query: who invented the first full scale working railway steam locomotive

pos: Richard Trevithick Richard Trevithick Richard Trevithick (13 April 1771 – 22 April 1833) was a British inventor and mining engineer from Cornwall, England. The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. He performed poorly in school, but went on to be an early pioneer of steam-powered road and rail transport. His most significant contribution was the development of the first high-pressure steam engine. He also built the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive. The world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place on 21 February 1804,

pos: Steam engine built a prototype steam road locomotive. An early working model of a steam rail locomotive was designed and constructed by steamboat pioneer John Fitch in the United States probably during the 1780s or 1790s. His steam locomotive used interior bladed wheels guided by rails or tracks. The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick in the United Kingdom and, on 21 February 1804, the world's first railway journey took place as Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway from the Pen-y-darren ironworks, near Merthyr Tydfil to Abercynon in south Wales. The design incorporated

pos: Steam locomotive during 1794. His steam locomotive used interior bladed wheels guided by rails or tracks. The model still exists at the Ohio Historical Society Museum in Columbus. The authenticity and date of this locomotive is disputed by some experts and a workable steam train would have to await the invention of the high-pressure steam engine by Richard Trevithick, who pioneered the use of steam locomotives. The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive, was the gauge "Coalbrookdale Locomotive", built by Trevithick in 1802. It was constructed for the Coalbrookdale ironworks in Shropshire in the United Kingdom though no record of it working

pos: Locomotive on the locomotive itself or in wagons called "tenders" pulled behind. The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built by Richard Trevithick in 1802. It was constructed for the Coalbrookdale ironworks in Shropshire in the United Kingdom though no record of it working there has survived. On 21 February 1804, the first recorded steam-hauled railway journey took place as another of Trevithick's locomotives hauled a train from the Pen-y-darren ironworks, in Merthyr Tydfil, to Abercynon in South Wales. Accompanied by Andrew Vivian, it ran with mixed success. The design incorporated a number of important innovations including the use of

pos: John Fitch (inventor) attic of his daughter's house in Ohio in 1849. That model still exists at the Ohio Historical Society Museum in Columbus. In the 1950s, a curator from the Smithsonian Museum examined it and concluded that it was "the prototype of a practical land-operating steam engine," meant to operate on tracks – in other words, a steam locomotive. In 1802, the Englishman Richard Trevithick invented a full-size steam locomotive that, in 1804, hauled the world's first locomotive-hauled railway train, and within a short time the British invention led to the development of actual railways. Americans began importing English locomotives and copying

pos: Narrow-gauge railway world's first steam locomotive, built in 1802 by Richard Trevithick for the Coalbrookdale Company, ran on a plateway. The first commercially successful steam locomotive was Matthew Murray's Salamanca built in 1812 for the Middleton Railway in Leeds. Salamanca was also the first rack-and-pinion locomotive. During the 1820s and 1830s, a number of industrial narrow-gauge railways in the United Kingdom used steam locomotives. In 1842, the first narrow-gauge steam locomotive outside the UK was built for the -gauge Antwerp-Ghent Railway in Belgium. The first use of steam locomotives on a public, passenger-carrying narrow-gauge railway was in 1865, when the Ffestiniog Railway

pos: Steam locomotive 20th century. The first steam locomotive, made by Richard Trevithick, first operated on 21 February 1804, three years after the road locomotive he made in 1801. The first commercially successful steam locomotive was created in 1812–13 by John Blenkinsop. Built by George Stephenson and his son Robert's company Robert Stephenson and Company, the "Locomotion" No. 1 is the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. George also built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which opened in 1830.

pos: 1800s (decade) and charcoal enclosed in a vacuum, Davy gave the first public demonstration of the electric arc lamp in 1809. Steam transportation started to become viable during this decade. In 1803, William Symington's "Charlotte Dundas", generally considered to be the world's first practical steamboat, made her first voyage. Later, in 1807, Robert Fulton's "North River Steamboat", the world's first commercially successful steamboat, made her maiden voyage. In 1801, Richard Trevithick ran a full-sized steam 'road locomotive' on the road in Camborne, England, followed by his 10-seater London Steam Carriage in 1803. In 1804, Trevithick built a prototype steam-powered railway locomotive. The

