The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-07-05
AN ENGLISH ENGINE

BUILT IN NEWCASTLE FOR A JER-
SEY ROAD IN 1881,
AND NOW ONE OF THE ATTRACTI ms AT THE
CENTENNIAL-A CLUMSY AND ANTIQUATED
AFFAIR.
A Herald correspondent at Philadelphia
describes an ancient locomotive on exhibit
ton there: About 100 feet from the south
east corner OF Machinery Hall may be seen
one of the first locomotives ever run on
American rails. 1t is generally known bv
the not very euphonlous or particularly
American title Of "John Bull" as il was
built In Newcastle-upon-Ty ne, England, in
the early part OF 1881. 1t was shipped TO this
country IN the same year, aud on it's ar
rival st the port OF Philadelphis il was
carried piece by piece in wagons to B r
dentown, N j. the northern terminus OF
the Camden and Amboy railroad, which
then extended only three and a half miles
south of Bordentown. As IL IL without a
tank or p ace for carrying fuel, tender
Was constructed by plscing whisky cssk
on truck used in making the roads, and
adding to the front box for wood. Con-
siderable difficulty arose when 1t came to
connecting
THE ExTEMPoRIzED TANK
with the pump, but this was finally dis
posed of by Jersey shoemaker, who,
after some days. labor, presented the de-
| lighted company with leather hose,
which was found so we'll adapted for the
purpose that for years sfterwsrd all SINH
lar pipes were made after the same pat
| tern. The engine IS originally con-
structed. had cylinder of nine inches,
with tweDty-inch stroke, only one pair
of driving wheels, tour and half inches
in diameter, and another pair OF
| independent wheels OF the same
size. The dimensions were after
ward somewhat changed, but the genera
design of the engine was not altered. Toe
smoke stack is of the short, strsie ht old
fashioned kind, and the boiler seems ride
U Ously contracted. 1he entire engine is
only about ten feeC in length, though it il
made to look almost twice as long oy the
addition of q pilot, which extend, to dis
tsnce of eight feet beyond the front. This
makes an extra pair OF wheels necessary
to keep the clumsy Continuance off the
ground. The driving
WHEELS ARE CONSTRUCTED
under the body with the piston rods In.
stead of on the outside, and the steam
chests are placed directly under the
smokestsck. Attached to the engine Is 8
rude tender, closely resembling a wood.
shed on rollers, and behind this are t~o
/ NOniClC-g WblCn nO uOuOb NJ
trscted more stteI ton than the parlor
diniug, sleeping and palace cars do now.
sds o. T1ese cars. on y about tive tS- q u
feet long, are low rooted, roughly finished
and are dimly lighted by windows ever
smaller than the diminutive open
ings Of the Moorish villa. They
are not so primitive in construction a. the
ancient side seat cars which not maDy
years ago were a tacbed to small freight
trains, but as exhibiting the next stage o.
progress they possess al iDtert at peculiar
to themselves. This model train OF q hal
a century ago stands on a short stretch o.
track In close proximity to several ex
hibits OF modern trIumpbs in steady
Railway transportation, and as it Is gen
orally admitted that the rapid extension
OF railroads has done more than all othel
causes cDmbioed to develop the resources
of the U nited States, the contrast between
the Old and thew new is very suggestive