[DOC] [TLE] Tom Thumb (locomotive) - Wikipedia [PAR] Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive to operate on a 
common-carrier railroad. Designed and constructed by Peter Cooper in 1830, it 
was built to convince ... Testing was performed on the company's track between 
Baltimore and Ellicott Mills (now Ellicott ... Jump up to: Dudley, P.H. (February 1, 
1886). [DOC] [TLE] Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb - American-Rails.com [PAR] The Tom Thumb was the nickname given to a steam locomotive designed by 
Peter Cooper in August, 1830 for testing on the Baltimore & Ohio. It lost its race 
with a horse but proved steam's advantages. ... By the following year, January 
1830, the B&O had about a 1.5-mile segment of standard-gauge track (4 feet, 8 1/
2... [DOC] [TLE] Tom Thumb - Social Studies for Kids [PAR] Peter Cooper built the Tom Thumb for the newly Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. ... To 
prove his point, Cooper offered to race the Tom Thumb against a horse. On 
August 28, 1830, the Tom Thumb rolled along a track, pulling a wagonload of ... 
Faster and faster they both went, until the Tom Thumb lost a part and slowed 
down. [DOC] [TLE] 8 Things You May Not Know About Trains - History Lists [PAR] Dec 11, 2012 ... America's first steam locomotive lost a race to a horse. ... Enter industrialist Peter 
Cooper: Cooper, who not coincidentally owned extensive land ... On August 28, 
1830, Cooper's engine, which he called the Tom Thumb, was ... One of the most 
significant uses of trains came after the Battle of Chickamauga... [DOC] [TLE] French Locomotive (1830): The first French railway to use steam ... [PAR] These locomotives are fueled by burning some combustible material, usually .... 
On August 28, 1830 in leadership history, "The Tom Thumb" was ... Baltimore 
And Ohio Railroad 1828 | Peter Cooper And The B's " Tom Thumb " .... 
September 18: Today in 1830, the first locomotive built in the US lost in a race 
against a horse. [DOC] [TLE] Dreams of Steam - The Museum of American Heritage [PAR] Nov 15, 1996 ... In one incident in 1832, a New England railroad car was set on fire by a 
locomotive ... Between 1780 and 1830, in less than the space of three .... Peter 
Cooper (1791-1883) was a New York businessman who left a .... Tom Thumb 
was the most famous steam locomotive in early American railroad history. [DOC] [TLE] The man who built America's first steam locomotive, Tom Thumb ... [PAR] Feb 12, 2013 ... Peter Cooper was born February 12, 1791 in New York City. ... On August 28, 
1830, the driver of a passing horse-drawn passenger car challenged ... lost 
power allowing the horse carriage to pass and win the race. ... Peter Cooper 
soon became one of the richest men in New York City. ... About these ads... [DOC] [TLE] August | 2014 | The Daily Dose - Applewood Books [PAR] The difference between us is very marked. ... August 28, 1830: The Great Tom 
Thumb Race. Peter Cooper built the Tom Thumb a small locomotive engine 
which ... Baltimore was losing trade to the Erie Canal, and Cooper hoped that the 
B&O ... a race back, and away went horse and enginethe snort of the one 
keeping... [DOC] [TLE] 4 Classic Battles Between Man (or Horse) and Machine | Mental Floss [PAR] Jan 14, 2011 ... 1. Garry Kasparov vs. Deep Thought and Deep Blue ... On August 28, the horse 
driver, probably feeling a bit threatened by this new technology, challenged the 
designer and engineer of the locomotive, Peter Cooper, to a race. ... a pulley 
slipped on Tom Thumb, causing the locomotive to lose steam. As the... [DOC] [TLE] August 28 | Little Bits of History [PAR] Aug 28, 2015 ... August 28, 1830: Tom Thumb races a horse-drawn carriage. ... The steam train 
was designed and built by Peter Cooper. ...

Question: In the famous August 28, 1830 race between Peter Cooper's Tom Thumb & one of these, Tom lost
Answer: Horse