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The occasion was a sound money parade of steam railroad men, some 8.000 of whom marched through the streets of Terre Haute on the afternoon and evening of September 24. When the parade was decided on Mr. Harrison promptly proposed to the railroad people a plan by which a feat never before attempted could be accomplished/ It was nothing less than the construction of a full sized locomotive, mounted on street railway trucks, and propelled by street car motors. Our illustration shows how exactly the original, a standard type of Pennsylvania Railroad engine, was copied. It was built in the Vandalia shops in Terre Haute, and the men who constructed it are shown in the illustration. The steam to operate the air brakes, electric headlight, steam whistle, furnish the exhaust, and to throw smoke out of the stack, as a regular locomotive, was generated in a light boiler built on the trucks. This engine was so perfect that had it not been for the trolley pole over the cab it would have deceived every one, as the driving wheels moved and the steam escaped from the cylinders. The engineer was "Uncle Billy" Baugh, a reckless youth of 78 years, who ran the first train into the city in 1852. We also show one of the floats which used the car tracks, and which was fitted up to illustrate a switch yard. It also was motor driven, using the trolley wire for current, as did the several floats built by the street railway company's portion of the parade, which consisted of a double-deck car with an immense searchlight upon it, high wagon decorated with lights and other features. An interesting feature was forty-five hand cars which were pumped along on the car tracks with great eclat.
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THE ELECTRIC STEAM LOCOMOTIVE
A red caboose brought up the rear, motor driven from the trolley wire, and built to standard Pennsylvania design. A large number of steam road officials were in the parade, and Second Vice-President Brooks, of the Pennsylvania system, a life-long democrat, spoke.
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