Central of New Jersey No. 592 is a P-6s class 4-4-2 "Atlantic" type steam locomotive built for the Central Railroad of New Jersey by Alco in 1901.
The locomotive was designed for fast passenger service on the Central Railroad of New Jersey.
The P-6s was very successful, and #592 was often used on the Philadelphia-Atlantic City express route, as well as occasionally hauling the B&O's Royal Blue train.
The CNJ held onto the six locomotives until almost the end of steam: they were still operating in 1946.
No. 592 was retired from service in 1949, by the early 1950s, it was the only surviving Atlantic type camelback in the country. No. 592 made its final run on the May 1st, 1954 from Jersey City to Baltimore and was donated to the B&O Railroad Museum. Today it is still on static display inside the Roundhouse of the B&O Railroad Museum.
Trivia[]
- Although often referred to as a camel, #592 is actually a camelback or "Mother Hubbard". Compare #592, for example, with a true camel, B&O #305, with its cab perched atop the boiler. No. 592's cab, by contrast, straddles the boiler with its firebox supported by a trailing truck.
- One of five known Camelback locomotives to survive today.
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