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Congratulations to St. Louis’ Museum of Transportation on the delivery today of twin 24-inch scale replicas of the famous 1863 C.P. Huntington steam locomotive. The new miniature train locomotives weigh 6,100 pounds each, are four-cylinder, 63 horsepower and can reach a maximum speed of 12 miles per hour.

The two exquisitely detailed black and silver locomotives will pull open-style carriages with a capacity for up to 42 adults on a new one-mile track at the museum that is operated by Saint Louis County Parks. The new attraction will officially open to the public on October 1.

C.P. Huntington was one the famous 19th-century American railroad magnates. The Central Pacific Railroad locomotive that linked the West with the East in 1863 to create the first transcontinental railroad was named the C.P. Huntington in his honor.