NJ A6196

Designates the "John Bull" steam locomotive as the official New Jersey State steam locomotive

The John Bull arrived from Liverpool, England to Bordentown, New Jersey on September 4, 1831, and was assembled by Isaac Dripps

The locomotive demonstrated its capabilities to New Jersey State Legislature members on November 12, 1831, and operated in regular service between South Amboy, Bordentown, and Camden from 1833 to the late 1840s

The engine served as a model for similar locomotives built by the Camden and Amboy Railroad and Transportation Company of Hoboken

Considered an antique by 1858, the John Bull was exhibited at the 1876 Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia and currently resides at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.