The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-07-16
OUR FIRST LOCOMOTIVES.
The Four Engines Purchased in England for
the naIaMnrn and Hudson COMPANY.

situation is reversed. America Is exporting
20 Eneland batter locomotives than any ever
turned out OF an English shop.
Horatio Allen, who died at Montrose, n. J.,
- a.. %, 1000 90. q, 1904 ,o,da ra.idant
on peo' 81. ioo'. was ia io@s nsue iee,len'
engineer OF the summit level OF the Delaware
and hudson Canal h!s Immediate SUPERIOR
the company. Mr.. Allen was but % years old
~ u"s =, .ds hin, worthy ~ tho con 0dsncs
edueaon made nun p WEt ., tne Ha So
drawn in til. early twentiss to the marvellous
norformances of certain locomotives in Eng
," Tha 'n,srost wos ID whsn
the reports from the engines on the Stockton
and Darlington road reached this country.
during 1925 and 1927 Mr.. Allen had made
careful study OF the question on his own re-
'ponsibil'ty and became convinced OF the prac-
tlcabiity OF applying the new power to tho
railroad between Honesdale at the head ofthe
cauu'' anu ealpo'u"Ie III viz . eoa'
fields. 1t was realized. even in the very early
nnw.r than in usa would soon proyo entirely
power .nen III w vsY . ,ps 1oUh tbe %,ron
tors of tho company seized eagerly upon the
hone held out to them by Mr.. Allen.
In 1877 MrAlIen determined to 20 to England.
where the subject could be studied. A propo-
s,.inn from, Mo nsIawore and Hudson Cnm-
rany TO make the trip ms It's representative
and purchase locomotives ior the road was
hand. only calling HIS attention to certain I'M
itatons which the roadbed and other REQUIRE
ments OF tra1spotrationi wGI nt inposs; ZOE
two and u half inches wide and one-hat
inch thick, screwed to rails OF hemIock
being in turn supported by ties ten feet
from centre to centre. ~ WIN be seen thai tho
iron straps formed merely running s surface at,
for the coal wagons the actual rails being
the hemock ttmbers. Naturally the iimita-
tons OF such 2 rosdbed were very narrow; II
speed and yet be 80 light that the rails would
not be crushed or spread. aud yet be heavy
enough to give the required amount OF friction
to the wheels in order to draw the loads twas
suggested that II a si1-wheeled engine
should be found to take curves salts
taciorily., the machine. including water tank
and fuel box. might weigh six or even seven
weighing sIX and a, half tons on the other
hand. II the sx-wheeler failed to take curve;
four wheeler would be relnirted. This would
half tons at the outside. Further. the engines
purchased must be capable OF moving eighty
ions at four miles an hour. or sixty tons at the
rate Of i've miles an hour The cost of the
locomotives was limited to ) 800 each
with SS obef q SSST %G
engineering mon. Mr.. Allen landed III Eng
and went over the line of the Stockton and
Darlington road. The result Of his obsorya-
stockton and Darlington type OF Mcssrs FDs-
ter { Rastrick OF Stourbrdgc One Of these
three engines had the distinction later NJ being
WIZ WEsslsr. tie Wheels Ssns soapled to WIFI
T near - The nretox. The Cylinders provided G
for a stroke OF thlrty-six inches The boiler
was cy!!nuriC al in form and contained several
large arg i ti; - The spokes Of the four driving
Wheels were Of oak. awrougnt iron tire pro
The waste steam from the cylinders was al
lowed to escape through the smokrstack
was thrn called. Fuel and water were carried
in "a small tender The engine was not fitted
with cab for tho projection Of thS driver 4
rG ti; surface on the front 81 tn" boiler. and
in iun painted thereon the head Of hon. no
%Tnt tS enc hs ne stU9rbrtS
Lion. given to this machine
~Srvs stSphcnson for an engine e to be an
Of ess Of ~ tx re-
markahio performances If, October. 1922.
Fey . sF GT .tspIsn1oa con-
Tho Etnph"ns0n engine was shihp.d to Lon
don and there transshprrd 10 New York by the
Jan. j.. iS2,. On arrival in New YORK the
Iurts OF thu engine were taken to the shop, Of
Amc"l 4 Dunscomb on Water street. there as,
sem died ana the conlpete machine blocked
~. its wheels Just clearing tho toor. Nteain
ns mg H az ark III ali t Sspects as t would
actual Service. except that its wheels gearing
the ilunr it had no progressive motion. The
cyart date Of this ,rerfQrmance is not known.
Fhs SIC Tastr,ck in february. 1874. and ar,
| rived in Now York ON the Jacket John JGy on
| May ID The parts Of this locom tive were
! taken 10 the West Point foundry and ia
| sem h,ed under the direction OF Mr.. Allen. The
| Lion WAS blocked ~. rs had teep the
! stephenson engine, AMI on May ~ and ~ both
| were nut on exhihiton. The second Stour-
! bridge engine reached New, York about the
! middle ~ August on hoard the shin splendid.
! and the third one on tho John Jay on Sept. II.
| ISJn
! Early in July tha Stephenson engine and the
lion" we're shipped Ly sloop to ltondout, at
| which uuiut they were transferred TO canal
! bora nud "'nt On t. Iluneadple. where thoy
I arrived On July -. The two locomotives at
! trt,tcd Lrra drUl Of attention IN the villages
aud were something more than 4 seven days
+ Nonunr. On Aug. I the "Stourbridge Lion >
/ was hoistsi to the railroad track. tie valves
! tuned up and screws and nuts frightened. pre-
| parutOry to the tria. trip on the morrow.
| " = A'lrn volunteered to take tho mysterious
, ma hin out on ITS maiden trip. After steam
! was W on the morning Of Aug &. Mr. Alien
: took up = position at the levers and remark
| my TINT Z there Is any danger in this rid" II
Is not nccess; ry that thu life aud limbs Of more
than ono should be subjected to danger