The best manufactory of Locomotive Engines in this country, is the establishment owned by Baldwin, Vail & Hussey, Broad street, Philadelphia. Since this company began their labors, few short years ago, they have manufactured one hundred and twenty-nine locomotive engines. Of this number twenty-six have been for the Columbia and Philadelphia Railway, twelve for the Utica and Schenectady, and ten for the Georgia Rail Road.
These engines are superior in many respects to any locomotives from any part of the world. The simplicity of their arrangement the construction of the crank—the location of the fire box before the driving shaft—and many other points, give them a great advantage over the old mode and make. They have a remarkable capacity for overcoming ascents where increased adhesion is required. One of these engines, on an ascending trade of 45 feet per mile, on the Columbia Railway, drew thirty-five loaded cars, weighing 187 tons, being equal to 701 tons on a level. This has never been surpassed, if equalled, by any locomotive engine. In England, the capacity of their machines is far inferior.
In consequence of these facts, we learn that the Company are preparing to send specimens to rail roads in France and England, In order to test their capacity with foreign locomotives. American skill and ingenuity beat the world.
Morning Herald, New York, NY, July 19, 1839