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  very 
  beneficial 
  effect 
  in 
  modifying 
  the 
  antagonistic 
  attitude 
  toward 
  

   steam 
  transportation. 
  

  

  Compared 
  to 
  modern 
  locomotives 
  Stevens's 
  was 
  indeed 
  queer 
  look- 
  

   ing. 
  Instead 
  of 
  being 
  propelled 
  by 
  the 
  tractive 
  force 
  of 
  the 
  driving 
  

   wheels, 
  as 
  is 
  the 
  method 
  to-day, 
  this 
  first 
  locomotive 
  was 
  moved 
  bj^ 
  

   means 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  gear 
  wheel 
  engaging 
  a 
  toothed 
  rack 
  placed 
  on 
  the 
  

   ties 
  between 
  the 
  rails; 
  and 
  to 
  keep 
  it 
  from 
  running 
  off 
  the 
  track 
  — 
  

   for 
  the 
  wheels 
  had 
  no 
  flanges 
  — 
  little 
  horizontal 
  friction 
  rollers 
  fixed 
  

   to 
  posts 
  like 
  table 
  legs 
  on 
  the 
  underside 
  of 
  the 
  chassis 
  pressed 
  and 
  

   rolled 
  along 
  the 
  inner 
  vertical 
  face 
  of 
  the 
  wooden 
  beams 
  used 
  for 
  

   rails. 
  Steam 
  for 
  the 
  small 
  horizontal 
  engine 
  was 
  generated 
  in 
  an 
  

   upright 
  multitubular 
  boiler, 
  also 
  designed 
  by 
  Stevens. 
  This 
  part 
  

   is 
  all 
  that 
  remains 
  of 
  America's 
  first 
  locomotive 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  to 
  be 
  

   seen 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

  

  Stevens 
  hoped 
  that 
  his 
  locomotive 
  might 
  be 
  used 
  on 
  the 
  proposed 
  

   State-owned 
  Philadelphia 
  & 
  Columbia 
  Railroad, 
  but 
  legislators 
  had 
  

   not 
  fully 
  made 
  up 
  their 
  minds 
  that 
  a 
  boiler 
  and 
  engine 
  on 
  wheels 
  were 
  

   a 
  good 
  substitute 
  for 
  horses. 
  When, 
  however, 
  Strickland 
  came 
  back 
  

   from 
  England 
  later 
  on 
  in 
  that 
  same 
  year 
  and 
  submitted 
  his 
  wonderful 
  

   pictorial 
  report 
  of 
  railroad 
  and 
  locomotive 
  activities 
  over 
  there, 
  

   railroad 
  opposition 
  began 
  to 
  totter 
  and 
  a 
  new 
  age 
  in 
  America 
  opened. 
  

   On 
  April 
  4, 
  1827, 
  the 
  Delaware 
  & 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  directed 
  its 
  chief 
  engi- 
  

   neer 
  to 
  survey 
  and 
  locate 
  a 
  railroad 
  route 
  to 
  connect 
  its 
  canal 
  and 
  

   coal 
  mines; 
  on 
  April 
  24, 
  1827, 
  the 
  Baltimore 
  & 
  Ohio 
  Railroad 
  Co. 
  

   came 
  into 
  existence; 
  and 
  the 
  Charleston 
  & 
  Hamburg 
  Canal 
  & 
  Rail- 
  

   road 
  Co. 
  was 
  formed 
  May 
  12, 
  1828, 
  at 
  Charleston, 
  S. 
  C. 
  The 
  Dela- 
  

   ware 
  & 
  Hudson 
  Co. 
  sent 
  Horatio 
  Allen 
  to 
  England 
  on 
  January 
  24, 
  

   1828, 
  to 
  purchase 
  rails 
  and 
  four 
  locomotives. 
  The 
  first 
  of 
  these, 
  the 
  

   Stourbridge 
  Lion, 
  arrived 
  in 
  New 
  York 
  May 
  13, 
  1829, 
  but 
  after 
  two 
  

   trials, 
  the 
  first 
  on 
  August 
  8, 
  1829, 
  on 
  a 
  6-mile 
  track 
  out 
  of 
  Honesdale, 
  

   it 
  was 
  set 
  aside 
  and 
  never 
  used 
  again. 
  Sixty 
  years 
  later 
  its 
  boiler, 
  

   one 
  cylinder, 
  and 
  the 
  four 
  iron 
  wheel 
  tires, 
  all 
  that 
  remained 
  of 
  the 
  

   locomotive 
  which 
  made 
  the 
  first 
  run 
  on 
  a 
  railroad 
  built 
  for 
  traffic 
  in 
  

   the 
  Western 
  Hemisphere, 
  were 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  National 
  Museum. 
  

   Finally 
  and 
  before 
  1830 
  rolled 
  around, 
  Peter 
  Cooper, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  

   demonstrate 
  the 
  feasibility 
  of 
  steam 
  locomotives 
  to 
  the 
  stockholders 
  

   of 
  the 
  Baltimore 
  & 
  Ohio 
  Co., 
  built 
  and 
  successfully 
  operated 
  a 
  little 
  

   locomotive 
  on 
  the 
  company's 
  tracks 
  outside 
  of 
  Baltimore. 
  The 
  

   engine, 
  called 
  Tom 
  Thumb, 
  for 
  it 
  was 
  no 
  bigger 
  than 
  a 
  hand 
  car, 
  

   and 
  Cooper 
  himself, 
  had 
  but 
  one 
  embarassing 
  moment. 
  That 
  came 
  

   when 
  a 
  horse 
  and 
  car 
  beat 
  Tom 
  Thumb 
  and 
  car 
  in 
  a 
  13-mile 
  race 
  from 
  

   Ellicott 
  City 
  to 
  Baltimore. 
  

  

  The 
  organization 
  of 
  the 
  Camden 
  & 
  Amboy 
  Railroad 
  on 
  April 
  28, 
  1830, 
  

   five 
  years 
  after 
  he 
  had 
  received 
  the 
  State 
  rights, 
  must 
  have 
  given 
  great 
  

   satisfaction 
  to 
  John 
  Stevens. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  railroad 
  in 
  the 
  State 
  

   of 
  New 
  Jersey 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  link 
  in 
  the 
  Pennsylvania 
  Railroad 
  chain. 
  

  

  