. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COLLECTION. 75 Horatio Allen's account of this trip is quite circumstantial, but does not agree with other statements which seem to be reliable. Mr. Allen says that he ran the locomotive 2 or 3 miles, while other statements are that the trip was not more than 1 mile long. It seems likely that, in addition to this first trial trip, a few other experimental trips were made and then the locomotive was laid aside. Cat. No. 180,013 Model of Locomotive " Stourbridge ; Made in the Muse
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. CATALOGUE OF THE MECHANICAL ENGINEERING COLLECTION. 75 Horatio Allen's account of this trip is quite circumstantial, but does not agree with other statements which seem to be reliable. Mr. Allen says that he ran the locomotive 2 or 3 miles, while other statements are that the trip was not more than 1 mile long. It seems likely that, in addition to this first trial trip, a few other experimental trips were made and then the locomotive was laid aside. Cat. No. 180,013 Model of Locomotive " Stourbridge ; Made in the Museum. There are quite apparent differences between this model and the partially assembled original locomotive on exhibition. x\s con-. •i:i; i;.\ri:l:l.\lEN TAL LOCOMOTIVE, 1829. structed, the model is a composite picture developed from numerous bits of what is believed to be reliable information gathered over a long period of years, and is considered to be a true likeness of the original as received from England. Cat. No. 215,649 Model of the Experimental Locomotive " Tom Thumb," 1829. Made in the Museum. This engine was designed and constructed by Peter Cooper in Baltimore, Maryland, and tested on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad on August 28. 1829. On that occasion it drew a car carrying 24 pas-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum; Smithsonian Institution; United States. Dept. of the Interior. Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc. ]; for sale by the Supt. of Docs. , U. S. Govt Print. Off.
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