The First Locomotive and Train of Passenger-Cars Ever Run in the State of New York
National Museum of American History

The First Locomotive and Train of Passenger-Cars Ever Run in the State of New York

unknown · ca 1871

paper (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

Black and white print of a train ("The Dewitt Clinton") in silhouette, showing the engine, the tender and the first two passenger cars on its first excursion, August 9, 1831. The cars are filled with passengers whose names are listed in text below the image.

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