is of special interest to The Baldwin Locomotive Works, in that it was carefully examined by Mr. Baldwin before he built his first locomotive, the "Old Ironsides." Records show that very few Baldwin locomotives were built for the Camden and Amboy. The most interesting of them, from a historical point of view, was one of the 4-4-0 type named the "E. A. Stevans" and completed early in 1846. This locomotive was among the first of its type to be built by Mr. Baldwin, and its general design is shown in an illustration on page 8. The motive power of the, Camden and Amboy included two remarkable groups of locomotives to which at least a brief reference must be made. The first of these were the so-called "Monsters," which were freight locomotives of the 0-8-0 type, and of exceptional weight and capacity for their day. The original "Monster" was alleged to have been built at the Camden and Amboy Shops in Bordentown in 1834, although the date is uncertain and some accounts place its construction as late as 1850. It had inclined [illustration] The "John Bull" as rebuilt with Leading Wheels cylinders whose pistons were connected to vibrating beams fulcrumed on bearings bolted to the smokebox front. From these beams the two rear pairs of wheels were rotated by connecting and coupling rods. The first and second pairs of wheels were independently coupled by rods, and the second axle was geared through an intermediate spur wheel to the third axle. The cylinders of this locomotive measured 18x30 ..... ==== Small 4to boards.

Entry/Object ID

2014.013.0131

Acquisition

Accession

2014.013

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Book Details

Author

Warner, Paul T.

Edition

1st in book form.

