Another from the large-format steam library.  Central Railroad of New Jersey 903 (ALCO 1923), photographed near the roundhouse at Bethlehem PA in 1948.  This Mikado type sports dual air reservoir tanks on the pilot and an oversized Wooten firebox needed for burning anthracite coal.  The large tender is not original equipment and only a few CNJ Mikados carried them; I have no idea where it came from.  Other railroads were known for ordering switch engines and the like with huge tenders that they would swap out with road power upon delivery.  CNJ ordered few if any locomotives after this one was purchased, so I think they might have ordered new tenders from a builder in later years or purchased larger ones from another railroad. View full size.
Another from the large-format steam library. Central Railroad of New Jersey 903 (ALCO 1923), photographed near the roundhouse at Bethlehem PA in 1948. This Mikado type sports dual air reservoir tanks on the pilot and an oversized Wooten firebox needed for burning anthracite coal. The large tender is not original equipment and only a few CNJ Mikados carried them; I have no idea where it came from. Other railroads were known for ordering switch engines and the like with huge tenders that they would swap out with road power upon delivery. CNJ ordered few if any locomotives after this one was purchased, so I think they might have ordered new tenders from a builder in later years or purchased larger ones from another railroad. | Click image for Comments. | Home | Browse All Photos