The locomotives outlined here were all made by the Brooks Locomotive Works before the merger that created the American Locomotive Company.
CENTENNIAL ENGINE
Built May, 1876
Brooks #269
Order #20
Narrow Gauge
Whyte Wheel Arrangement: 2-6-0
Class: Mogul
11″x 16″ cylinders
36″ diameter driving wheels
The engine was shown at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition
It was sold to Kerns City & Butler, January, 1877
CHICAGO & NORTHERN PACIFIC #24
Built March, 1893
Brooks #2264
Order #487
Standard Gauge
Whyte Wheel Arrangement: 2-6-6T (tank, no tender)
Class: Suburban
18″x 24″ cylinders
63″ driving wheels
It was exhibited with eight other Brooks made locomotives at the 1893 Columbian Exposition at the Chicago World’s Fair.
CINCINATTI & EASTERN #3
Built May, 1877
Brooks #305
Order #45
Narrow Gauge
Whyte Wheel Arrangement: 4-4-0
Class: American
12″x 16″cylinders
60″ diameter driving wheels
Sold to G.W. Campbell & Son in September, 1877
LAKE SHORE & MICHIGAN SOUTHERN #564
Built December, 1891
Brooks #2011
Order #484
Standard Gauge
Whyte Wheel Arrangement: 4-6-0
Class: 10 Wheeler
17″x 24″ cylinders
68″ diameter driving wheels
This engine set a speed record with a special passenger train on October 24, 1895, between Erie, Pa., and Buffalo, N.Y.
The train covered a distance of 86 mile in 70 minutes and 46 seconds, obtaining a maximum speed of 92.3 mph.
IlLLINOIS CENTRAL #640
Built August, 1899
Brooks #3298
Order #707
Standard Gauge
Whyte Wheel Arrangement: 4-8-0
Class: 12 Wheeler
23″x 30″ cylinders
57″ driving wheels
This was the heaviest locomotive ever built at the time, weighing 232,200 pounds.
It was designed to haul a train weighing 2,045 tons up a 3.8% grade with three degree curves at 15 mph.
CENTRAL OF NEW JERSEY #429
Built March, 1899
Brooks #3170
Order #688
Standard Gauge
Whyte Wheel Arrangement: 4-8-0
21″x 32″ cylinders
55″ diameter driving wheels
Known as a Camelback or Mother Hubbard locomotive, it was designed with a Wooten wide firebox to burn anthracite coal. This increased the overall weight on the driving wheels and provided the engineer with a better view forward.
Three types of locomotives were used on commuter railroads in New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.