Boston & Providence 4-4-0 'Daniel Nason' .
is on display at the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, MO.
Designed by BP's Master Mechanic George S. Griggs and built over a five year period (1858-63) at the Boston and Providence Railroad shops in Roxbury, MA. It was rebuilt and modernized in 1887-1890, during which The Old Colony RR took over the Boston and Providence in 1888 and renumbered it as their 170 upon it's completion. The rebuilding was extensive, giving it a new boiler, cylinders, smokestack, and tender, The only major original parts left were the smokebox, frame, and driving wheel centers. The shape of the smokestack, sand dome behind it, front pilot with horizontal bars, and the outline of the cab match, as do the handrails around the headlight. In 1893 the NYNHH took control and the loco was leased to Purdue University, in 1905. In 1951, it was sold to John Leahy of Danbury, CT. It was donated in 1982 to MOT by the 'Friends of the Danbury' Collection.
The 'Daniel Nason' is the only surviving example of 'Dutch Wagon' practice where the steam cylinders are inside the locomotive frame, a design popular prior to the Civil War. It is a wood burning locomotive with 16" x 20" cylinders and 54" drive wheels.
The eponymous Daniel Nason was the Superintendent of Transportation at the Boston depot of the Boston and Providence line.
Much of the above info was obtained from the below linked websites -
www.providencejournal.com/features/lifestyle/time-lapse/2...
www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5BQA_Daniel_Nason_Boston_an...
goodoldboston.blogspot.com/2012/04/daniel-nason-and-roxbu...
Boston & Providence 4-4-0 'Daniel Nason' .
is on display at the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood, MO.
Designed by BP's Master Mechanic George S. Griggs and built over a five year period (1858-63) at the Boston and Providence Railroad shops in Roxbury, MA. It was rebuilt and modernized in 1887-1890, during which The Old Colony RR took over the Boston and Providence in 1888 and renumbered it as their 170 upon it's completion. The rebuilding was extensive, giving it a new boiler, cylinders, smokestack, and tender, The only major original parts left were the smokebox, frame, and driving wheel centers. The shape of the smokestack, sand dome behind it, front pilot with horizontal bars, and the outline of the cab match, as do the handrails around the headlight. In 1893 the NYNHH took control and the loco was leased to Purdue University, in 1905. In 1951, it was sold to John Leahy of Danbury, CT. It was donated in 1982 to MOT by the 'Friends of the Danbury' Collection.
The 'Daniel Nason' is the only surviving example of 'Dutch Wagon' practice where the steam cylinders are inside the locomotive frame, a design popular prior to the Civil War. It is a wood burning locomotive with 16" x 20" cylinders and 54" drive wheels.
The eponymous Daniel Nason was the Superintendent of Transportation at the Boston depot of the Boston and Providence line.
Much of the above info was obtained from the below linked websites -
www.providencejournal.com/features/lifestyle/time-lapse/2...
www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM5BQA_Daniel_Nason_Boston_an...
goodoldboston.blogspot.com/2012/04/daniel-nason-and-roxbu...