Putnam Div. Ten Wheelers- renumbering, reclassifying?

Me again with the Ten Wheelers. So I have old photos of 4-6-0 Ten Wheelers working the Put in the 1930s. They have 1000-series numbers. "Early NYC Power" says 1013 in particular was originally built as No. 887.

Would these engines eventually become the Class F-3's that retired on the Put? Did they get renumbered again before their retirement? Can someone help me find an approximate build date?

Thank you in advance.

-otto-

I'm confused. The number series you're describing were C-class 4-4-0s, built between 1890 and 1899. Originally these were NYC&HR #860-946, renumbered 1000-1075 (not in order) in 1913. Some were common on the Put into the 1930s, although only three survived as far as the 1936 renumbering (those became 4302-04).

The F-2/F-12 4-6-0s which were common on the Put in later steam years originally were mostly in the 2065-2166 series, with some in the 1900-series that ended on the B&A. The surviving NYC F-2/F-12s became 819-876 in 1936, and the further survivors became 1232-1289 in 1948.

OK, that explains a lot. If the 4-4-0's came off the roster in 1936, then that also helps date this photo I'm looking at.

So the photos I have of No. 1013 and No. 1038 leading trains through Van Cortlandt Park has to be before 1938. C class. Where did you find your information? I have a hard time tracking down early NYC steam.

-otto-

The handiest source for NYC steam and electric roster info is "Locomotives of the New York Central Lines," by Edward L. May and William D. Edson, self-published by Edson and May in 1966. It's obviously been long out of print, but I'm sure you can hunt one up somewhere.

More recently, the NYCSHS published a two-volume hardcover history of NYCsteam power by Bill Edson and Lansing Vail. This covers the system in engine-by-engine detail, from the beginnings, with the first volume devoted to NYC&HR, B&A, and later NYC System, and the second covering all the lines west of Buffalo (LS&MS, Big Four & predecessors, MC, T&OC, etc.). As far as I know, both are still in print.

Thanks for the pointers!

-otto-