Freight Engine. New York & Erie R.R. An original drawing

by Theodore Krausch, 19th century

$1,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A very handsome drawing of a locomotive by a prominent inventor and engineer. Theodore Krausch, dates unknown, was employed by what was then known as the New York and Erie Railroad at Susquehanna Depot where railway cars and locomotives were designed, built and repaired. The town in northeastern Pennsylvania, just below the New York border and Binghamton, came into existence with the coming of the railroad. Krausch, who obtained several patents during his life, one for

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