John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams is an 0-4-0 "Grasshopper" style steam locomotive built in 1835 at the B&O Mt. Claire shops for the Baltimore & Ohio railroad.
The locomotive was known for its efficiency, since it could run 80 miles on a single ton of coal. This locomotive was designed and built by Phineas Davis, one of the engineers who contributed to the development of locomotive technology in the United States. Col. Edward A. Deeds, Chairman of the Board of the National Cash Register Company, aquired the John Quincy Adams, from the B & O Railroad for display at Carillon Historical Park in April 1947.
Today this oldest locomotive is on display at Carillon Park in Dayton, Ohio.
==Trivia==
*It was one of seven "improved" grasshopper locomotives that were placed into service during 1835-1836
Category:Four-coupled locomotives
Category:0-4-0 steam locomotives
Category:0-4-0 locomotives
Category:Steam locomotives
Category:Early steam locomotives
Category:Locomotives
Category:American locomotives
Category:Baltimore and Ohio locomotives
Category:Built in 1835
Category:Vertical boiler locomotives
Category:Mount Clare Shops Locomotives