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Picture courtesy of John D. Klinepeter, Jr., Duncannon, Pa.)
Picture courtesy of John D. Klinepeter, Jr., Duncannon, Pa.)
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HENRY FORD MUSEUM - LOCOMOTIVE SECTION
HENRY FORD MUSEUM - LOCOMOTIVE SECTION
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Buffalo Springfield Roller working on the streets of Oshkosh-Bigosh. Roller operated by Frank Horne before 1920. Picture was borrowed from school teacher, Bessie Holesinger.
Buffalo Springfield Roller working on the streets of Oshkosh-Bigosh. Roller operated by Frank Horne before 1920. Picture was borrowed from school teacher, Bessie Holesinger.
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This picture was taken at the home of our neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Krohn and Miss Mabel Krohn. It is their homestead, and was formerly owned by their father August Krohn. This picture was taken before 1883 as the old house was still there and the pres
This picture was taken at the home of our neighbors, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Krohn and Miss Mabel Krohn. It is their homestead, and was formerly owned by their father August Krohn. This picture was taken before 1883 as the old house was still there and the pres
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Picture taken by yours truly - on Engine which belongs to Mr. C. H. Light-foot, R. D. 1, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. This is a Cagney Amusement Park Engine at Mr. Lightfoot's farm.
Picture taken by yours truly - on Engine which belongs to Mr. C. H. Light-foot, R. D. 1, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. This is a Cagney Amusement Park Engine at Mr. Lightfoot's farm.
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Dad used to say I had a wheel in my head, but this picture shows a smoke stack on my head!
Dad used to say I had a wheel in my head, but this picture shows a smoke stack on my head!

No, the Golden Spike was not driven here! But Wisconsin and
Pennsylvania are getting their heads together. These are the
Engineers at the Williams Grove Show in 1960. They are also the men
who had steam engines in the show.

The Locomotive Section of the Henry Ford Museum contains 12
locomotives that represent the important developments of more than
a century in steam transportation. They range from a replica of the
English Rocket of 1829 (extreme left) to the huge, 600-ton
Allegheny of 1941 (right), one of the last steam locomotives built.
The Allegheny, one of the most powerful engines in locomotive
history, was designed by the Chesapeake & Ohio for freight
mountain duty. On the tracks in the center of the photo is the 1831
DeWitt Clinton, third locomotive to operate in America and the
first in New York state. This replica of the locomotive, its tender
and three coaches were built by the New York Central in 1893.
Behind the DeWitt Clinton and the Allegheny are wood-burning
locomotives of the Civil War era and coal-burners of the late
nineteenth and early twentieth century.

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  • Published on May 1, 1961
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