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Figure 8. Ini earliest known illustration of thi / drawn by A. S. Hull, masta 



mechanic of the Cumberland Valley Railroad in 187b. li depicts the engine as it appeared 

 in 1871 . {Courtesy oj Paul Wt >/. ; 



The Pioneer and jenny hind achieved such success in 

 .n linn 1l1.1t iln- president oi the road, Frederick Watts. 

 1 1 urn 1 ic -n ted on 1 heir performance in the annual report 

 of the Cumberland Valley Railroad for 1851. W.itts 

 stated that since their passenger trains were rarely 

 more than .1 baggage car and two coaches, the light 

 locomotives ". . . have been found to be admirably 

 adapted u> our business.'' The Cumberland Valley 

 Railroad, therefore, added two more locomotives oi 



similar design in the nest few years. These engines 

 were the Boston and the Enterprise, also built by 

 Wilmarth in 1854-1855. 



Waits reported the Pioneei and Jenny hind cost 

 J7,642. A standard 8-v\ heel engine cost about $6,500 

 to 58,000 each during this period. In recent years, the 

 Pennsylvania Railroad has stated the Pioneei cost 

 |6 !00 in gold, l nit is una I ile to give the source for tins 

 information. The author can discount this statement 

 for it does not seem reasonable that a linht. cheap 

 engine of the pattern of the Pioi 1 could cost as much 

 as a machine nearly twice its si/e. 



» Evening Sentinel 1 arlisle, Pa Octobei 23, 1901. 

 PAPER 42: THE "PIONEER" OI ISM 



Service History ol the Pioneer 



Alter being put in service. thePioneei continued to 



perform well and was credited as able to n 



car passenger train along smartly at Ml mph. 8 This 

 tranquility was shattered in 1 tctober 1862 by a raiding 

 party led by Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart which 



CUMBERLAND^ 'RAIL ROAD. 



NOT TRANSFERABLE. 



until December 31si. 1863. unless otherwise ordered. 



Figure 9. Aw \i pass ol the Cumberland 

 Valley Railroad issm-d in 1863. 



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