. American railway transportation . ughs from which the tank of the tender can befilled while the train is in rapid motion. The effortsto economize in time and cost of service have beendirected quite as much to the improvement of the trackand road-bed as to the development of the other partsof the mechanism by which transportation is accom-plished. The Baltimore and Ohio was the pioneer railroad,but the Charleston and Hamburg road in South Carolinawas the firsl one constructed solely with reference to theimmediate use of steam traction. Horses preceded locomotives on the Baltimore and Ohio, th
. American railway transportation . ughs from which the tank of the tender can befilled while the train is in rapid motion. The effortsto economize in time and cost of service have beendirected quite as much to the improvement of the trackand road-bed as to the development of the other partsof the mechanism by which transportation is accom-plished. The Baltimore and Ohio was the pioneer railroad,but the Charleston and Hamburg road in South Carolinawas the firsl one constructed solely with reference to theimmediate use of steam traction. Horses preceded locomotives on the Baltimore and Ohio, the Philadelphiaand Columbia, the Mohawl< and Hudson, and other early THE MECHANISM OF TUE RAILWAY 39 lines. The first locomotive actually run upon an Amer-ican railroad was the Stourbridge Lion, imported fromEngland in 1829 to be used near Ilonesdale, Pa., but theengine proved too heavy for the trestles, and was not putinto service. Locomotive building in the United States began in1830. Indeed, experiments were begun the previous. Peter Coopers Locomotive, 1830. year by Peter Cooper and others. Peter Cooper expectedfinancial gains from the successful completion of the Bal-timore and Ohio, and when it seemed uncertain whetherlocomotives could bo run on a road having grades andsharp curves. Cooper designed a little engine called theTom Thumb, which weighed barely a ton, but whichsucceeded, in August, 1830, in hauling 4\ tons aroundcurves and up grades at a speed of 12 to 15 miles an 40 AMERICAN RAILWAY TRANSPORTATION hour, and did much toward demonstrating the possibilityof using steam-locomotives on American railroads. The first locomotives constructed in the United Statesfor actual service on a railroad were built in New Yorkcity at the West Point Foundry Works. LocomotiveNo. 1 was the Best Friend, erected in 1830, and putinto service that year on the Charleston and HamburgRailroad. The following year the West Point was de-livered to the same company. The third locomotive toc
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