The sun., 1898-10-30
OLD LOCOMOTIVES.
History of the Useless Engines Now
in the Yards of the p. w. & B.
Round House.,

There are many curious sights to be
seen about a big railroad system by even
a careless observer. This is particularly
true about the Philadelphia, Winning
ton & Baltimore Railroad.
Among the more interesting are the old
locomotives lying on the tracks in the
immediate vicinity of the Third street
roand house.
The locomotives all have interesting
histories. Some Of them have seen many
changes take place in the railroad sys-
TEN, and the hands that pulled the throt-
ties OF some Of them are now cold in
DEATH
| The Oldest locomotive in the lot is old
No 81, which was built by the Baldwin
Locomotive Works at Philadelphia in
1878, and is consequently just twenty
! five years old. a.e
1tran for years on the Newark branch,
and after long and useful career became
worn ont. 1t is light engine, and
could not draw the heavy cars now in
Use.
Tie next Oldest locomotive was built
by the Baldwin Company only two years
later,or in 1875. Its nulnber is 357. The
number placed on it by the Baldwin's
was 3,746.
1t was only entirely abandoned about
a month ago. VT did service as a freight
and passenger engine on the Delaware
Division.
Two other old engines, Nos. SO and
80, were both built eighteen years ago
by the Baldwin Company. The mum
bers placed ON them BY the BaIdwin's
were 1902 and 4,9333, respectly. No. So
was used as a shifting engine for years.
A small white flag is flying from the
side of the engine. Some of the older
employees still remember seeing her move
about the yard.
No. 80 was lying on side track in
the yard until recently, when it was run
TO the round house to get it out of the
way, 1t was used as passenger engine
and ran between Delaware City and
Newark for years. 1t was abandoned
about five years ago. )
The engines are rather hard looking
from being exposed to the weather. The
paint has nearly all come off the cabs,
the wood work Is rotting, the iron
work rusty and in some cases parts are
broken off, The boilers of all the engines
are said to be intact. Nearly all the en-
gines could be fitted up and put into SER
vice again on some road where light cars
and trains are run. This is the principal
reason why nearly all of them, with possi-
bly, one exception, were abandoned. The
engines built now are much heavier. The
engines are all for sale.
The engines mentioned were among
the last built for the p, W. 4 B. Railroad
by the Baldwin Company, as the rail-
road company commenced building EN-.
gines in its own shops about seventeen
years ago. Later when tn. road became
part of the great Pennsylvania lines, the
ceased making engines and all
their locomotives now come from the
Pennsylvania shops at Altoona, Pa.
There are also five old engine boilers
at the round house. All engine boilers
on the p, W. 4 B. road are regularly
inspected and explosions are made prac-
tIcally impossible. Inspector Frank
Stone, who has been with the company
for years, remembers seeing some OF the
Older engines when in service, but he is
one of the few. The young men know
little of their history and view them
with much interest Tie engines are
taking well earned res, and represent
;ype of light engines that will never
again come in Use. They are the last of
hair kind