New York & New England Railroad 0-4-0 steam switching locomotive (second) number 15; rebuilt by the New York & New England in April 1873; 15"x22" cylinders, 48" driving wheels, weight 59,650 lbs. Renumbered by the New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad as locomotive 915. Scrapped in 1904. The mirror-like finish on NY&NE Number 15 in the photograph suggests it was taken not long after the engine was rebuilt. The NY&NE rebuilt this engine from the (first) number 15, Walpole, a 4-4-0 built in January 1849 for the Norfolk County Rail Road, a predecessor of the NY&NE, by the Taunton Locomotive Manufacturing Co., construction number 27, with 15"x18" cylinders and 60" driving wheels. [description provided by Richard A. Fleischer]
