John Bull (locomotive)
John Bull is a British-built railroad steam locomotive that operated in the United States. It was operated for the first time on September 15, 1831, by the Camden and Amboy Railroad. In 1884 the locomotive was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution as the museum’s first major industrial exhibit. In 1939 the employees at the PRR’s Altoona, Pennsylvania, workshops built an operable replica for further exhibition duties.
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John Bull is a British-built railroad steam locomotive that operated in the United States. It was operated for the first time on September 15, 1831, by the Camden and Amboy Railroad. In 1884 the locomotive was purchased by the Smithsonian Institution as the museum’s first major industrial exhibit. In 1939 the employees at the PRR’s Altoona, Pennsylvania, workshops built an operable replica for further exhibition duties. Today, the original John Bull is on static display once more in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History in Washington, D. C. The replica is preserved at the Railroad Museum of Pennsylvania. The John Bull was built in Newcastle, England, by Robert Stephenson and Company for the Camden & Amboy railroad, the first railroad built in New Jersey. The locomotive’s power was transmitted to the driving axles through pistons that were mounted under the boiler between the two front wheels and in front of the front axle. Due to poorer quality track than was the norm in its native England, the train had much trouble with derailment; the C&A’s engineers added a leading truck to help guide the engine into curves. After several years serving as a switching engine and stationary boiler, the John Bull saw the end of its life in 1866 and was retired in Bordentown, New Jersey, and stored in Toward Toward, New York.
It became the world’s oldest surviving operable steam locomobile in 1981 by firing it up, making it the world’s oldest surviving locomotive. It is now on display at the Museum of Transportation in New York City, along with a replica of the original locomotive, which is on display in Altoona. The Smithsonian Institution is the only museum in the U.S. that still operates a steam-powered locomotive as a permanent exhibit. The museum is also the only place in the world where a locomotive is on public display in a controlled environment, such as at the National Railway Appliance Exhibition in 1883 and the National Railroad Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. For more information on the Smithsonian, visit: http://www.si.edu/museum/history/history-of-railways/museums/marshal-museum-of railway/mashall-museum/marchall-and-railway-history/magnificent-marshall.html. For the full story on John Bull, see: http:/www.sheriff.org/mars/John-Bull.html#storylink=cpy&title=John-bull-1831-09-15-11-15. The engine was initially purchased by and operated by the Camden & Amboy Railway, which gave John Bull the number 1 and its first name, \”Stevens\”.
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