| Built in April of 1899 by the Brooks Locomotive Works before it joined Alco, this hefty CNJ 4-8-0C #438 (serial #2179, class 430) camelback was one of the largest camelbacks in the CNJ roster. It had 55" drivers and 20x32" cylinders. The loco was rebuilt in April, 1917 to class K1s with 20x32" cylinders and rebuilt again in July of 1921 to class K1as. Finally it was reclassified as class TW40 in 1945, The loco met the scrapper's torch at Elizabethport, NJ in July of 1946. No exact date given for the photo. Unknown photographer |