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The first trial trip of the locomotive was made on July 30, 1831, and on August 3, it made the trip from Albany to Schenectady, a distance of 17 miles, in 1 hour and 45 minutes. The maximum speed attained on the trip when the DeWitt Clinton carried its first passengers was 30 miles an hour.

Official opening of the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad was delayed until September 24, 1831. The occasion was observed with a grand excursion. The imposing train was to have been drawn by the Robert Fulton, an English-built locomotive about twice the weight of the DeWitt Clinton. It failed to do the work and the DeWitt Clinton was used with almost perfect

The DeWitt Clinton made the return trip from Schenectady to Albany with five coaches in 38 minutes. Not only does the DeWitt Clinton hold rank as one of the locomotives that pioneered the way in steam passenger service in America, but it also ranks as one of the pioneer engines in world railroading. It was only 11 years after the first public railroad had been planned in England that the historic locomotive pulled the first passenger train over the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad. The passenger cars were designed after the pattern of stage coaches.

The DeWitt Clinton, as first built, weighed only 6,758 pounds, but as remodeled, the locomotive weighs 9,420 pounds. The weight of its tender is 5,340 pounds. The combined weight of the DeWitt Clinton engine (in its original state) and its tender was 12,098 pounds. It is 12 feet and 10 inches long; the length of the tender is 10 feet 11 inches. Wood was used as fuel and two large barrels served as water tank.

The DeWitt Clinton continued in active service for fourteen years. In June, 1920, it was placed on exhibition in the east gallery of the Main Concourse of Grand Central Terminal at New York. During the spring of 1933, it was moved to Chicago for exhibit at the World’s Fair. It has since been donated to the Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village.

The first passenger train, in the State of New York, drawn by a steam locomotive was hauled by the DeWitt Clinton engine on August 9, 1831, over the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad, the original unit of the New York Central System.

The first trial trip of the locomotive was made on July 30, 1831, and on August 3, it made the trip from Albany to Schenectady, a distance of 17 miles, in 1 hour and 45 minutes. The maximum speed attained on the trip when the DeWitt Clinton carried its first passengers was 30 miles an hour.

Official opening of the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad was delayed until September 24, 1831. The occasion was observed with a grand excursion. The imposing train was to have been drawn by the Robert Fulton, an English-built locomotive about twice the weight of the DeWitt Clinton. It failed to do the work and the DeWitt Clinton was used with almost perfect

The DeWitt Clinton made the return trip from Schenectady to Albany with five coaches in 38 minutes. Not only does the DeWitt Clinton hold rank as one of the locomotives that pioneered the way in steam passenger service in America, but it also ranks as one of the pioneer engines in world railroading. It was only 11 years after the first public railroad had been planned in England that the historic locomotive pulled the first passenger train over the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad. The passenger cars were designed after the pattern of stage coaches.

The DeWitt Clinton, as first built, weighed only 6,758 pounds, but as remodeled, the locomotive weighs 9,420 pounds. The weight of its tender is 5,340 pounds. The combined weight of the DeWitt Clinton engine (in its original state) and its tender was 12,098 pounds. It is 12 feet and 10 inches long; the length of the tender is 10 feet 11 inches. Wood was used as fuel and two large barrels served as water tank.

The DeWitt Clinton continued in active service for fourteen years. In June, 1920, it was placed on exhibition in the east gallery of the Main Concourse of Grand Central Terminal at New York. During the spring of 1933, it was moved to Chicago for exhibit at the World’s Fair. It has since been donated to the Henry Ford Museum at Greenfield Village.