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The Mohawk and Hudson Railroad (M&H) opened on August 9 1831 when the DeWitt Clinton pulled its first train from Albany to Schenectady.[1]
The DeWitt Clinton was 12 feet 10 inches long, with a tender of 10 feet 11 inches. Combined with three coaches of 14 feet each, this made for a total train length of 65 feet 9 inches.[2]
On August 10 1831, the DeWitt Clinton made two trips between Albany and Schenectady at a top speed of 30 miles an hour.[3]
In the spring of 1931, Albany-based coach builder James Goold was contracted by M&H to build six of his Goold cars at a cost of $310 each.[4]
in 1893, the replica the DeWitt Clinton made its first appearance with original M&H coaches at the Columbian Exposition alongside the larger and faster Empire State Express.[5]
- ^ ""DeWitt Clinton" Locomotive (0-4-0)". American-Rails.com. Retrieved 2020-03-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Sherman, John (12 November 1921). "Historic DeWitt Clinton Train of 1831". Cambridge Sentinel.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Munsell, J. (1875). The Origin, Progress and Vicissitudes of the Mohawk and Hudson Rail Road and the First Excursion on it. Harvard College Library. p. 11.
- ^ White, Jr., John (1978). The American Railroad Passenger Car. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 51.
- ^ Handy, Moses (1893). The Official Directory of the World's Columbian Exposition, May 1st to October 30th, 1893. W. B. Conkey Company. p. 782.