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A PAINTED METAL, BRASS AND WOOD MODEL OF A BALDWIN 4-4-0 'AMERICAN' STEAM ENGINE*

BY REPUTE, BUILT BY HORACE E. MARTIN, 1881 AND REDECORATED

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A PAINTED METAL, BRASS AND WOOD MODEL OF A BALDWIN 4-4-0 'AMERICAN' STEAM ENGINE*
By repute, built by Horace E. Martin, 1881 and redecorated
in wood metal and brass, steel drive shafts, lead trucks, large drive wheels, boiler (marked 1881 on the front), cowcatcher, bell, smokestack and other details. Displayed on a short piece of track
33½ in. (85.1 cm.) long

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Lot Essay

The 4-4-0 was built continuously through the end of the 19th century. It handled both freight and passenger assignments, and its use among railroads was nearly universal - so much so that it acquired the name "American Standard," or simply "American." In 1884, 60 percent of all new U.S. steam locomotives were 4-4-0s.

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