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lets get some american and British steam in here.
>The Lovett Eames, the five-thousandth locomotive produced by the Baldwin
Locomotive Works, was originally built in 1880 for the Philadelphia and Reading
Railroad. She was repossessed by the builder and sold to the Eames Vacuum Brake
Company to demonstrate that firm's apparatus.
>Sometime during her English running
days, it was found necessary to lower her overall
profile to suit the small loading gauges typical
of the British lines. The cab roof was lowered
and the sides given a rakish curve; the stack was
cut down, and the headlight and its mounting
bracket were dropped
>Eames failed to market his brake beyond a
few token installations and appears to have
abandoned the engine. In April 1884, advertisements
appeared in the British trade press announcing
a court-ordered sale of the Lovett
Eames. The only interested bidder was a scrap
merchant who for $900 took her away
