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Double-Truck, Narrow-Gage Locomotive, by the Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Mass. – Historic Reproduction

Double-Truck, Narrow-Gage Locomotive, by the Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Mass., 1877 — antique engraving
Double-Truck, Narrow-Gage Locomotive, by the Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Mass., 1877. Antique engraving from the Locomotives collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This antique engraving of Double-Truck, Narrow-Gage Locomotive, by the Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Mass. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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Double-Truck, Narrow-Gage Locomotive, by the Mason Machine Works, Taunton, Mass.

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This engraving shows a double-truck locomotive, a design with two pairs of swiveling wheel frames that let the engine round tight curves, which made it useful on narrow-gauge lines. The Mason Machine Works of Taunton, Massachusetts, built engines of this type. The print was published in the *Railroad Gazette* on February 2, 1877, at a time when narrow-gauge railroads were spreading through mountain, mining, and lumber country in the United States because they cost less to build than standard-gauge lines. The record's catalog details are unverified, but the illustration still captures the engineering priorities of the period.

Created / published1877
Medium1 print : engraving.
SubjectsIllus. in: Railroad Gazette, 1877 Feb. 2, p. 49. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Railroads--Narrow-gauge; Railroads--Locomotives; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 811 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-132205

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