CSPAN3 American Artifacts Railroads Railcars December 25, 2017
Dearborn, michigan. Were standing in the midst of railroad exhibit. Just as automobiles and airplanes were key technologies of 20th century, railroad was the key trmgs for 19th century. The steam engineer was thought of as equivalent to astronaut today. Its important we have a modest but important collection of railroad vehicles. What we have here are Railroad Locomotives that tell the story of railroaded in the 1830s up to the early days of electric locomotives in the 1920s. Behind me is our earliest example. This is a replica of 1831 locomotive cars used oppose hudson railroad. The replica b...