. The Street railway journal . d accomplished in railroading in England and this countryappeared in the New York Herald for Jan. 26. As a recordthe history is probably without parallel in railroad development,as it includes four generations, all of whom have made im-portant contributions to the art. Mr. WiUiam Hedley, thepioneer was a resident of Northumberland County, England,and built the Puffing Billy, the first successful railroad loco-motive in the world to run on smooth rails. This locomotivewas completed and patented by Mr. Hedley in 1813, and thesame year was put in regular service in
. The Street railway journal . d accomplished in railroading in England and this countryappeared in the New York Herald for Jan. 26. As a recordthe history is probably without parallel in railroad development,as it includes four generations, all of whom have made im-portant contributions to the art. Mr. WiUiam Hedley, thepioneer was a resident of Northumberland County, England,and built the Puffing Billy, the first successful railroad loco-motive in the world to run on smooth rails. This locomotivewas completed and patented by Mr. Hedley in 1813, and thesame year was put in regular service in the Wylam Colliery,near Newcastle-upon-Tyne, some time before the Rocket wasbuilt by Stephenson. Mr. Hedleys locomotive was kept inconstant service until 1872. It was then purchased by the gov-ernment and is now in the museum connected with the Britishpatent office. Mr. Barnabas Hedley was a nephew to Mr. Wil-liam Hedley, and was the first superintendent of the New-castle & North Shields Railroad, and afterward opened many. W. H. GLENN. of the reconstructionthe Georgia Railway of the first railway lines in Great Britain. His son, James,who is father of Mr. Frank Hedley, general manager of theInterborough Rapid Transit Company of New York, andMr. E. M. Hedley, general superintendent of the Hudson Com-panies electric railway system, is still living and took an activepart in the development of steam railroads in England. Hewas superintendent of the York & North Midland Railway,opened several new railroad lines in England and frequentlyacted as locomotive driver for Queen Victoria and other mem-bers of the royal family. The prominent position of Mr. FrankHedley and Mr. E. M. Hedley in New York transportation •affairs is well known. It might further be added that Mr. FrankHedley has a son, Frank C. Hedley, 12 years old, who is a keenstudent of railway affairs. MR. W. H. GLENN, whose appointment as general managerof the railway department of the Georgia Railway & ElectricCompany, o
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