Samuel Waite Johnson’s (1831-1912) locomotive
The attachment is a print of one of Samuel Waite Johnson’s (1831-1912) locomotives. Number 1853 was a 4-2-2 single-acting-wheel (7’6″) express passenger engine. It was awarded a Grand Prix at the 1889 Paris Exposition. This trade fair celebrated the centenary of the Storming of the Bastille which marked the beginning of the French Revolution. Understandably, […]