Middletown
& New Jersey Railway Historical Society
Dedicated to Preserving the Heritage of the
Middletown Unionville & Water Gap, Middletown & Unionville, Middletown & New
Jersey and Other Area Railroads.
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The #6 is within a year of her scrapping, but notice how beautiful she still is. Her walkway and side rods are trimmed in white, even the bolts on her pilot are painted. The pinwheel on the smokebox came from a junk car and spun in the wind as she glided up and down the M&U. John Deserto collection
The #6 was by far the most atheistically pleasing engine the M&U ever owned. She started life as an A class passenger engine on the O&W. Once her services on the O&W were no longer needed, she re-settled in her new home the Middletown and Unionville. The M&U was in need of an engine to replace their #5 (the ugliest engine ever on M&U rails) The #24 had served as temporary power on the M&U several times in the years prior to her 1935 sale and was well thought of even before her purchase.
Crews loved her as can be seen in her appearance, but her big passenger engine driver made her difficult to use as a switcher. Her tenure on the M&U was limited to only 5 years (1935-1940) but she is the only M&U steamer to be appear in two video tapes today. The most notable is the Mark One video titled Erie Steam Part 2. She also appears in a Green Frog Video with miscellaneous North Eastern steam power. |
