page_title: New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway
section_title: Chinese steam operations and history
hierarchical_section_title: New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway / Chinese steam operations and history
caption_attribution_description: English: "Five in the Roundhouse" a National Park Service photo from the Steamtown National Historic Site website. Steamtown National Historic Site has been listed on the NRHP since October 30, 1986. It's located at 150 South Washington Avenue, Scranton, Pennsylvania Locomotives are (Left-to-right): NYS&amp;W 142, Baldwin #26, CN 3254, CP 2317, and RBMN 425
context_page_description: The New York, Susquehanna and Western Railway is a Class II American freight railway operating over 400 miles of track in the northeastern U.S. states of New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey.
  The railroad was formed in 1881 from the merger of several smaller railroads. Passenger service in Northern New Jersey was offered until 1966. The railroad was purchased by the Delaware Otsego Corporation in 1980, and saw success during the 1980s and 1990s in the intermodal freight transport business.
  The railroad uses three main routes: a Southern Division running from Jersey City, New Jersey to Binghamton, New York and a Northern Division formed by two branches north of Binghamton serving Utica and Syracuse. The Utica Branch is notable for running down the center of Schulyer Street.
context_section_description: In the 1990s, Walter Rich wanted a China Railways SY type steam locomotive. The engine purchased, SY 1698M, was to be NYS&W #141, delivered eventually to Syracuse, New York. Transport was to be by cargo ship from the Tangshan Works in China via the Indian Ocean. Due to the Gulf War, shipment was delayed for several months. Then the Norwegian freighter M/V Braut Team encountered bad weather in the Indian Ocean, flooded and sank on June 7, 1991 in the Bay of Bengal with all cargo lost.
  After news broke of this, NYS&W made an offer to the Valley Railroad to sell their #1647, which the Valley Railroad accepted in 1992. The engine, altered and painted to look like a 1920s-era engine, was lettered and renumbered to #142, the next locomotive after the lost #141. The engine made many runs throughout the NYS&W system, participating in such events such as the Steamtown National Historic Site grand opening in 1995, the Dunellen Railroad Days and Lincoln Park Railroad Days. The engine also has double-headed with other steam locomotives, such as Chesapeake & Ohio #614 and Milwaukee Road #261. The engine now resides on the Belvidere and Delaware River Railway where it runs tourist excursions along the Delaware River.
caption: NYS&W #142 (nearest) with other locomotives at Steamtown
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