Figure 40. — Coleman Sellers, superin- 

 tendent of Niles & Co.'s locomotive 

 department from 1853 to 1856. 



of design, while N. E. Thorn was superintendent of the shop.i** 

 Coleman's work was not confined merely to keeping the books, 

 for a diary which he kept with varying regularity between 1849 

 and 1854 records shopwork he performed as an assistant foreman. 

 Some of these entries present a fine picture of the daily happenings 

 at Niles & Company. This diary, which is to be found in the 

 Peale-Sellers papers, is the basis for what follows on the next few 

 pages. 

 On January 19, 1853: 



Moved an engine from the shop to the Little Miami Railroad: (named 

 Judge Gebhart) It was an engine built for the 4' 10" gauge but 

 altered to 4' 8}^" by moving the wheels in and moving the tire — After 



^^^ American Railroad Journal (December 3, 1853), vol. 9, p. 774. Here the super- 

 intendent is referred to as N. G. Thorn. 



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