pos: Invicta (locomotive) Invicta (locomotive) Invicta is an early steam locomotive, built by Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle-upon-Tyne during 1829. She was the twentieth locomotive built by railway engineers the Stephensons, being constructed immediately after "Rocket". "Invicta" marked the end of the first phase of locomotive design, which had started with Richard Trevithick's "Pen-y-Darren" locomotive of 1802. Stephenson's next locomotive, "Planet" was to form the basis of the modern steam locomotive. "Invicta" hauled its first train on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway on 30 May 1830, this occasion marked the inauguration of the first steam-powered passenger service. Early operations found that she

neg: Cornish people as any legendary giant from its Celtic past". Trevithick's most significant success was a high-pressure steam engine used to pump water and refuse from mines, but he was also the builder of the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive. On 21 February 1804, the world's first locomotive-hauled railway journey took place as Trevithick's unnamed steam locomotive hauled a train along the tramway of the Penydarren ironworks, near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales. The construction of the Great Western Railway during the Victorian era allowed for an influx of tourists to Cornwall from across Great Britain. Well into the Edwardian era and

neg: Rail transport of boiler technology necessitated the use of low pressure steam acting upon a vacuum in the cylinder; this required a separate condenser and an air pump. Nevertheless, as the construction of boilers improved, Watt investigated the use of high-pressure steam acting directly upon a piston. This raised the possibility of a smaller engine, that might be used to power a vehicle and he patented a design for a steam locomotive in 1784. His employee William Murdoch produced a working model of a self-propelled steam carriage in that year. The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built in the United

neg: History of rail transport the use of low pressure steam acting upon a vacuum in the cylinder; this required a separate condenser and an air pump. Nevertheless, as the construction of boilers improved, Watt investigated the use of high-pressure steam acting directly upon a piston. This raised the possibility of a smaller engine, that might be used to power a vehicle and he patented a design for a steam locomotive in 1784. His employee William Murdoch produced a working model of a self-propelled steam carriage in that year. The first full-scale working railway steam locomotive was built in the United Kingdom in 1804 by

neg: Steam locomotive locomotives, with railways fully converting to electric and diesel power beginning in the late 1930s. The majority of steam locomotives were retired from regular service by the 1980s, though several continue to run on tourist and heritage lines. The earliest railways employed horses to draw carts along rail tracks. In 1784, William Murdoch, a Scottish inventor, built a small-scale prototype of a steam road locomotive in Birmingham. A full-scale rail steam locomotive was proposed by William Reynolds around 1787. An early working model of a steam rail locomotive was designed and constructed by steamboat pioneer John Fitch in the US

neg: Compound locomotive magnitude of the continual heating and cooling of a single-expansion steam engine that leads to inefficiency was invented in 1804 by British engineer Arthur Woolf. Woolf patented his stationary "Woolf high-pressure compound engine" in 1805. The first design of a compound railway locomotive on record belongs to Thomas Craddock, who patented a design for a condensing compound locomotive in 1846. In 1850 United Kingdom patent number 13029 was awarded to James Samuel, the engineer of the Eastern Counties Railway, for a "continuous expansion locomotive", a method of steam locomotive compounding, although the idea appears to have come from one John

neg: Johann Heinrich Ehrhardt moving with the John Cockerill company to Seraing, where he worked in steam engineering. While working with dewatering machines, he invented a rear cargo compartment. To acquire theoretical knowledge for future work, Ehrhardt went to the Polytechnic Institute in Düsseldorf for three months, starting in November 1833. That same year, preparations began for the construction of Le Belge, the first steam locomotive manufactured in Belgium. The locomotive was completed in 1835 by Robert Stephenson and Company, for use on a planned railway from Brussels to Mechelen. In 1836, Ehrhardt attended the Arts and Crafts School in Düsseldorf for further theoretical

neg: Washington Park and Zoo Railway powerful wheelchair lift. 4-4-0 No. 1 "Oregon" is a 5/8-scale replica of a classic American 4-4-0 steam locomotive of the 19th century. It was built in 1959 by the Oregon Locomotive Works. It is a scale copy of the 4-4-0 locomotive, "Reno", of Nevada's Virginia & Truckee Railroad (built by Baldwin Locomotive in 1872). Unlike the original, No. 1 "Oregon" uses oil as a power source, but it is still a real steam locomotive (not a diesel that is made to look like a steam locomotive). It weighs about 8 tons. It first carried passengers on June 20, 1959, on

