e or grip therails,—many thought. Two or three Wagons loadedwith coal and flour,—probably small ones,—a coveredwagon for the Directors,—and one or two more filled withthe British Public,—started, George Stevenson himselfbeing the driver. Locomotive No. i, slowly got up speed,—and finally,—amidst… … The first very primitive Railway Train in America. Well ! dear Reader ! It certainly is a caution ! Butwe must remember that the Americans had never seen any 748 OPEN CARS,—FIRE AND WATER! coaches, or cars, other than their Stage Coaches,shaped as the above, with open sides, and leather flapsto…
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