Description: Buy more than 1 Train print and get free shipping on all prints select the TRAIN PRINT category from our store and choose from hundreds of similar prints Railroad prints are taken from Calendar pages from the 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s beautiful color and 2nd page with all the history, data, and information about the train great for framing, keeping in album, hanging up, collecting prints measure 10 3/4" x 7 1/4" HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS The Mohawk & Hudson R.R. was chartered by the New York legislature in 1826, and first operated with horse-drawn cars. Its initial trial run was in July, 1831, and the following month made the 17-mile trip from Albany to Schenectady in less than one hour. The lower part of the tender was actually a tank housing the water supply. It hauled stagecoach-type cars and was capable of reaching a speed of 30 mph The "Clinton" experienced mechanical difficulties on the above mentioned first trial run First It was discovered that the stack was too large, and the ends of the exhaust pipes were placed so low that they couldn't get up necessary draft.. thus rebuilding had to be done prior to the second successful run The coaches, five in number, were coupled together with three long chain links between the coaches. This resulted in a tremendous jerking when the engineer opened the throttle due to the great amount of slack between the cars. A great crowd of spectators were on hand for the occasion and all cheered mightily as the train gathered speed and The "Clinton" was built to burn anthracite coal, but none was at hand and so pitch-pine disappeared down the tracks was used on the trip. Resulting was a steady stream of cinders which rained back upon the passengers. The run, a distance of fourteen miles was completed in forty-six minutes The "DeWitt Clinton 1831 Mohawk & Hudson Railroad Wheel arrangement: 0-4-0 Wheels: 54 inches in diameter Total weight with tender: 12,098 pounds Designer: John B. Jervis Builder: West Point Foundry, New York, N. Y.
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Location: Hewitt, New Jersey
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