. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Allen at the controls, showed that although the per-formance of the locomotive was satisfactory, the track wasnot sufficiently stable to withstand the weight of the rela-tively large machine. As a result of this failure, horses andsteam- or water-powered stationary engines (see figure 7)constituted the motive power of this railroad until 1860. The Stourbridge Lion, nevertheless, had earned the distinc-tion of being the first locomotive to operate in America on arailroad built expressly for commercial traffic. No record exists to show that the America
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Allen at the controls, showed that although the per-formance of the locomotive was satisfactory, the track wasnot sufficiently stable to withstand the weight of the rela-tively large machine. As a result of this failure, horses andsteam- or water-powered stationary engines (see figure 7)constituted the motive power of this railroad until 1860. The Stourbridge Lion, nevertheless, had earned the distinc-tion of being the first locomotive to operate in America on arailroad built expressly for commercial traffic. No record exists to show that the America was ever used,and its subsequent history as a locomotive is unknown. Twoother locomotives were built by Foster, Rastrick and Co. forthe Delaware and Hudson Canal Co. As these were not de-livered to Rondout until after the Lion had demonstrated theinadequacy of the track at Honesdale, they were not sentthere, but were instead stored at Rondout, where all trace ofthem has been lost. It is thought they were destroyed by firewhile in ^OfG J^t-jfATE L E Ct C N D LOADED TRACK (FOR LOADED CARS) nnnmn LicHT tpack (for empty cars) 1 I I I I LOCOAAOTIVE: R-AiLROAO THE AND HUDSON CAI, • COMPANY S GRAVITY /RAILROADIN IQ6 6 16 In 1890, Lindsay and Early ofCarbondale, Pa., deposited one ofthe two cylinders (figure 8) of theAmerica in the National Museum(USNM 180922). It has a 9-inchbore and a 24-inch stroke, andthe piston (figure 9) is fitted withtwo compression rings. (The loca-tion of the other cylinder is todayunknown.) Earlier, in 1888, the Delawareand Hudson Canal Co. had givento the Museum several locomotiveparts, all thought to have beenfrom the Stourbridge Lion. It hasbeen established, however,through correspondence with Forward, formerly of theScience Museum, South Kensing-ton, London, and with the firm ofRobert Stephenson & Hawthorns,Ltd., that the three crank rings(USNM 180030-c) received atthat tim^e are actually relics of theAmerica. -igure 7.—
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