ON this date in 1827 - The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first railroad incorporated for commercial transportation of people and freight.

Bun Man and Mr. Purple, Bon Vivantes at that time, rode on one of the early junkets in June of that year.

In rather close quarters for much of the journey, Bun remarked to P "I do think they got this railroad's name right; there is a lot of B.O. on this train, the funk of 10,000 years..."