"For nearly half of the nation's history, the steam locomotive was the outstanding symbol for progress and power. It was the literal engine of the Industrial Revolution, and it played an instrumental ...
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On August 11,1880, at around 2pm in the afternoon, what was described in the Lancaster Gazette as ‘one of the most ...