STEAM ENGINE SILVER TONE TIE TACK - MtTSVpC2

From the cow catcher in the front to the coal bin in the rear, this steam locomotive brings back days of yore. The silver tone train tie tack has locking pin clasp with chain on the reverse side. The tie tack is pre-owned in like new condition. Train measures 5/8-inch long x 1/4-inch high. In 1802, Richard Trevithick of Wales patented a "high pressure engine" and in 1804 built the first-ever steam locomotive to run along a track. It pulled five cars loaded with ten tons of iron and 70 ironworkers about nine miles, and chugging along at about five miles per hour. Peter Cooper patented a rotary steam engine and in 1825 built America’s first steam locomotive, the Tom Thumb. You will receive your locomotive tie bar in a soft velvet gift pouch shipped in a USPS small flat rate box.