AHRTP Image Archive - Hall of Fame 2.04
EARLY LOCOMOTIVES and RAILROADS
4-2-0 EARLY JARVIS, DIAMOND STACK LOCOMOTIVE

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This engine is the earliest steam locomotive in the Historic Trains Image Archive. The 4-2-0 wheel arrangement, in the White Classification is a 'Jervis' locomotive. John B. Jervis, who became first chief engineer of the Delware & Hudson Coal Company's railroad in 1827, later designed the 4-2-0 locomotive that carries his name. The design of this locomotive indicates a manufacture date in the early 1840s. The stovepipe hat on the gentleman boarding the train, and the passenger car itself suggest a date for this photograph in the 1860s.

"F.W. Smith" printed on this photograph may indicate the name of the engine, or that of a photographer or collector of railroad photos. There was a F. W. SMITH & Co. marble quarry located in the western part of Pittsford VT but it did not commence operations until 1880. Nonetheless, there is a remote possiblity that this quarry acquired an older locomotive to pull passenger cars because it was connected by a branch line to the Central Vermont Railroad. Another possibility is that this engine was named after an earlier generation 'F.W.Smith' of Vermont. Exact locality and photographer identifications therefore remain problematic.

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