(erielack) Rogers Locomotive street portage

["J. Henry Priebe Jr." <root_@_bluemoon.net>]

I recall a discussion on the list about hauling new Rogers locos through the
streets of Patterson decades ago. On page 22 of the February 1948 Erie
Magzine there is a letter to the editor and a note about the last team hauled
loco:

>>>>
Dear Editor:

  Thank you and John Tanis very
much for the Alco-G. E. Diesel elec-
tric locomotive picture.

  I have known Erie power from the
original Nos. 1 and 2 Norris loco-
motives to the present day, and
watched new engines from Grant
Company and Rogers Works coming
up the Paterson streets drawn by
15 teams or 30 horses. It was a sight
to behold.

W. J. Brown,
Yardmaster, Jersey City

Right you are, Bill Brown, and
here's a picture of the last one to
move.

[photo}

FOR THE T&P
Forty-five years ago
<<<<

So I guess the last loco hauled through the streets of Paterson was in 1903
for the Texas & Pacific. It's hard to make out in the photo, but it appears to
be on a beefy flatcar hauled by horses.

Henry

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