WE WONDERED: COULD THIS BE GENUINE?
TWO PERSPICACIOUS VIEWERS , DAVE KELLER AND RICH WISNEWSKI, CORRECTLY SAID NO!
THIS IS NOT EVEN A BALDWIN PRODUCT.
SEE BELOW:
THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD'S FIRST LOCOMOTIVE THE BROOOKLYN AND JAMAICA RAIL ROAD
"ARIEL"
BUILT BY MATTHIAS W. BALDWIN IN 1835.
IMAGE FROM "HISTORY OF THE BALDWIN LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, 1831 - 1923"
TWO IMAGES FROM U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM BULLETIN 210 "THE FIRST QUARTER CENTURY OF STEAM LOCOMOTIVES IN NORTH AMERICA"
THE "WILLIAM GALLOWAY" NEE "LAFAYETTE" WAS PHOTOGRAPHED ON LONG ISLAND AT THE 1939 - 1940 WORLD'S FAIR. THE MAN TO THE LEFT ON THE ENGINE IS PATSY DE MASI WHO WAS AN L.I.R.R. MACHINIST AND CARED FOR THE OLD LOCOS AT THE FAIR.
RICH ALSO WRITES "The Lafayette is not a static display either. Here she is under steam in 2013!!"
AND PROVIDES THIS LINK
FINALLY WE OFFER A BIT MORE ABOUT THE "ARIEL":
THIS LOCOMOTIVE WAS AN EXCEPTION
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