train, without requiring special loops for that purpose. For reversing on the track, as when shunting, the rear wheels were modified to be steerable. United States The first railroad locomotive to operate in Chicago, Illinois was a , the Pioneer, which was built in 1837 by Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Utica and Schenectady Railroad in New York. It was later purchased used by William B. Ogden for the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad, the oldest predecessor of the Chicago and North Western Railway. The locomotive arrived in Chicago by schooner on 10 October 1848 and it pulled the first westbound train out of the city fifteen days later, on 25 October 1848. References 1832 in rail transport