In 1884 R. E. Gatewood sued the railroad and won. But was it really a win for the little guy? Out of the Box features the story found in the James City County/Williamsburg judgments, along with an illustration of the engine boiler of a steam locomotive.

http://www.virginiamemory.com/blogs/out_of_the_box/2013/04/24/i-fought-the-railroad-and-won-or-did-i/

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