Decades before General Motors Corp. promoted individual paint schemes to induce diesel locomotive sales, Mason advertised different color combinations for its engines. Amazon was delivered in April 1856 to the Lake Erie, Wabash & St. Louis Railroad; the engine’s actual color scheme is not known. Lithography by L. H. Bradford & Co., Boston. Size: about 21 x 34”.

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