. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . fusely illustrated. Tour No. one gives a completedescription of the route and countryfrom Denver to Cheyenne, where con-nections are made with the Overlandtrains from Omaha and San Francis-co. Sold on all trains. Leaving Cheyenne, just in the bor-der of the city we cross Crow Creek,and about two miles from the city—by looking to the right, northward—a fine view can be had of Fort DavyRussell, previously descr
. Crofutt's new Overland tourist, and Pacific Coast guide ... over the Union, Kansas, Central and Southern Pacific Railroads, their branches and connections, by rail, water and stage .. . fusely illustrated. Tour No. one gives a completedescription of the route and countryfrom Denver to Cheyenne, where con-nections are made with the Overlandtrains from Omaha and San Francis-co. Sold on all trains. Leaving Cheyenne, just in the bor-der of the city we cross Crow Creek,and about two miles from the city—by looking to the right, northward—a fine view can be had of Fort DavyRussell, previously described. Weare now ascending the eastern slopeof the southern range of the BlackHills of Wyoming, which are stretch-ing away in a long rugged line be-fore us. Colorado Jniifiioii — six mileswest of Cheyenne, is the first stationwe reach, and the junction of the Co-lorado Central Branch The trackturns off at the left of the station andcrosses the prairie and hills to thesouthward. Four miles from theJunction, Borie, a small side-track, ispassed, from which it is miles to Otto — Passenger trains usuallymeet here, stop a few moments, ex-change letters and papers,then pass on. FIRST STEAM RAILROAD TRAIII I^i AMTflRlCA. The above illustiation Tras drawn and en-graved from the original painting in the posses-sion of the Connecticut Historical Society, andrepresents an Excursion Train on the Mohawkand Hudson B. R. from Albany to Schenectady,N. Y., in 1831, the FIRST steam train in engine was the John Bull, importedfrom England, as well as the engineer, JohnHampton, expressly for this road, at large ex-pense. Her cylinder was 5o inches, 1 G inchstroke, wlieels feet. The boilers had thirtycopper tubes, five feet long, fourinches in diame-ter. Conncctingrods are worked on doublecranks on front axle. Weight of engine, complete, tender represents the method of carrying thefuel—wood—in barrels, with a few sticks handyfor immediate use. The earn were re
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