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Image: UNITED STATES ARMY STEAM LOCOMOTIOVE NO. 4039, HAN OVER TWP, MORRIS COUNTY

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Description: THE LOCOMOTIVE WAS BUILT BY THE AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE COMPANY IN NOVEMBER 1942 FOR THE U.S. WAR DEPARTMENT. THE LOCOMOTIVE IS A 0-6-0 "SWITCHING"-TYPE BUILT FOR STANDARD GAUGE TRACK. AFTER WWII IT WAS SOLD TO PRIVATE CONCERNS AND FOR A WHILE IT WAS USED AS THE LOCOMOTIVE FOR SCENIC EXCURSIONS. IT IS PRESENTLY UNDER A BLUE TARPAULIN AWAITING RENOVATION WHICH IS DELAYED FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS FOR LACK OF FUNDS.
Title: UNITED STATES ARMY STEAM LOCOMOTIOVE NO. 4039, HAN OVER TWP, MORRIS COUNTY
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Author: Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD
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