1987 STEAM LOCOMOTIVES ~ TRAINS #2366a Booklet Pane of 5 x 22 cents US Postage Stamps

1987 STEAM LOCOMOTIVES ~ TRAINS #2366a Booklet Pane of 5 x 22 cents US Postage Stamps - On October 1, 1987 in Baltimore, MD; the USPS issued this booklet pane of five stamps to pay tribute to the contributions of the different engines that sparked the railroad revolution in American. Depicted are: the Stourbridge Lion, the first actual locomotive to run on tracks in America; the Best Friend of Charleston, the first locomotive to pull a train in America; the John Bull, the oldest complete engine preserved in the United States; the Brother Jonathan, at one time the fastest locomotive in the world; and the Gowan & Marx, at one time the most powerful of all locomotives. ( Trains, Engines, Railroads, Steam, Railroad )

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