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Cumberland Valley RR 2-2-2 Pioneerby ~rlkitterman

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The Cumberland Valley Railroad (CVRR) was chartered in 1831 and ran from Pennsylvania to Virginia. In 1851, it bought a pair of 2-2-2 tank engines from Union Works in Boston named "Jenny Lind" and "Pioneer." These engines were used on light passenger duties, and their light weight let them run anywhere. Pioneer was able to reach 40 miles per hour with two coaches. During the 1850s and into the 1860s, the 2-2-2 tank engine proved so popular that the configuration was known as the Pioneer type in America (it was usually called Patentee in Europe). However, as time wore on, trains became heavier and engines became stronger, so Pioneer was demoted to work-train duty in 1881. It was soon retired, but was saved from scrap in 1901 at the age of fifty and went on tour. After many years of restoration, Pioneer is on display at the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, in the Civil War exhibit.