. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Figure 46. — Chicago and North Westerns ?\oneer, built in 1836 and oldestBaldwin locomotive in existence, as repainted for Chicago Railroad Fair of 1 948. 53. Figure 47. — Earliest known photo of Pioneer, showing it at work in bridge con-struction at Rockford, III., in 1 869. The Pioneer had a full and active life, for it was in oper-ation 12 years prior to its acquisition by the Galena roadand 26 years after (figure 47). It was at one time temporarilylent to the new Chicago, Burlington and Quincy line, untilthat company was able to buy an engine of
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Figure 46. — Chicago and North Westerns ?\oneer, built in 1836 and oldestBaldwin locomotive in existence, as repainted for Chicago Railroad Fair of 1 948. 53. Figure 47. — Earliest known photo of Pioneer, showing it at work in bridge con-struction at Rockford, III., in 1 869. The Pioneer had a full and active life, for it was in oper-ation 12 years prior to its acquisition by the Galena roadand 26 years after (figure 47). It was at one time temporarilylent to the new Chicago, Burlington and Quincy line, untilthat company was able to buy an engine of its own, and wasfinally retired by the Chicago and North Western in 1874. The Pioneer is a typical Baldwin design of the period. Awood burner, it weighs 10 tons, has slightly inclined cylin-ders 11 by 18 inches in size, one pair of 54-inch drivingwheels at the rear, and a 4-wheeled swiveling truck at thefront. The cylinder bore was originally 10 inches, but in1872 the Chicago and North Western changed it to the pres-ent slightly larger dimension. 54 While owned by the Michigan Central, ithad been altered in several ways, the princi-pal change being in the valve motion. Thelocomotive originally
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