Publisher

Pennsylvania Railroad

Place Published

Location

Philadelphia

Date Published

1831 - 1924

Publication Language

English

Notes

Date: 1924

General Notes

Note

Notes: 2014.013.0131 Motive Power Development on the Pennsylvania Railroad System, 1831-1924. Text of index on page [80]. ==== INDEX (*) indicates illustrations A Air brake, introduction of..............31, 33* Allegheny Portage Railroad................. 4 Allegheny Portage Railroad locomotives 6, 17* 19 Altoona Shops established..................21 American Locomotive Co., locomotives built by...............42, 44*, 56, 58, 59, 68, 69 American type locomotives (see locomotives) Articulated locomotives (see locomotives) Atlantic City, fast running time to...........53 Atlantic type locomotives (see locomotives) Atterbury, W. W..........................55 B Baldwin Locomotive Works, The, locomotives built by: Compound, for Pennsylvania Railroad. . . 40, 42, 43*, 56*, 69*, 70* Early American type, Camden and Amboy Railroad...........................7,8* Early American type, Penna. R. R.. . . 12, 13* Early Consolidation Type, Penna. R. R. . .33* First for Pennsylvania Railroad..........11* First for Philadelphia and Columbia R. R.. .4* Single driver fast passenger...........11*, 12 Six coupled with leading wheels, 1852 .. 12, 13* With flexible beam truck.......5, 6*, 11*, 15* With variable cut-off................15*, 17* Belpaire firebox, introduction of.............39 Beyer, Peacock and Company, locomotive built by.............................41* Broadway Limited.....................58*, 59 G Camden and Amboy Railroad, locomotives. .6-9* Camden and Atlantic Railroad, locomotives 37*, 38 Camel locomotives, built by Ross Winans... 14* Casanave, F. D...........................45 Cassatt, Alexander J................26, 33, 74 Cloud, John W............................40 Coal, early use of as fuel...................19 Collin, John B.........................33, 40 Consolidation type locomotives (see locomotives) Decapod type locomotives (see locomotives) de Glehn type locomotive...............55*, 56 Dripps, Isaac .....................7, 33 Dudley, Charles B.........................40 Durborow, R. N...........................63 E Electric locomotives (see locomotives) Electrification, New York Terminal..........74 Electrification, Philadelphia Zone............75 Ely, Theodore N.......................33, 34 Equipment statistics........3, 25, 29, 50, 51, 78 G Gardner, George Clinton...................33 Gasoline rail motor cars....................78 Gibbs, Alfred W....................55, 62, 71 H Harrisburg and Lancaster Railroad, locomotives .................:...........11* J Jarrett and Palmer Special Train ......31 K Kiesel, William F., Jr......................71 L Laird, John P..........................22, 26 Lancaster Locomotive Works, locomotive 18* Lewis, Enoch ....... 19 Link motion, adoption of ........ 15 Locomotives, American (4-4-0) type: Class D-1 (A) .... 27, 29* " D-2 (B) .... 27 D-2a (BA) ..... 36* D-3 (C) ..... 28* " D-4 (C anth.).....................29* “ D-4a (CA anth.)...................29 “ D-5 (G).......................28,29* “ D-6 (K)..................34, 35*, 36* “ D-7 (A anth.)..................36, 38* “ D-8 (N)...........................38 “ D-8a (O)......................38, 39* “ D-10 (O)......................41*, 42 “ D-11a (P).....................38,39* “ D-13c (P)........................42* ---- Class D-14 (P)......................43, 54* “ D-14a (P).................44, 45*, 46* “ D-15 (T)......................42, 43* “ D-16 (L).......................45, 46 “ D-16a (L).....................45, 46* “ D-16b............................46* “ D-16c.............................46 “ D-16d.........................46,48* Baldwin compound experimental 42, 43* Early, on Pennsylvania Railroad..........10 With outside link motion, for New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company..............................9, 10* Schenectady experimental............42, 44* Locomotives, articulated type: Class CC-ls............................69* “ CC-2s........................69,70* “ HC-ls...........................70* Locomotives, Atlantic (4-4-2) type: Class E-l...........................53, 54* “ E-la..............................54 “ E-2..............................54* “ E-2a..............................55 “ E-2d..............................59 “ E-3...............................55 “ E-3 a.............................55* “ E-3d.............................59* “ E-3sd.........................60*, 61 “ E-6..............................63* “ E-6s..........................64*, 65 E-28 (Baldwin balanced compound). . 56* de Glehn balanced compound.........55*, 56 Locomotives, Consolidation (2-8-0) type: Class H-l (I)....................28*, 30, 31 “ H-3 (R) .....................39,40* “ H-5..........................48,5 0* “ H-6.......................48, 49, 51* “ H-6a.............................57* “ H-6b.........................57*, 58 “ H-8..............................62* “ Id-9s.............................62* “ H-lOs.........................62, 63* First used on Pennsylvania Railroad 33* Locomotives, Decapod (2-10-0) type: Class I-ls..........................67*, 68 Locomotives, electric: Class DD-1....................74*, 75*, 79* “ FF-1 .........................76,77* “ L-5, L-5a......................76,77* Experimental types......................74 Locomotives, Mikado (2-8-2) type: Class L-ls..........................66, 67* Locomotives, Mogul (2-6-0) type: Class F-l...............................48 “ F-la..........................48,50* “ F-3...............................58 “ F-3b.................... 58 “ F-3c..........................57*. 58 Compound experimental..................48 Passenger, rebuilt from 4-4-0 type, 1866.47, 48* Winans Camel locomotives, rebuilt. ... 14, 19* Locomotives, Mountain (4-8-2) type: Class M-l.............................71* Locomotives, Pacific (4-6-2) type: Class K-2..............................60* “ K-3s.............................60* “ K-4s.............................65* Experimental, built 1906.................59 Locomotives, single driver, 1849.........11*, 12 Locomotives, switching: Class A-2 (Q)..........................40* “ A-2a (Q).........................45* “ A-3 (U)..........................50* “ A-4...............................73 “ A-5s.............................73* “ B-l (F).......................28,34* “ B-2 (H).......................28,34* “ B-3 (M)..........................38* “ B-4 (M)...........................42 “ B-4a (M).....................42,44* “ B-6........ 72* 1“ B-6sb.........................72*, 73 B-8..............................73* “ C-l...........................73,74* Locomotives, ten-wheeled (4-6-0) type: Class G-l (D).......................28, 31* “ G-2 (E).......................28,31* “ G-3 (X).......................47,49* “ G-4...........................47,49* “ G-4a..........................48,49* “ G-5s..........................71,72* Baldwin compound experimental 42, 43* Early, on Pennsylvania Railroad..... 13*, 16* Schenectady compound experimental... 42, 44* Locomotives, 2-10-2 type: Class N-1s..........................68, 69* “ N-2s..........................68, 69* Locomotive testing plant...................55 ---- Locomotive, Webb compound..............41* Long and Norris, locomotive for Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad................. 5 Loughridge chain brake....................22 M Mallet locomotives (see locomotives, articulated) Mikado type locomotives (see locomotives) Mileage records, notable.............24, 40, 47 Miller, E. L., traction increaser.............. 8 Millholland, James........................14 Mogul type locomotive, the first true (Rogers Locomotive Works) ................8, 10* Mogul type locomotives (see locomotives) Mountain type locomotive (see locomotives) Multiple-unit electric cars.................76* N New Jersey Locomotive & Machine Co., locomotive built by...................25* New Jersey Manufacturing Co., locomotive built by.............................16* New Jersey Railroad and Transportation Company, locomotives...........8, 9*, 10* Norris Brothers, single driver locomotives, Camden and Amboy Railroad ...8, 9* Norris, Richard and Son, locomotives for Pennsylvania Railroad 14*, 19*, 20*, 21*, 22* Norris, William, early locomotives for Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad..........5* Northern Central Railway..................25 O Oil-burning experiments....................40 P Pacific type locomotives (see locomotives) Pennsylvania Railroad System: Equipment statistics 3, 25, 29, 50, 51, 78 Incorporation of.........................10 Locomotives, types of, now in service 78 Locomotives, aggregate tractive force of... .78 Mileage and traffic statistics............3, 26 Motive Power Department policy. . . .3, 34, 79 Pennsylvania Special..................55*, 58* Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad, locomotives ........................4*, 5*, 6* Philadelphia and Trenton Railroad, locomotive “Black Hawk”..............8, 10* Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad..............................36 Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad, locomotives.................37* Pittsburgh, Ft..Wayne and Chicago Railway. .25 R Ricker, R. E..............................26 Rogers Locomotive Works, locomotives built by...........................8, 10*, 19* S Sellers and Sons, Coleman, locomotive for Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad..... 5 Single driver locomotives (see locomotives) Smith and Perkins, locomotives built by 11, 13*, 14, 22* Smoke-burning tests.......................19 Standard locomotive designs adopted........27 Steel, first use of, in boiler construction.......24 Stephenson, Robert and Company: Locomotive “John Bull,” Camden and Amboy Railroad...................... 7* Locomotives for Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad.......................... 5 Stevens, John............................. 6 Superheating, improvement effected by.......61 Superheating, introduction of...............60 Switching locomotives (see locomotives) T Ten-wheeled locomotives (see locomotives) Thomson, John Edgar......................10 Two-ten-two type locomotives (see locomotives) Y Variable cut-off, use of.....................15 Vauclain, Andrew C.......................21 Vauclain, Samuel M....................21, 22 Vogt, Axel S...........................40, 71 w Wallis, J. T............................63, 71 Walschaerts valve gear, introduction of. 56, 57, 58 Webb compound locomotive (see locomotives) Wilmarth, Seth, locomotives built by........13* Winans, Ross, locomotives built by 11, 14* ==== ==== Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-11-13

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Motive Power Development on the Pennsylvania Railroad System, 1831-1924. picture number 13