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Among the railroad relics received is the Bell of the old locomotive "Rahway", cast in 1838. This bell was one of the first alarm bells ever placed upon a locomotive; the bells which preceded it being generally used to communicate signals to the engineer by the conductor or brakeman. For this bell, as well as for a section of track, consisting of rails and wooden joint blocks, in use for many years on the New Jersey Railroad between Jersey City and New Brunswick, the Museum is indebted to Mr. James R. Smith, of Newark, N.J., one of the oldest supervisors on the Pennsylvania Railroad system.