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John Bull 150 Years A Locomotive John White Jr Soft Cover Ex-Library Book
The John Bull 150 Years A Locomotive By John White Jr
Soft Cover Cover creased, stain, sriting on first page, small stain on last page margin
Copyright 1981
136 Pages
Contents:
9 Acknowledgments
11 I. The John Bull
51 II. Locomotives of the Camden and Amboy Railroad 83 III. The Camden and Amboy Railroad
105 Bibliography
107 Appendix A:
Testing the John Bull, 1980 William L. Withuhn
123 Appendix B:
Memo Specifications, 1830 Robert L. Stevens
124 Appendix C:
Roster of Camden and Amboy Locomotives, 1831 to 1872
W.D. Edson
133 Appendix D:
Running Regulations for the Camden and Amboy Railroad, ca.1855
Present-day travelers between Washington and New York are unlikely to associate an ancient locomotive on exhibit in the Smithsonian Institution and the fast-moving train hurtling them through the New Jersey countryside. And yet such an important association exists and is worthy of study. The John Bull, on display at the National Museum of American History, was among the very first steam locomotives to operate on this continent and has been called, justifiably, the grandfather of all American locomotives.
John H. White's The John Bull: 150 Years a Locomotive is one of the most complete histories and mechanical descriptions of an individual locomotive ever published. White tells the fascinating story of the John Bull, from its construction in England in 1831. through its active service life in America (1831-66), to its acquisition by the Smithsonian Institution in 1885, when it became the first engineering specimen to be added to the Smithsonian's collections. Also included is a detailed report on the year-long investigation and testing program that led to the resurrection of the venerable antique in time for its 150th anniversary in 1981, when the John Bull was put in operation once again under its own steam in a special commemorative celebration.
There is more in this small volume than the story of the John Bull. John White chronicles the controversial history of the Camden and Amboy Railroad, which operated the John Bull, and he goes on to describe the other locomotives that ran on the C&A. These curious and wonderfully eccentric machines were outstanding examples of Victorian engineering, and the designs produced for them made truly significant contributions to the mechanical arts. Such bizarre engines as the Monster and the Crampton reveal the ways in which steam railway technology, imported from Great Britain, was adapted by native mechanics for use in the United States.
The John Bull began service when America was a sparsely settled agrarian nation, with almost no internal transportation. By the time the John Bull was retired, the United States was an industrial power, with an impressive iron network of railways in the east and south. Today, the fastest trains in the Western Hemisphere travel daily over the roadbed of the long-forgotten Camden and Amboy Railroad-the same railroad on which, 150 years ago, the John Bull made its first historic run.
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