Vermont Central 2-6-0 "Mogul" Locomotives in the USA

Class D (Locobase 15844)

Data from Baldwin Locomotive Works Specification for Engines as digitized by the DeGolyer Library of Southern Methodist University Vol 15, p. 216. Works numbers were 10639, 10642, 10648-10649, 10653 in February 1890; 10914, 10916-10917, 10924-10925 in May.

This slightly enlarged version of the Ogdensburg & Lake Champlain Moguls shown in Locobase11881 were bought by the Central Vermont and assigned to its O&LC division. So the cabs of these engines were numbered differently from the tenders.

Out of the nine in the class, five remained with the CV throughout their forty-year careers and are shown in this entry. Originally numbered 95, 97, 98, 94, and 96, these were renumbered 324, 326, 327, 323, and 325 in 1900.

The other four would serve on the Rutland before ending their days on the New York Central & Hudson River as E-17s. See Locobase 15845 for the differences that resulted from a new boiler later in their careers.

Class Pacific / E-1 / Ex (Locobase 14555)

Data from Dimensions and Classifications of Locomotives of the NYC&HR et al, September 1905, p. 331. See also DeGolyer, Vol 5, p. 179. Works number was 2454 in May 1871.

While this Mogul was delivered to the VC (a predecessor of the Central Vermont), it was soon sold to the Rutland & Burlington. The R&B, the first incarnation of the Rutland Railroad, renamed the engine America and numbered it 38. The Rutland leased the 38 to the Central Vermont in 1891 as their 228 and later 24.

Renumbered 370 and designated E-1, the 370 came under New York Central control in 1904 and was renumbered 1879 and redesignated Ex. As such, it was scrapped in June 1909.