Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1930, Page 122

!o‘n—a THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO AND TIHE CHARLESTON AND HAMBURG RAILROADS EXPERIMENTED ’ WITH SAILCARS BEFORE ADOPT- ¥ ING STEAM ENGINES, — ° Bs.... ATE IN THE FALL OF 1830, THE CHARLESTON AND HAMBLRG RAILROAD, THE SECOND RAILWAY IN AMERICA, WAS OPENED IN SOUTH HE FIRST LOCOMOTIVE = i ‘ TO RUN ON THIS LINE WAS THE . “"BEST FRIEND. IT ATTAINED> A SPEED OF 20 MILES AN HOUR MAULING FOUR CARS. —— o 3 L !HE WEST PoinT - b L < o2 == N HE SECOND> LOCOMOTIVE ° OF THE CHARLESTON AND HAMBURG ité RALROAD WAS THE“WEST PoINT,” A x /s, HORVZONTAL BOILER TYPE, WHICH WAS PUT b [ O SERVICE IN MARCH, 1831, — . .' WL 77 i (st 177 _- P | : AN AVARLANIRRTMAD TV TV I HE THIRD RAILROAD> IN THE LINITED STATES WAS THE MOMAWK < AND MUDSON, RUNNING FROM ALBANY _ TO SCHENECTADY (1T MILES), WHICH LOCOMOTIVE WAS THE FAMcLS “ DE WITT CLi NTON'—* .AQLY EnGLISH LocomoTives . The Story Of The Railroads -- Part il (i ZZ 2 //’ — T A fi !N JUNE, 1831, THE NEGRO FIREMAN TRIED 10 STOP THE NOISE OF THE ESCAPING STEAM BY SIT- TING ON THE SAFETY VALVE , AND THE “BEST FRIEND BLEW UP. NO ONE WAS KILLED , AN[> THE FIREMAN GOT OFF WITH A BROKEN LEG. . 4 ANY PASSENGERS, FEARFUL OF ANOTHER EXPLOSION, WERE AFRAID TO RIDE CLOSE T0 THE LOCOMOTIVE . To OVERCOME THIS FEAR THE COMPANY ADDED BEHIND THE TENPER A FLAT CAR ON WHICH A COLORED BAND PLAYED TO DROWN THE NOISE. OF THE ENGINE. — T~ (Copyright, 1930, by J Carroll Mansfield) f{’;’,’l[ V4 NN . PASSENGER CARS = _—— ON THE MOHAWK AND HUDSON RAILROAD WERE ORDINARY STAGE COACHES PROVIDED WITH FLANGED WHEELS 1O GRIP THE RAILLS. e e STEPHENSONS Mercury " - 31831 . IR0 1 UL =" ATER, THE "BEST FRIEND wAS REBUILT AND HER NAME CHANGED TO" PHOENIX ;. THE BOILER WAS PLACED BETWEEN THE DRIVEWHEELS INSTEAD OF IN FRONT, - !u 1832 HORATIO ALLEN, THEN CIvIL % ENGINEER OF THE CHARLESTON AND HAMBURG ,BUILT THIS ODP> LOOKING ENGINE , THE “SouTH CAROLINA" ITWAS THE FIRST DOUBLE BOILER TYPE ENGINE IN THE WORLD>. o[ ARRO IS ANSFIELD —— IN A PRIVATE CAR HIS OWN HORSE- DRAWN CARRIAGE WAS MOUNTED ON A FLAT CAR WHICH WAS THEN COUPLED TO THE END OF THE TRAIN. — 70 B cour:uu&b;‘z