St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-10-18
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE RAIL-
WAY.
How the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Has Prepared a History of
the Application of Steam to Mo-

How the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Has Prepared a History of
the Application of Steam to Mo-
ton.
Chester (Pa.) Times.
One of the most interesting features
among the thousand and one displays at
the Worlds fair, and ranking among
| the very largest private exhibits in the
; entire exposition. is that of the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad. The exhibit oc-
cupies the central portion of the annex
to the Transportation Building, and lies
directly opposite to the main entrace of
| the building. Here, under the signifi-
cant caption of 1.-The Worlds Railway"
the visitor finds complete history of
| the art of locomotion by steam. from the
humblest experiment of the time Of
! Isaac Newton, through successive
| achievements of Stephenson, Watts,
! Papin, Thompson, Baldwin, Cooper,
| Wlnans, TO the great One-hundred-ton
| compound engines which are designed
for the Royal Blue Line of to-day.
The visitor, on entering, beholds ac-
| curate models of all of the various
! types of moving machines, which have
| gone to make up the perfected locomo-
! tive Of today, and as track after track,
uDUIl WHICH, SldlIu TIC dIlllQudlCo QC-
| signs of the eighteenth century, fol-
! lowed by the earliest practical locomo-
! tives of the early years of railroading.
are passed, the sightseer is amazed at
the work and expense which the Baiti-
| more & Ohio Company has given to the
| task of collecting the most complete
historical exhibit of the railway that has
ever been attempted.
This exhibit is different from any
other attempt in the line, in the fact
that accurate models, and, in a great
many cases, the originals of the vari-
| Gus designs of locomotives are shown.
| instead of simply photographs and
! drawings. Being the oldest railway of
the country, the B. q o. has exceptional
! advantages in collecting the material
needed in such an exhibit. Among the
aggregation of motive machinery are
several of the original engines which
! took part in the Baltimore 81 Ohio trial
| in 1881, and which were ruu over the
portion of the rail- DAD which was then
completed, the eleven miles from Balti-
more to Ellicott City, which is the
nucleus of the great B. & o. system of
today. Two of these locomotives, the
Atlantic, the oldest locomotive in the
country, and another. which, like the
Atlantic, has the boiler placed upright
upon the car supporting it, have been
in actual service in the yards at Mount
Clare, until withdrawn for exhibit al
the Worlds Fair, after rounding out
three score years of usefulness.
To the person of a mechanical turn OF
mind there is enough in this single
exhibit for days of study, and for the
intelligent observer from any walk OF
life, enough may be learned of the early
history and development of the greatest
and most potential factor in modern
civilization, the railroad, to repay sew
eral hours spent here. Around the
walls of the apartments are handsome
paintings in black and white, reproduc
ing photographs of the many points OF
interest which make the great B. q o.
route famous for Its picturesque seen
cry, while for the more critical student
of mechanics there are hundreds Of
sketches and prints, showing the design
and actual appearance OF the many
forms of the locomotive In past anC
present times.
Perhaps no feature of the exhibit vii
more impress the casual observer thar
the difference between the standard B
d o. locomotive, No. COO, which wa!
shown at the Centennial Exposition, il
| Philadelphia in 1876. and the new Vau
CLAIM compound, The Director Gen
eral," which has just been turned gu
of the Baldwin Locomotive Works fol
the B. 81 o. of 1898. Only seventeen
years have interviewed since the Centen
NAL, and the everyday citizen, who ha
not noticed how the great iron horse ha
been growing, and how rapidly it is be
ing perfected. cannot realize the change
Every one who will give any thought t.
the subject will be glad of the privilege
of commencing tine true public spiri
shown by the officers of the Baltl
more & Ohio Railroad in preparing thi.
great exhibit.