Locomotion No 1
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Locomotion No. 1 is an early British steam locomotive. Built by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1825, it hauled the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway on September 27 1825.
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It was effectively a beam engine on wheels with vertical cylinders. It was one of the first locomotives to use coupling rods rather than chains to drive its 0-4-0 wheel arrangement.
In 1828 the boiler exploded, killing the driver. With advances in design such as those incorporated into Stephenson's Rocket, Locomotion became obsolete very quickly. It was rebuilt and remained in service until 1841 when it was turned into a stationary engine. In 1857 it was preserved, and is now part of the National Collection.
The locomotive is now on display at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, located in the same building as Darlington's North Road railway station, on long-term loan from the National Railway Museum. From 1892 to 1975 it was on display on one of the platforms at Darlington's main station, Bank Top.
There is a replica of the locomotive at Beamish Museum.
[edit] See also
- Locomotive No. 1 New South Wales first locomotive.
[edit] External links
- Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
- Photograph of Locomotion at the Darlington Railway Museum
- Postcard of Locomotion at the Darlington Bank Top station in 1959
- http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAlocomotion.htm
Pre-1830 steam locomotives
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Pen-y-darren (1804) •
Catch Me Who Can (1808) •
Puffing Billy (1812) •
Wylam Dilly (1812) •
The Salamanca (1812) •
Blücher (1814) •
Locomotion No. 1 (1825) • |
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See also: Rainhill trials • History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830 |
