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Dredge, Plate LXXXI, Fig. 5) 21 The "mud digger" was an e ight-wheel version of the crab. A number were built in 1841 and 1642 for the Western Railroad (Massachusetts). They were not considered entirely satisfa ctory and all were retired by 1850. (Dredge, Plate LXXXI, Fig. 6) 22 The Cum berland was a more powerful form of mud digger which Winans devised for the B &: O. Built in 1845 and later known simply as No. 37, the machine continued in service until the late 1860's. (Engineer, Jan. 24 , 1879, p.
She was built in 1855 by Rogers for the Western and Atlanti c Railroad . n Chattanooga. It is now scheduled for exhibit near Atlanta. (Dredge. Fig. 2) • • •• 26 •• •• The Phantom was built in 1857 by William Mason of Taunton, Massachusetts. 8 builder noted for his handsome locomotives. Th is wood·burning. straight-boilered eight wheeler saw service on the Toledo and Illinois Railroad. (Arlizon . Feb. 1, 1859. Plate 138) ( 27 • • • } This s tandard eight wheeler cannot be precise ly iden tified .