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The 'Pioneer': Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851 United States Bulletin 240, Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology, paper 42, 1964 By: John H. White (1933-) |
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This is Paper 42 from the Smithsonian Institution United States
National Museum Bulletin 240, comprising Papers 34 44, which will
also be available as a complete e book. The front material, introduction and relevant index entries from
the Bulletin are included in each single paper e book. The Sections entitled "Alba F. Smith" and "Seth Wilmarth" appear
in the original as boxed "side bars". They have been moved, along
with Figure 13, from their original locations to the end of the
paper to preserve the flow of the text. Typographical errors have been corrected as follows:
p259: "as late as 1880 and has been under steam" (was stream).
p267: "made with parabolic reflectors" (was parobolic).]
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 240
[Illustration] SMITHSONIAN PRESS
MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY CONTRIBUTIONS
FROM THE
MUSEUM
OF HISTORY AND
TECHNOLOGY Papers 34 44
On Science and Technology SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ยท WASHINGTON, D.C. 1966
Publications of the United States National Museum The scholarly and scientific publications of the United States National
Museum include two series, Proceedings of the United States National
Museum and United States National Museum Bulletin . In these series, the Museum publishes original articles and monographs
dealing with the collections and work of its constituent
museums The Museum of Natural History and the Museum of History
and Technology setting forth newly acquired facts in the fields of
anthropology, biology, history, geology, and technology. Copies of each
publication are distributed to libraries, to cultural and scientific
organizations, and to specialists and others interested in the different
subjects. The Proceedings , begun in 1878, are intended for the publication, in
separate form, of shorter papers from the Museum of Natural History.
These are gathered in volumes, octavo in size, with the publication date
of each paper recorded in the table of contents of the volume. In the Bulletin series, the first of which was issued in 1875, appear
longer, separate publications consisting of monographs (occasionally in
several parts) and volumes in which are collected works on related
subjects. Bulletins are either octavo or quarto in size, depending on
the needs of the presentation. Since 1902 papers relating to the
botanical collections of the Museum of Natural History have been
published in the Bulletin series under the heading Contributions from
the United States National Herbarium , and since 1959, in Bulletins
titled "Contributions from the Museum of History and Technology," have
been gathered shorter papers relating to the collections and research of
that Museum. The present collection of Contributions, Papers 34 44, comprises
Bulletin 240. Each of these papers has been previously published in
separate form. The year of publication is shown on the last page of each
paper. FRANK A. TAYLOR
Director, United States National Museum
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM
THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY:
PAPER 42
THE "PIONEER": LIGHT PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE OF 1851
IN THE MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY John H. White
THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD 244 SERVICE HISTORY OF THE "PIONEER" 249 MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE "PIONEER" 251 [FOOTNOTES] [INDEX]
[Illustration: Figure 1. THE "PIONEER," BUILT IN 1851, shown here as
renovated and exhibited in the Museum of History and Technology, 1964.
In 1960 the locomotive was given to the Smithsonian Institution by the
Pennsylvania Railroad through John S. Fair, Jr. (Smithsonian photo
63344B.)]
John H. White
The "PIONEER":
LIGHT PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE of 1851 In the Museum of History and Technology
In the mid nineteenth century there was a renewed interest in
the light, single axle locomotives which were proving so very
successful for passenger traffic. These engines were built in
limited number by nearly every well known maker, and among the
few remaining is the 6 wheel "Pioneer," on display in the Museum
of History and Technology, Smithsonian Institution... Continue reading book >>
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