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Pnuematic (compressed air) locomotives were needed in highly flammable environments like coal mines

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Chicago's first locomotive, the 1837 Pioneer

This was the first locomotive to operate out of Chicago. Called the Pioneer, it was built in 1837 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia,…