The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1933-08-25

locomotive which recalls one of the most
thrilling episodes in the history of the Civil
1t is the General" of the Western & Atlantic
railroad and a bronze tablet attached to the
front tells it's story briefly follows: capt
James ]. Andrews with 20 volunteers from Silrs
brigade, Mitchells corps, q. S. A. and cIUIzen
of Kentucky all dressed as civilians captured
the General at Big Shanty April IL. 1862, while
the train crew and the passengers were taking
breakfast The purpose of the capture was TO
destroy the bridges the Western Atlantic
railroad and thereby cut off the Confederate
army from it's base of supplies. Conductor W. A.
Fuller, accompanied by Engineer JEFF Cain and
Anthony Murphy, foreman of the W. & A shops
commenced pursuit on foot They soon secured
hand car and in spite of the distractions
placed on the track by Andrews raiders made
rapid progress They found the engine Yonah'
at Etowah and pursuit then was at such rapid
pace that serious damage to the railroad by the
raiders was impossible. The General was
abandoned by the raiders account Of lack OF
fuel and the close pursuit of Conductor Fuller
and his party"
Across the stage, too. puffs the sc. P. Hunt
ington" built in 1863 for the Central Pacific
railroad and destined to have part on May TO-
1869, in that historic gold spike" ceremony at
Promontory Point Utah, where was gathered
"the most notable group of railroad builders In
the world: for there Stanford. Huntington,
Hopkins Croker and the chief engineer OF the
Central Pacific, and there were Durant, Seymour,
Duff Dillon and the chief engineer of the Union
Pacific; and, I'm an overwhelming circle. were
all others that had made the transcontinental
possible; soldiers from Fort Douglass. Mormon
bishops and elders from Salt Lake Chinese from
San Francisco Irish from Boston, Mexicans from
the Rio Grande, negroes from Dixie Indians
from the deserts and mountains and the omni-
present Jewish traders from many lands"
Rounding out the parade of the iron horse"
are such locomotives the famous "9s9 or
Empire State Express Of the New York Cen
trail which brought many visitors to Chicago for
the Worlds Columbian exposition In 1893 ana
which in May of that year set new worlds
speed record of 112h miles hour, and the lit
tie '14O1" of the Illinois Central which hauled
thousands and thousands of visitors In suburban
trains to Jackson park there to see the marvels
of the worlds fair of '93.
Then as finale come the giants OF today
the Northern Paciic's No. 50OS the largest To-
connective in operation in the United States To-
day: the New York CentraIs No 5207. the Hud-
son type passenger locomotive; the chicago &
Northwestern's freight and passenger No 3eus;
the Cbesapeake & Ohio's Pacific type passenger
engine the Baltimore & Ohio's articulated heavy
freight engine No. 1850: the Illinois Centrars
mountain tyne passenger engine No. PAP; the
Pennsylyania's freight and passenger No. SIOI
and the Rock Islands passenger NO. oVo
They seem to be the last word In locomotive
construction. But already those who guide the
"irop horse" across the land are looking into
the future and already they are planning new
type-a stream-lined train of stainless steel.
made of three cars hinged together with not q
hreak In the contour from rounded prov to
rounded stern, driven by a large 12-cylinder en-
cine that burns a non-explosive fuel and is capa-
BILE of making two miles minute From the lit
tie TON Thumb" and its speed of four miles
an bour TO this and all in the course Of
a century,
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