This locomotive, a 1905 product of the American Locomotive Company (ALCO),
is the only surviving "Mother Hubbard" (or "camelback") 4-4-0 type locomotive.
Its wide "Wooten" firebox burned hard anthracite coal and necessitated the cab's
location on top of the boiler. Number 952 was exhibited at the 1939-40
New York World's Fair and was transported to MOT as part of a freight train in 1953.
The camelback was a darling of the DL&W's public relations department, having been
chosen to open the Lackawanna Cut-Off (between Scranton, PA and Hoboken, NJ) in 1911.
It was also featured in the railroad's Phoebe Snow passenger train advertising campaign,
which incorporated the image of a woman clad in white to espouse the cleanliness of
anthracite coal.
Did You Realize:
Peter Cooper, manufacturer of the first steam-powered locomotive in America, invented Jell-O?
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