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| Author: | ge13031 [ Thu Dec 05, 2002 7:44 am ] |
| Post subject: | Here is one that ain't going to Baltimore |
Baltimore & Ohio Number 1 Called The John Quincy Adams, this 1835 locomotive is the oldest original American B & O locomotive in existence. It is nicknamed "the grasshopper" because the up and down piston movement reminds people of the way a grasshopper moves. The wood burning engine was three times faster that the canal boats of the period, and marked the start of the decline of the canal era. http://www.carillonpark.org/prefieldtrip.htm lamontdc@adelphia.net |
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