Figure 9.—Annual pass of the Cumberland Valley Railroad issued in 1863.
[Figure 10.]—Timetable of the Cumberland Valley Railroad for 1878.
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Service History of the Pioneer
After being put in service, the Pioneer continued to perform well and was credited as able to move a 4-car passenger train along smartly at 40 mph.[8] This tranquility was shattered in October 1862 by a raiding party led by Confederate General J. E. B. Stuart which burned the Chambersburg shops of the Cumberland Valley Railroad. The Pioneer, Jenny Lind, and Utility were partially destroyed. The Cumberland Valley Railroad in its report for 1862 stated:
The Wood-shop, Machine-shop, Black-smith-shop, Engine-house, Wood-sheds, and Passenger Depot were totally consumed, and with the Engine-house three second-class Engines were much injured by the fire, but not so destroyed but that they may be restored to usefulness.
However, no record can be found of the extent or exact nature of the damage. The shops and a number of cars were burned so it is reasonable to assume that the cab and other wooden parts of the locomotive were damaged. One unverified report in the files of the Pennsylvania Railroad states that part of the roof and brick wall fell on the Pioneer during the fire causing considerable damage. In June 1864 the Chambersburg shops were again burned by the Confederates, but on this occasion the railroad managed to remove all its locomotives before the raid. During the Civil War, the Cumberland Valley Railroad was obliged to operate longer passenger trains to satisfy the enlarged traffic. The Pioneer and its sister single-axle engines were found too light for these trains and were used only on work and special trains. Reference to table 1 will show that the mileage of the Pioneer fell off sharply for the years 1860-1865.
Table 1.—Yearly Mileage of the Pioneer
(From Annual Reports of the Cumberland Valley Railroad)
| Year: | Miles |
| 1852 | [a] 3,182 |
| 1853 | [] 20,722 |
| 1854 | 18,087 |
| 1855 | 14,151 |
| 1856 | 20,998 |
| 1857 | 22,779 |
| 1858 | 29,094 |
| 1859 | 29,571 |
| 1860 | 4,824 |
| 1861 | 4,346 |
| 1862 | ( [c] ) |
| 1863 | 5,339 |
| 1864 | 224 |
| 1865 | 2,215 |
| 1866 | 20,546 |
| 1867 | 5,709 |
| 1868 | 13,626 |
| 1869 | 1,372 |
| 1870 | ... |
| 1871 | 2,102 |
| 1872 | 4,002 |
| 1873 | 3,721 |
| 1874 | 3,466 |
| 1875 | 636 |
| 1876 | 870 |
| 1877 | 406 |
| 1878 | 4,433 |
| 1879 | ... |
| 1880 | 8,306 |
| 1881 | ( [d] ) |
| ————— | |
| Total | [e] 244,727 |