Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-09-21


No. %35 was built at the company's
shops by Mr.. Isaac Dripps; these To-
scomotives were designed by Mr.. e.
a. stevens and Mr.. Isaac Dripps.
Engines 3S, "a, So, 40 and AZ we're
all rebuilt by S. B. Dockerty, Esq,
and changed into three wheel con
nected with a two wheel truck, as
shown in cut, and dispensing with
the jewels. No. II was last put un-
der. repairs in the South Amboy
shops, by James Strobe, then master
mechanic of the shop, the last service
she did was shifting at South Amboy,
and in the early sixties was con-
demned and cut up. Engine No. AZ
was rebuilt at South Amboy, and
turned into a tank engine and used
in the yard shift until condemned.
Engine No. 20 referred to by Rus
ticus was not placed on the Camden
Amboy road until after No. II, is,
10, 20, 81, %, 23, "a, Is, &c, 81 and
2S had been put in service; engines
IS, 10, %, 23 and "a were all of
Baldwin build, and all single drivers
except %, it having two pair of driv-
ing wheels; Nos. 20 and 27 we're
built at Newcastle, Delaware; Nos.
81, % and 26 were all from the Nor
ries Locomotive Works, at Philadel-
Iphia.
No. FL, the Ben Franklin, came on
the road in 1915, and after running
some time was ordered off the line
by e. A. Stevens, then president of
the Camden & Amboy road, owing to
her weight, it being 45,400 pounds
in weight. nearly double the weight
of the John Bull, whose weight at
the time was 24,625 pounds. Short
ly after the Franklin was again put
in service. Then rs and 26 came on
the road. These two locomotives had
5 foot 9 inch double drivers, follow
ing these came No. 81, of Newcastle
build. The following passenger en-
gines, seven in number, were built
at the Norris. Locomotive Works,
numbered as follows: 2S, 20, 80, 81,
SO, 81 and 49,. Engines Nos. 20, 80,
81, 80, 81 and 3S were rebuilt by S.
B. Dougherty, putting under each en-
CINE two pair of 6 foot driving wheels
and two pair of truck wheels. These
locomotives all had one pair of eight
foot driving wheels originally. La
ter No. 2S was cut down to a seven
foot wrought iron wheels. These
engines all had SO inch stroke, ex-
cept No. %, it's stroke being 26 inch
es. All of these locomotives had
three pairs of SO inch wheels under
their trucks. The original boilers OF
these engines were all straight on
top. The dome was secured to the
was directIv onnosite tbe cvlinder
Tn +bo dome tha tbrottIe vaiva and
drive nine was secnrod ana n
branch nine leading from this base
was connected to fhe steam chest
The hoi1er was susnonded in tha
fronoa &c low as nossihle Tho snn~
nosition Of that dino was tho closer
Tho y,oioht woo kent 10 tba rail tbe
steodior tho ongines would RIM Tho
asb III and foot hoard fo,. Tho froo
.mar cloared tho rail h,,t q few inch-
&c mo -nginee,'s ooh was directly
~ ton ~ Tho hoi1or TN fbrott1o
v,1vo was In Tho center of tbo cab
800 49, f,on+ ma tbo f,1orrr, ond
Of tba lovor vas sec,,red 70 tbn eoor
ord Tho noin ana c,t.ofr reve,.sa low
arc were socureG to tho ,ight Side
of the cab frame The cab had two
doors in front leading out on a plat
form The CONNECTING rod of ali of
these ngines were ae descrihed nv
Pusticus With brace rods similar TO
the connection of a mboat heam
enaine If was connected to tbe mis-.
on rod by a o head by a ball
lolnt. me cyilhders were suspend,
~ DooW whioh ny ~ anm;no r,ov pd' Tha
main voIve nova9nnt oriainauv
worked from fhc eccentrics inside
the driving box, and the cutoff valve
was suspended from an
arm keyed to the outside of the
crank pin. Later this valve move
ment was changed ana an ececnlrlc
ana J,anm "as 49, - uno I'm
naetad togatber on Tho front and Nv
two circular inks. A min in the low
er end of the rocker shaft was strad-
died by these links and the eccen-
tries on the crank pin gave motion
to the valve IN the steam chest on top
Oh the cylinaeIs' me reverse ever
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