Steam dummy

[1] Steam dummies had some popularity in the first decades of railroading in the U.S., from the 1830s but passed from favor after the American Civil War.

[4] Baldwin exported to places such as Australia where they were known as 'steam tram motors' – and New Zealand, where two, both built in 1891, survive at museums today.

Intended as a temporary transport installation, this became the genesis of a larger tram network[5] and probably the exhibition's most lasting legacy.

[8] Porter recommended using anthracite or coke as a fuel in order to avoid smoke.

In the UK, the Great Western Railway equipped two engines each from the 2021 and 517 classes with coach bodywork between 1906 and 1911.

Mammoth Cave Railroad steam dummy engine
This steam passenger car operated on the Moshassuck Valley Railroad in Rhode Island . The car carried passengers and mail; the windows were not just for show. Nonetheless, the term "steam dummy" was sometimes used to describe these cars.