UT 4-4-0 No. 6
Union Transportation Co. 4-4-0 No. 6, built new for the short line by Baldwin in 1908, stands at New Egypt, N.J., in 1936. The handsome engine was scrapped 6 years later. Photo by Norris Young
Union Transportation Co. 4-4-0 No. 6, built new for the short line by Baldwin in 1908, stands at New Egypt, N.J., in 1936. The handsome engine was scrapped 6 years later. Photo by Norris Young
UT 4-4-0 No. 7
Union Transportation Co. 4-4-0 No. 7, built new by Baldwin in 1919 as an identical sister to UT No. 6, moves around the yard at New Egypt in July 1938. She was scrapped in 1946. Photo by Granville Thomas
Union Transportation Co. 4-4-0 No. 7, built new by Baldwin in 1919 as an identical sister to UT No. 6, moves around the yard at New Egypt in July 1938. She was scrapped in 1946. Photo by Granville Thomas
PRR 5244 in the UT enginehouse
On Sept. 3, 1958 – nearly a year after the Pennsylvania Railroad stopped using steam locomotives – PRR 0-6-0 5244 emerges from Union Transportation’s New Egypt enginehouse. UT used leased PRR steam engines from 1945 to 1959. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
On Sept. 3, 1958 – nearly a year after the Pennsylvania Railroad stopped using steam locomotives – PRR 0-6-0 5244 emerges from Union Transportation’s New Egypt enginehouse. UT used leased PRR steam engines from 1945 to 1959. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
5244 passing UT’s turntable
The Pennsy 0-6-0 passes the weed-grown turntable pit at New Egypt as it heads north to pick up a car at Davis Station on Sept. 3, 1958. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
The Pennsy 0-6-0 passes the weed-grown turntable pit at New Egypt as it heads north to pick up a car at Davis Station on Sept. 3, 1958. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
UT track speeder on the turntable
Long after the Union Transportation stopped using the New Egypt turntable to turn locomotives, the device remained for track cars to access sheds around its perimeter. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
Long after the Union Transportation stopped using the New Egypt turntable to turn locomotives, the device remained for track cars to access sheds around its perimeter. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
Hand-switching a hopper car
UT employees use pinch bars and muscle power to move a car of coal for PRR 5244 a few feet at New Egypt. As coal is released from the hopper doors it is fed by hand-shoveling to the to power-driven conveyor. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
UT employees use pinch bars and muscle power to move a car of coal for PRR 5244 a few feet at New Egypt. As coal is released from the hopper doors it is fed by hand-shoveling to the to power-driven conveyor. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
Decrepit old coach body
Another 1958 view at New Egypt shows the remains of a wooden coach, long ago removed from its trucks and set on the ground. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
Another 1958 view at New Egypt shows the remains of a wooden coach, long ago removed from its trucks and set on the ground. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
Fender-bender
On Jan. 13, 1959, the UT train crew surveys minor damage inflicted by PRR 5244 on a new auto parked too close to the track at Wrightstown. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
On Jan. 13, 1959, the UT train crew surveys minor damage inflicted by PRR 5244 on a new auto parked too close to the track at Wrightstown. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
Look out for the locomotive
The UT conductor raises his hand in warning to an approaching motorist as 5244 eases over a road crossing in Hornerstown on Aug. 28, 1958. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
The UT conductor raises his hand in warning to an approaching motorist as 5244 eases over a road crossing in Hornerstown on Aug. 28, 1958. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
Pulling out of Fort Dix
No. 5244 heads north out of the yard at Fort Dix on Jan. 13, 1959. The flatcar carries launching equipment for a Bomarc missile. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
No. 5244 heads north out of the yard at Fort Dix on Jan. 13, 1959. The flatcar carries launching equipment for a Bomarc missile. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
Down by the depot
On Sept. 3, 1958, a boy watches as a bit of l.c.l. freight is unloaded from the caboose at New Egypt. UT leased the caboose from PRR. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
On Sept. 3, 1958, a boy watches as a bit of l.c.l. freight is unloaded from the caboose at New Egypt. UT leased the caboose from PRR. Photo by Aaron G. Fryer
