Best Friend of Charleston', locomotive built at the West Point Foundry from the Charleston & Hamburg Railroad, USA. Pulled the first train out of Charleston on Christmas Day 1830. Worked until its boiler exploded in 1831. Engraving, c1880.

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Best Friend of Charleston', locomotive built at the West Point Foundry from the Charleston & Hamburg Railroad, USA. Pulled the first train out of Charleston on Christmas Day 1830. Worked until its boiler exploded in 1831. Engraving, c1880.

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