In 1801 he built the first steam locomotive. An explanation of mechanics of this atmospheric steam engine is given. These were thought by many to be thought too dangerous due to the high pressures ...

Locomotion No. 1 was the first steam locomotive to run on a public railway.This firing shovel was used on Locomotion No.1, the first steam locomotive to run on a public railway, at the opening of ...

In 1801 Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive. In the years after this George Stephenson developed the ‘iron road’ using steam locomotives to pull waggons on rails. The first ...

The locomotive is one of three 21st-Century steam locomotives hitting the tracks at Cotswold Festival of Steam this weekend A newly-built steam locomotive will carry its first passengers this weekend.