Ok, here's one that I haven't posted. DAV&P train Warren - Dunkirk. May 23, 1949. Personnel left to right: Schmatz, Erickson, Bartkowiak, John Dickinson, McFarland, Cook.
Nice photo, Roger. It was rare to see a locomotive with Stephenson valve gear as late as 1949. The Central had rebuilt most locomotives with Baker or Walschaerts gear by that time because the Stephenson axle eccentrics were so inconvenient to maintain inside the frame.
The Class G-43 2-8-0s were built by Brooks Locomotive Co., Dunkirk, NY in 1902-1903. They weighed 280,00 pounds and had a tonnage rating of 1,400 tons on Cassadaga hill. They were kept in service on the Valley Branch three years beyond Dieselization due to weight restrictions on some of the bridges, finally being retired in 1949, when a couple bridges were strengthened.
