| From the Alexandria (Va.) Gazette |
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| August 2, 1898 |
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| History of a Locomotive |
| Baltimore & Ohio engine No. 99
which has just been laid aside at Grafton, W. Va., and will be consigned
to the scrap pile, has quite a history. It is one of the Ross Winans
camel engines, and was built in 1851. There are only four of this class
of engines remaining. During the late war this engine was one of several
captured at Martinsburg by the Confederates, and was hauled across the
country by pike to Staunton, under direction of Col. Thomas R. Sharp.
President John W. Garrett, after the war was over, hunted up Col. Sharp
and appointed him master of transportation, in recognition of the
ability displayed in that unparalleled achievement. |
| {At the time it was
captured, it was No. 199, a Hayes 10-wheel camel. In 1884, the B&O
renumbered all locomotives and 199 became 399. The last camels were
scrapped in 1899. This article was widely copied.} |
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