neg: Steam locomotive In 1837, the first steam railway started in Austria on the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway between Vienna-Floridsdorf and Deutsch-Wagram. The oldest continually working steam engine in the world also runs in Austria: the GKB 671 built in 1860, has never been taken out of service, and is still used for special excursions. In 1838, the third steam locomotive to be built in Germany, the "Saxonia", was manufactured by the "Maschinenbaufirma Übigau" near Dresden, built by Prof. Johann Andreas Schubert. The first independently designed locomotive in Germany was the "Beuth", built by August Borsig in 1841. The first locomotive produced by

neg: Henry Booth to competently fill those important posts until 1846. Booth was a leading proponent of working all British railways to one standard time. On the formation of the London & North Western Railway (LNWR) on 16 July 1846, he became a director of the new large company, serving until 1859. He was also the LNWR's first secretary between 1846 and 1848. Booth proposed the basic design of the first multi-tubular boiler, invented by Marc Seguin, used on Stephenson's Rocket steam locomotive built in late 1829 for the L&M Railway. Henry Booth Henry Booth (4 April 1788 – 28 March 1869) was

neg: Mallet locomotive Mallet locomotive The Mallet locomotive is a type of articulated steam railway locomotive, invented by the Swiss engineer Anatole Mallet (1837–1919). The essence of his idea combines articulation of the locomotive and compound steam use. The articulation was achieved by supporting the front of the locomotive on a bogie frame (called a Bissell truck); the compound steam system fed steam at boiler pressure to high-pressure cylinders for the main driving wheels. As the steam was exhausted from those cylinders, it was passed into a low-pressure receiver and was then sent to low-pressure cylinders to power the driving wheels on the

neg: Electric-steam locomotive coal-fired or oil-fired steam locomotive may be prepared for service by using an external electric pre-heater. This allows steam to be raised gradually during the night so that the locomotive will be ready for use in the morning. Modern steam locomotives, such as the rack locomotives of Brienz–Rothorn railway and DLM's modernised class 52.80 locomotive, are fitted with internal electric heaters. This allows keeping the well insulated boiler warm overnight or even to start heating automatically in the early morning. The electric-steam system is also used in some small-scale model steam locomotives. In September 2003 Hornby Railways released its first

neg: Locomotion No. 1 Railway Museum, and is part of the National Collection. The original locomotive is too fragile to return to steam, so a working replica was built in 1975, and is resident at Beamish Museum. Locomotion No. 1 Locomotion" No. 1 (originally named Active") was an early steam locomotive built by the pioneering railway engineers George and Robert Stephenson at their manufacturing firm, Robert Stephenson and Company. It became the first steam locomotive to haul a passenger carrying train on a public railway, the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR). "Locomotion No. 1" was ordered by the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company in

neg: John Gray (locomotive engineer) John Gray (locomotive engineer) John Gray was an early English steam locomotive engineer who introduced several innovations in locomotive design during the 1830s and 1840s. John Gray's origins are unknown but he appears to have originated from Newcastle. In 1838 he was working for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway where he was the first engineer to use the balanced slide valve on locomotives, and later applied a form of expansion gear. In 1840 he was appointed locomotive superintendent of the Hull and Selby Railway where he became the first locomotive engineer to use long-travel valve motion. In 1845 he was

neg: Royden Park they have been developing the railway track and facilities ever since. The first railway is a combined 2½, 3½ and 5½ inch gauge raised track for detailed scale models of full size steam locomotives, this track was extended in 1980 to 1,200 feet. The second railway is a 7¼ inch gauge ridable miniature railway pulled by a traction locomotive, this track was extended to 2,267 feet in 2004. Royden Park Royden Park is a park in Frankby, Wirral, England. The park is managed by Wirral Council. The grounds of the park were originally part of an estate owned by Ernest

neg: James Watt on his own. John Griffiths, who wrote a biography of him in 1992, has argued that Watt's discouraging Murdoch from working with high pressure steam (Watt rightly believed that boilers of the time would be unsafe) on his steam road locomotive experiments delayed its development. Watt patented the application of the sun and planet gear to steam in 1781 and a steam locomotive in 1784, both of which have strong claims to have been invented by Murdoch. The patent was never contested by Murdoch, however, and Boulton and Watt's firm continued to use the sun and planet gear in their

neg: Anatole Mallet Anatole Mallet Jules T. Anatole Mallet (23 May 1837 – 10 October 1919) was a Swiss mechanical engineer, who was the inventor of the first successful compound system for a railway steam locomotive, patented in 1874. He is known for having invented three important forms of compound locomotive. In 1876 he introduced a series of small two-cylinder compound 0-4-2T tank locomotives for the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz Railway in France. He subsequently designed an articulated compound system with a rigid chassis at the rear carrying two high-pressure cylinders, and two low-pressure ones mounted on a swivelling front truck. This was patented in 1884

