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Railroads At Work Association of American Railroads 1951 A picture book of the A
Railroads At Work Association of American Railroads 1951 A picture book of the American Railroads in action FOURTH Edition revised 67 Pages
Many, many years ago men found a way to make steam run a machine. This machine was called a steam engine. Years later George Stephenson and other inventors put a steam engine on wheels and made it run over a road of rails. This strange machine-a traveling steam engine-was called an "Iron Horse."
In 1830, Peter Cooper built an Iron Horse. It was so small that he called it Tom Thumb. On a trial trip near Baltimore, Peter Cooper's Iron Horse and a real horse tried to see which could go the faster. For a while the Iron Horse was ahead. Then it broke down, and the real horse won the race! The Tom Thumb was the first Iron Horse in America to haul passengers.
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