To: oh8eleven
Speed had something to do with it. In a city environment that steam train was not moving much faster than one could walk. Look at the smoke coming out of the stack that train was barely moving.
9 posted on
07/20/2012 7:42:09 AM PDT by
BubbaBobTX
("The problem with socialism is you eventually run out of other peoples money." Margaret Thatcher)
To: BubbaBobTX
That Baldwin locomotive had the horse power to pull 100 loaded cars at 120 MPH.
24 posted on
07/26/2012 4:36:06 PM PDT by
editor-surveyor
(Freepers: Not as smart as I'd hoped they were.)
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