A sepia toned reproduction of a Bisbee Mining & Historical Museum photograph in postcard form featuring a trackless engine. The back caption at the top left reads: “GERONIMO. STEAM ENGINE – 1886 Presented by the Bisbee Mining and Historical Museum. Brought to Bisbee to haul ore, this engine was nicknamed “Geronimo” for its unwillingness to cooperate during rainy weather.” The photo was taken by Haynes and is from the Brophy collection. The postcard is from Burl Schweikart Collection.

The trackless engine existed as a strange midpoint between locomotive engines and the modern vehicles of trucks, cars , and buses. Though one nicknamed Geronimo was brought into Bisbee, the machine’s immense weight and Bisbee’s hilly terrain proved too much to make any practical use of the trackless engine.

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