Figure 58. — Lion as now 

 exhibited at University of 

 Maine. 



Today the locomotive, jacked up so that its four wheels can 

 be made to operate, is a valued relic at the University of 

 Maine (figure 58). 



It has been stated that the Lion cost $2,700, exclusive of 

 the tender. The bore and stroke of its cylinders are 9Va inches 

 and 17 inches, respectively, and the diameter of the four 

 wheels is approximately 42^2 inches. The gauge is standard, 

 56V2 inches. The locomotive alone weighs 9 tons. 



The final survivor of this group of early locomotives is the 

 Memnon (figure 59), built for the Baltimore and Ohio in 1848 

 by the New Castle Manufacturing Co., New Castle, Del., 

 under subcontract to Matthias W. Baldwin. It is one of a 

 small group of similar freight engines built by Baldwin, who 

 won the contract as a result of his bid in reply to a B & O 

 advertisement in the "American Railroad Journal" of 

 October 1847. 



The design of the Memnon class of locomotives followed 

 closely that of the Dragon, a slightly smaller locomotive built 



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