The story of the Pullman car . •?*v» One of the earliest types of an American passenger car,drawn by Peter Coopers experimental locomotive, Tom tubular boilers of the locomotive were made from gun barrels. memorial from the committee to which it wasreferred. The development of the locomotive in Americaapproximates its development in England. As earlyas 1827 four miles of track were laid betweenQuincy and Boston for the transportation of granitefor the Bunker Hill Monument. Horses furnished [8] Digitized by Microsoft® BIRTH OF RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION the power, and the cars were drawn
The story of the Pullman car . •?*v» One of the earliest types of an American passenger car,drawn by Peter Coopers experimental locomotive, Tom tubular boilers of the locomotive were made from gun barrels. memorial from the committee to which it wasreferred. The development of the locomotive in Americaapproximates its development in England. As earlyas 1827 four miles of track were laid betweenQuincy and Boston for the transportation of granitefor the Bunker Hill Monument. Horses furnished [8] Digitized by Microsoft® BIRTH OF RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION the power, and the cars were drawn over woodenrails fastened to stone sleepers. But reports of the wonders of the new Englishrailways soon crossed the water, and in 1828 HoratioAllen was commissioned by the Delaware & HudsonCanal Company to purchase four locomotives in. The Best Friend, the first locomotivebuUt for actual servicein America, hauling the first excursion train on the South CarolinaRailroad, January 15, 1831. England for use on its new line from Carbondale toHonesdale, Pennsylvania. Of these locomotivesthree were constructed by Foster, Rastrick, andCompany, of Stourbridge, and one by GeorgeStephenson. The first engine to arrive was theStourbridge Lion and on the ninth of August, [9] Digitized by Microsoft® THE STORY OF THE PULLMAN CAR 1829, it was placed on the primitive wooden railsand, to the amazement of the spectators, Allenopened the throttle and in a cloud of smoke andhissing steam moved down the track at the prodi-gious speed of ten miles an hour. One of the first railways in America was the oldMohawk & Hudson, which was chartered by an actof the New York legislature on April 17, 1826. Thecommissioners who were entrusted with the duty oforganizing the company met for the purpose in theoffice of John Jacob Astor, in New York C
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