User Info: hulkhogan1. To the amazement of the passengers, the locomotive traveled at the impressive speed of miles per hour. What was the significance of the race involving the Tom Thumb locomotive? It showed that steam powered locomotives were faster and more efficient than horses. Cooper had it designed to burn standard coal as fuel source anthracite, specifically. Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive to operate on a common-carrier railroad.


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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad's "Tom Thumb" steam locomotive - ebony and ivory carving




Industrial History: B&O Tom Thumb and Locomotive
Tom Thumb was the first American-built steam locomotive used on a common-carrier railroad. Designed and built by Peter Cooper. This model is a representation of the Tom Thumb Locomotive, and early American locomotive built by Peter Cooper in to prove that a steam-powered locomotive could navigate the hills and twists of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The model consists of an upright boiler, vertical engine, and geared drive.



Framed Print of B&O Railroads Tom Thumb steam locomotive, 1830
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Source: 1 , 2. In the first American-built steam locomotive was designed, the Tom Thumb, by Peter Cooper to show the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad that steam engines should be used to power the new railways as opposed to horse-drawn cars. The first locomotive was four wheeled with a vertical boiler and a vertically mounted cylinder to drive the wheels.

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