Contributions from
The Museum of History and Technology.
Paper 42
The “Pioneer”: Light Passenger Locomotive of 1851
In the Museum of History and Technology

John H. White

[THE CUMBERLAND VALLEY RAILROAD]244
[SERVICE HISTORY OF THE “PIONEER”]249
[MECHANICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE “PIONEER”]251
[FOOTNOTES]
[INDEX]

Figure 1.—The “Pioneer,” built in 1851, shown here as renovated and exhibited in the Museum of History and Technology, 1964. In 1960 the locomotive was given to the Smithsonian Institution by the Pennsylvania Railroad through John S. Fair, Jr. (Smithsonian photo 63344B.)


John H. White

The “PIONEER”:
LIGHT PASSENGER LOCOMOTIVE
of 1851
In the Museum of History and Technology