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Image of an elevation view of the side of a railroad train of the Mohawk and Hudson Railway depicted in 1832 as a silhouette, with a steam locomotive, with a 2-2-0 wheel arrangement, tender with two barrels of wood and a pile of wood, and two attached carriages holding passengers, with doors labeled "M&H RPG No. 1" and "No. 2"; information of the "Names of Passengers, as far as can be ascertained" and "Particulars relating to the Locomotive Engine of the above Train" are printed in the bottom margin.
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