Talk:Phineas Davis
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- One minor correction to the above account of the death of Phineas Davis. According to William Henry Brown's History of the First Locomotive in America, Phineas was riding on a new locomotive not the 'The York' at the time of this unfortunate accident. Brown got this information from a source called "History and Description of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad" sent to him by B. H. Latrobe. The extract reads:
- "In September, 1835 Mr. Davis met with a sudden and unexpected death. He was riding upon the tender of a new locomotive, on its trial-trip upon the Washington branch, accompanied by a large number of his employees on an excursion to the capital. The engine struck the end of a broken rail and was thrown off the track. Mr. Davis was hurled with great force against the engine causing his instantaneous death."
