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American-type Locomotive Model, without Tender, Unidentified, ca. 1860s-1880s

Unidentified

American-type Locomotive Model, without Tender

ca. 1860s-1880s · Sculpture · 30.2 × 72.4 cm

Can I see it?

Yes, on view now

Where is “American-type Locomotive Model, without Tender” now? Smithsonian American Art Museum, Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27B, Washington, D.C. Yes, on view now. Checked September 25, 2026.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

RoomLuce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27B

Closed· opens tomorrow at 11:30 AM

On public display.

Checked
In this state since
Source
The museum
On the mapMuseum page

About the sculpture

Model trains made of lead or tin became popular after the transcontinental railroad line was finished in 1869. The triangular metal fixture on the front of this model locomotive is called a cowcatcher, which was used to push cows off the tracks when the train was unable to stop.

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Details

Accession number
1986.65.335A-B

What it shows

TrainArchitectureVehicles

In the catalog

SculptureWoodRealismImpressionism19th centuryFolk Art

Sources

In the same room · Luce Foundation Center, 3rd Floor, 27B, Smithsonian American Art Museum

Museum page
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