OCR Text |
Show 1 Btaam Traction Annlvereary. I Fab. 1J waa tha centennial of tha aa of aloam traction on re'lroada. It waa oaly a five-ton mnrln', tgine 1 runnlnf arec tha Mrrthyr Tydfil aouraa. Ha Inrentnr waa Richard ! Trrrlthls, a Oirnlahman. It could draw fifteen tona at a rata of flv asllea aa hoar. It had an eight hick ylladar and toot hod wheela, which eaught la aotched ralla and haled It arer hard pi area In tha track. Only law tripe waro made by It, for tha oapartment waa not commercially arwfll akta. |