Train Cars

The Tom Thumb was created by Peter Cooper in 1830. The rail-lines were originally going to be pulled by horses. The engine pulled the first passage cars to Ellicott City. The engineers were amazed to see the train going 10-14 miles an hour. The name was given later to the small size and it weighed less than a ton. It was the first successful rail train in America. In a race between a horse and the engine the engine was ahead till it broke down and wasn’t used till the replica was made and put in the B&O Railroad Museum.

Tom Thumb

In 1832, Phineas Davis and Israel Gartner created the first Grasshopper train called the Atlantic. It was called a grasshopper train because of its long vertical rods it had on the train. The original train was scrapped in 1835.

 

Atlantic Train

In 1828 the first passage cars were made. They were horse-drawn cars. They were pulled by the Engine “Tom Thumb” to Ellicott City. They also were later used by train like the “Atlantic”.

Passenger Cars