Cumberland Valley #13

Built in 1851 by Union Works in Massachusetts to serve in Pennsylvania and Maryland for a regional route, the Cumberland Valley Railroad. It would be used in passenger service, pulling just a few pieces of passenger equipment for the short distance that it would travel. When the Civil War broke out, the railroads were busy with both sides. #13 would be busy transporting the troops and their supplies. In 1862, the Confederate cavalry raided Pennsylvania and burned the roundhouse while #13 was inside. They attempted to burn the rail equipment owned by the Union. The Confederacy failed to burn #13, fortunately. She survived and continued to transport passengers until retirement in 1901. #13 would still be used as an exhibit for world events such as world fairs. When the Pennsylvania Railroad absorbed the Cumberland Valley, they donated #13 to Washington, DC, at the Smithsonian Museum of American History in 1961. It was then restored and moved one last time to the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Museum and is now on display in the roundhouse.