Locomotive Museum 1 (West Lafayette, Ind.)
Organization
Dates
- Existence: 1902 - 1923
Historical Information
In 1902 the first Locomotive Museum was built under the recommendation of Dean Goss. Goss wanted to preserve interesting locomotives in order to educate engineers of the future. The Locomotive Museum was an inexpensive shed that was build over the Locomotive exhibit. The collection included the "Tornado" (the second locomotive used on the Seaboard Air Line, built in 1840, donated to Purdue in 1902), an old coach used on the Boston Providence Railroad in 1835 that was drawn by horses, Winan' Camel Back (built by Baltimore and Ohio in 1868, given to Purdue in 1901), Chicago and Northwestern Locomotive (built in 1873 and given to Purdue in 1905), Daniel Nason engine (built in 1858, part of the equipment of the old Boston and Providence, and given to Purdue in 1905), the Eddy or "Mamosa" locomotive (built by Boston and Albany in 1876, given to Purdue in 1908), the Reuben Wells locomotive (built in 1858), an old railway track (the oldest track in the exhibit is from Baltimore and Ohio Railroad during 1829-1832), and models of locomotive cylinders and front ends. The museum was torn down after the second locomotive museum was built in 1923.