B&O 5 "Wanderer" (1856 Mason Machine Works 4-4-0, class F)
On display at the B&O RR Museum Baltimore MD. At the time this photo was taken, the locomotive is shown as it appeared in the 1999 movie "The Wild Wild West" with deer horns on the headlight.
This locomotive is actually Baltimore & Ohio Railroad No. 25 named "William Mason", a 4-4-0 'American Standard', steam locomotive. It was Built in 1856 by William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts, and is one of the only real American Standard's to operate as of today. (Yet, only half of the locomotive still has its original parts.)
This locomotive is one of two ordered by the B&O from the works in 1856. The other one is #26. The No. 25 was used extensively during the civil war to transport Union troops and supplies. B&O President John Garrett understood the financial and political benefits of siding with the Union, despite his personal ties to the South.
The engine, while not given a name (the road had ended the practice of naming locomotives at the time no. 25 was built), was the road's second engine to be numbered 25, replacing an earlier 4-4-0 of that number built by William Norris in 1839.
This design further lowered the engine's center of gravity and made re-boilering easier. The number 25 was the road's first engine to have this smokebox design, as well as the road's first engine to have Stephenson link motion valve gear.
The locomotive is one of the engines that pulled the train which carried Abraham Lincoln from Springfield, Illinois to Washington, D.C. for his inauguration in 1865.
The museum operated the William Mason on select weekends in October until 2014 - after which the engine was taken out of service for its 1472-day inspection. During the inspection, it was found that the engine's firebox crown sheet would have to be replaced for the engine to continue to operate, the cost of which exceeded the budget allocated for the engine's restoration. Thus, the museum instead opted for a cosmetic restoration, with the engine receiving a new livery of green (a different shade from that worn post-1999) with red and gold lining. This livery, based on the layers of paint uncovered from the engine during restoration, is believed to be closer to that originally worn by the engine. The restored engine was returned to display in the roundhouse in September, 2017.
B&O 5 "Wanderer" (1856 Mason Machine Works 4-4-0, class F)
On display at the B&O RR Museum Baltimore MD. At the time this photo was taken, the locomotive is shown as it appeared in the 1999 movie "The Wild Wild West" with deer horns on the headlight.
This locomotive is actually Baltimore & Ohio Railroad No. 25 named "William Mason", a 4-4-0 'American Standard', steam locomotive. It was Built in 1856 by William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts, and is one of the only real American Standard's to operate as of today. (Yet, only half of the locomotive still has its original parts.)
This locomotive is one of two ordered by the B&O from the works in 1856. The other one is #26. The No. 25 was used extensively during the civil war to transport Union troops and supplies. B&O President John Garrett understood the financial and political benefits of siding with the Union, despite his personal ties to the South.
The engine, while not given a name (the road had ended the practice of naming locomotives at the time no. 25 was built), was the road's second engine to be numbered 25, replacing an earlier 4-4-0 of that number built by William Norris in 1839.
This design further lowered the engine's center of gravity and made re-boilering easier. The number 25 was the road's first engine to have this smokebox design, as well as the road's first engine to have Stephenson link motion valve gear.
The locomotive is one of the engines that pulled the train which carried Abraham Lincoln from Springfield, Illinois to Washington, D.C. for his inauguration in 1865.
The museum operated the William Mason on select weekends in October until 2014 - after which the engine was taken out of service for its 1472-day inspection. During the inspection, it was found that the engine's firebox crown sheet would have to be replaced for the engine to continue to operate, the cost of which exceeded the budget allocated for the engine's restoration. Thus, the museum instead opted for a cosmetic restoration, with the engine receiving a new livery of green (a different shade from that worn post-1999) with red and gold lining. This livery, based on the layers of paint uncovered from the engine during restoration, is believed to be closer to that originally worn by the engine. The restored engine was returned to display in the roundhouse in September, 2017.