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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 5 (September 1, 1930)

“Old Ironsides”

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“Old Ironsides”

Old Ironsides”, the first Baldwin locomotive and the first successful American built locomotive in Pennsylvania, made its appearance in 1832. It had four wheels, one pair of which were drivers. These were placed forward of the firebox. It had two horizontal cylinders fixed on the outside of the smoke-box and connected with cranks on the driving axle. The cylinders measured 9½ × 18 inches, the driving wheels were 54 inches and the front wheels 45 inches in diameter. It developed a speed of 30 miles per hour and was built for the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown road.

(From “The Development of the Locomotive” published by The Central Steel Company, Massillon, Ohio, U.S.A.).