Show steam traction anniversary feb 13 was the centennial ot of tho the use of 0 steam traction on railroads it was only a five ton moving engine running over the merter tydal course its inventor was richard a cornishman it could draw fifteen tons af at a rato rate of five miles an hour it had an eight Inch cylinder and toothed wheels nelch ca caught u glit in notched rails and helped it over hard places in the track only a few trips were made by it tor for tho the experiment was riot commercially profitable I 1 |