Central Railroad of New Jersey Class B-6

Central Railroad of New Jersey Class B6s
Railway(s)	Central Railroad of New Jersey.
Status	All Scrapped.
Technical specifications
Type	0-6-0 "Switcher"
Designer(s)	United States Railroad Administration
Serial number(s)	59349-59358
Order number	C-551
Manufacturer(s)	American Locomotive Company (Cooke Works)
Build date	November 1918
Total produced	Ten
Classification	B6s, later Class 6S39 in 1945.
Model	USRA 0-6-0
Wheel arrangement	0-6-0
Dia. of Drivers	51"
Weight	165,000 Lbs. (Engine only)
Rail gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Valve gear	Baker
Valves	12"
Cylinders	Two 21" x 28"
Boiler type	Radial-Stay
Boiler diameter	66" (First Sheet)
Boiler pressure	190 psi (1.31 MPa)
Superheater	Schmidt
Bore stroke	21 in × 28 in (533 mm × 711 mm)
Firegrate area	33 sq ft (3.07 m2)
Fuel type	Coal
Fuel capacity	16 Tons of Coal and 8,000 Gallons of Water. (As-Delivered, later Modified)
Heating area	442 sq ft (41.1 m2)
Braking	Westinghouse
Performance figures
Tractive effort	39,100 lbf (173.9 kN)
Factor of adhesion	4.22
Axle load	55,000 Lbs. (Maximum)
Service information
Operator(s)	Central Railroad of New Jersey.
Running numbers	101-110
Disposition details
Retired	1954-1955.
Preserved	None were preserved
Disposition	All Scrapped
Number scrapped	All Scrapped by 1956.

The Central Railroad of New Jersey Class B6s was a class of ten 0-6-0 switcher type steam locomotives built by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) for the Central Railroad of New Jersey as originals of the USRA 0-6-0s.

History

A total of ten examples of what became the Central Railroad of New Jersey Class B6s were ever constructed by the American Locomotive Company (ALCO) and all ten of them were delivered to the Central Railroad of New Jersey that same year.

They were all retired from active service and all examples were scrapped, thus rendering them extinct.

Stock list

Photograph	Loco No.	Manufacturer	Serial	Year Built	Retired	Status
Frameless	101	ALCO-Cooke Works	59349	November 1918	Sometime later after February 1954.	Scrapped
	102	ALCO-Cooke Works	59350	November 1918	By December 1954.	Scrapped October 1955.
Frameless	103	ALCO-Cooke Works	59351	November 1918	By December 1954.	Scrapped October 1955.
Frameless	104	ALCO-Cooke Works	59352	November 1918		Scrapped
Frameless	105	ALCO-Cooke Works	59353	November 1918		Scrapped
Frameless	106	ALCO-Cooke Works	59354	November 1918	November 1954.	Scrapped
Frameless	107	ALCO-Cooke Works	59355	November 1918	August 1954.	Scrapped
Frameless	108	ALCO-Cooke Works	59356			Scrapped
Frameless	109	ALCO-Cooke Works	59357			Scrapped
Frameless	110	ALCO-Cooke Works	59358			Scrapped