Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1913-05-23
Baltimore and Ohio Will Make Most
Interesting Exhibit At The
Semi Centennial.
PIONEERS IN THE RAILROAD WORLD
One Of The Most Interesting Exhibits At The
Great State Celebration To Go From This
City, Names Instead of Numbers.

Mr. e. L. Bangs, assistant to Major
]. G. Panghorn, representing Presi-
dent Willard of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad has been here for sever
al days looking over the company's
exhibits stored in the old round hou g
opposite the station. with view of
taking some of the relies OF early rail
reading to Wheeling for the railroads
exhibit at the mi-Centennial of the
admission CT West Virginia into the
Union.
Mr. Bangs viii ship to Baltimore
today the half size model of the Of .
Peter Cooper" which will be fitted
up and used on one of the floats in
the big pageant during the celebra
ton
The Baltimore and Ohio will have
one of the greatest exhibits at Wheel
ing that a railroad could possibly get
together Ever since the st, Louis
fair the exhibit OF the company has
been stored in the shops here and in
this collection is the Atlantic" the
oldest American built railroad engine
in existence This old engine which
was first run between Mt Clare and
Relay win be cleaned up and run in
practically the same dress in which it
made its initial trip This engine is
of the "grasshopper' type and was
capable at the time of its famous trip
of making no less than 80 miles an
hour
This is probably the most intere +
ing piece Of machinery that viii D
on exhibition at Wheeling. 1t was
built at York, Pa, in 1892 and hauled
10 Baltimore en- wagons where it was
put together and started on its first
run to Relay The old engine is fa'
miliar to many of the people of Mar
tinsburg and there are number OF
the older inhabitants who can remem-
Der when that type OF engine was u.s.
ed on the read. Ht
In 1906 while the Atlantic" was on
exhibition at Mt. Clare, during the
celebration at Baltimore, Mr.. and Mrs.
w. H. Brown saw the engine which
had hauled the train on which they
took their wedding trip just ffty-one
years previous.
From 1906 until 1912, when the
Home Coming Week was proposed
for Martinsburg this old engine ha1
remained in the shops here. AT that
time the Atlantic was again taken
to Mt. Glare where It was thoroughly
overhauled and President Willard ran
it for some distance under its own
steam
The appearance of this old locomo'
tive at the Wheeling exhibition, piac.
ed as it will be alongside of one of
the great "Mallet" engines, win be a
revelation to many an engine driver
and other railroad men who will be
able to compare it with the present
day locomotive
A representative of The World,
who through the courtesy of Mr.
Bangs, was able to view the exhibits
in the old round house yesterday eve
ming, these old relics. compared with
the familiar lines of present day To-
comotives were indeed a curiosity. In
the exhibit there are many models
which have long since been abandon
ed
1t has only been on rare occasions
during the past 20 years that the pee
Pile of Martinsburg have had an OPP
portunity to see these old models and
there are a great many in the city
who have no idea of the great value
of the exhibits contained in the shops
here.
All Had Their Name.
In the.old days il was customary to
name the engines. IN the shop are