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WORLD’S FIRST AUTOTRAIN
•If you consider that the horse in 1855 was regarded as transportation much as the automobile is today, that would make this the first “auto-train” in use.  Back then towns were built about twenty miles apart, a good day’s ride by horseback. A traveler with the use of this car could travel a hundred miles or more and still have access to his favorite mode of transportation.
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WORLD’S FIRST AUTOTRAIN

If you consider that the horse in 1855 was regarded as transportation much as the automobile is today, that would make this the first “auto-train” in use.  Back then towns were built about twenty miles apart, a good day’s ride by horseback. A salesman or executive with the use of this car could travel a hundred miles or more and still have access to his favorite mode of transportation.

This car when first built had no air breaks and used link and pin couplers.
Knuckle couplers and airbrakes would become standard only after the civil war.