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Figure 2. — Diagram comparing the Pioneer (shaded drawing) with the Columbia, a standard 8-wheel 

 engine of 1 85 1. (Drawing by J. II. White.) 



Columbia 

 Hudson River Railroad 

 Lowell Machine Shop, 1852 

 Wt. 27K tons (engine only) 

 Cyl. 1 ti'j x J2 inches 

 Wheel diam. 84 im bes 



Pioneer 

 Cumberland Valley Railroad 

 Seth Wilmarth, 1851 

 12)2 tons 

 8,^ x 1 .( 1 

 54 inches 



the engines would do the business of our Road not only 

 in a manner satisfactory in point ol speed and certainty 

 but with greater ultimate economy in Expenses than has 

 before been practised in this Country. 



Alter making the above trial of the Engines — I stated 

 to your Hon. President the result of the trial with my 

 opinion of their Capacity to carrj our passenger trains 

 at the speed required which was decidedly in I 1 

 the ability of the Engines. He accordingly agreed that 

 the Engines should at once be forwarded to the Road 

 in compliance with the Resolution o!' your Board. I 

 immediately ordered the Engines shipped at the most 

 favorable rates, ["hey came to our Ro.nl safely in the 

 Condition in which they were shipped. One 

 Engines has been placed on the Road and I believe 

 performed in such a manner .is to convince .ill who are 

 able to judge of this ability to perform — although the 

 maximum duty of the Engines was not performed on 

 account of some original delects which are now being 

 remedied as 1 before stated. 



Within ten days the Engine will lx- able to run reg- 

 ularly with a train on the Road when- in shall be enabled 

 to judge correctly of their merits. 



An accident occurred during the trial of the Small 

 Engine at Norwich which caused a damage ol about 



S300 in which condition the Famine came here ,\\\i\ is 



now being repaired — the cost of which will be presented 

 PAPER 42: THE "PIONEER" OF 1851 



to your Board hereafter. As to the fault or blame of 

 parties connected with the accident as also the question 

 of responsibility fo Repairs are questions for your 

 disposal. I therefore leave the matter until further 



called upon. 



I he Expenses necessarily incurred by the trial of 



the Engines and also the Expenses of transporting the 

 same are not included in the Statement herewith pre- 

 sented, the whole amount of which will not probably 

 exceed s 100.00. 



These two locomotives became the Cumberland 

 Valley Railroad's Pioneer (number 13) and Jenny Lmd 

 (number 11). While Smith notes that one of the en- 

 gines was damaged during the inspection trials, Jo 

 Winters, an employee of the Cumberland Valley who 

 claimed lie was accompanying the engine enroute to 

 Chambersburg at the time of their delivery, later 

 recalled that both engines were damaged in b 



\ ding to Winters a train ran into the rear of the 



/ nd, damaging both it and the Pioneer, the acci- 

 dent occurring near Middletown, Pennsylvania. The 



Lindwas repaired at Harrisburg but the / 

 less seriously damaged, was taken for repairs to the 



Franklin I Pa V: " ! 



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