Locomotive #219

Collection: This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection

Date: 1905 Material: gelatin silver prints Dimension: 4 x 6 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: William J. Rugen Identifier: aql:15341 wjr-000919 wjr-000919.tif

Description: A view of the Manhattan Elevated Railway's locomotive #219, built 1887 at New York Locomotive Works, Rome, NY, and rebuilt 1891 by the Manhattan Elevated Railway. The photograph appears to show the locomotive in a railroad scrap yard. Possibly, the photograph was taken after the elevated lines were converted to electrical power and locomotives were no longer needed.; hand written on reverse of print: Print from W.A. Lucas - 56 Tuxedo Ave., Hawthorne, N.J. / Collection of M. Langhans, 421-91 St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Title : Locomotive #219

Collection : aql:9443

Creator : William J. Rugen

Date : 1905

Summary/Description : A view of the Manhattan Elevated Railway's locomotive #219, built 1887 at New York Locomotive Works, Rome, NY, and rebuilt 1891 by the Manhattan Elevated Railway. The photograph appears to show the locomotive in a railroad scrap yard. Possibly, the photograph was taken after the elevated lines were converted to electrical power and locomotives were no longer needed.; hand written on reverse of print: Print from W.A. Lucas - 56 Tuxedo Ave., Hawthorne, N.J. / Collection of M. Langhans, 421-91 St., Brooklyn, N.Y.

Subject : Manhattan Elevated Railway Company; New York Locomotive Works (Rome, N.Y.); Locomotives

Relation : This image is from The William J. Rugen Image Collection and is depicted in print, and digital image.; Image is part of The William J. Rugen Image Collection