neg: Live steam rides and commercial settings. Often the gauge has little to do with the scale of a locomotive since larger equipment can be built in a narrow gauge railway configuration. For instance, scales of 1.5, 1.6, 2.5, and 3 inches per foot (corresponding to scales of 1:8 to 1:4) have been used on a track gauge. The generally accepted smallest gauge for a live steam locomotive is Gauge 1, although O scale live steam models are also common. Producing smaller-scale models remains problematic, as the laws of physics do not themselves scale: creating a small-scale boiler that produces useful quantities of

neg: Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway steam locomotive number 19 Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway steam locomotive number 19 Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) steam locomotive number 19 was built in 1954 by Uzinele de Fier și Domeniile din Reșița S.A. () based in Reșița (Romania). It was imported to the UK in 2007 having been restored to working condition at Remarul "16 Februarie" Locomotive Works in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Prior to restoration the locomotive had been stored at Crișcior. The locomotive (and its sister W&LLR 18) are articulated using the Klien-Lindner system. Articulation allows the locomotives to negotiate much tighter curves than their equivalent rigid frame 0-8-0 locomotive could.

neg: José Zagal Moya and is also the official piper of his company. Some of his caricatures have been published in the magazine “Interface” of the Electrochemical Society and in the Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society. He is a devoted train enthusiast. He has built large replicas or working steam locomotive and full size freight wagons. He also collects full size railway items including 12 wagons and 2 locomotives, one steam and an electric locomotive. With other enthusiasts he started in the 80's the "Chilean Association for the Preservation of the Railways". With two other enthusiasts he owns the "Puangue Station" which is

neg: Mallet locomotive naturally called them "Simple Mallets" — i.e., simple locomotives articulated like Mallets — but eventually the notion spread that this was somehow incorrect. The term "Mallet" continued to be widely used for simples as well as compounds, but some enthusiasts insist "simple Mallet" is an oxymoron. Mallet locomotive The Mallet locomotive is a type of articulated steam railway locomotive, invented by the Swiss engineer Anatole Mallet (1837–1919). The essence of his idea combines articulation of the locomotive and compound steam use. The articulation was achieved by supporting the front of the locomotive on a bogie frame (called a Bissell truck);

neg: Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway steam locomotive number 19 new tanks and cab. Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway steam locomotive number 19 Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway (W&LLR) steam locomotive number 19 was built in 1954 by Uzinele de Fier și Domeniile din Reșița S.A. () based in Reșița (Romania). It was imported to the UK in 2007 having been restored to working condition at Remarul "16 Februarie" Locomotive Works in Cluj-Napoca, Romania. Prior to restoration the locomotive had been stored at Crișcior. The locomotive (and its sister W&LLR 18) are articulated using the Klien-Lindner system. Articulation allows the locomotives to negotiate much tighter curves than their equivalent rigid

neg: Monument to railwaymen (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky) Monument to railwaymen (Kamensk-Shakhtinsky) Monument to railwaymen () or Monument to a steam locomotive () is a monument in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky, Rostov Oblast, Russia. It is dedicated to the railwaymen of Likhaya Railway Division, who were working hard during and following the Great Patriotic War. It consists of an intact steam locomotive class L on the railway track installed on the low concrete pedestal. The monument is surrounded by an iron chain. The opening ceremony took place on 2 August 1986. The monument was officially opened by railway veterans P. Berkov, A. Odininsky, N. Yurov. In front of the locomotive there

neg: John Baillie (railway engineer) first steam locomotive, the "Badenia". In 1845, he switched to the Hungarian Central Railway. In 1846 he invented the Baillie "Schneckenfeder", a type of coiled spring named after him, which was fitted to the buffers of railway vehicles. He died on 29 October 1859 in Vienna, Austria. John Baillie (railway engineer) John Baillie (10 May 1806 – 29 October 1859) was an English mechanical engineer who worked mainly in Austria and Germany. John Baillie was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, on 10 May 1806. He joined the Emperor Ferdinand Northern Railway ("Kaiser-Ferdinands-Nordbahn" or "KFNB") in 1836 when the locomotives ordered by

neg: Penlee Quarry railway aggregate (crushed stone) but on occasion also supplied large chunks of stone as rock armour - "armourstone". The full-scale aggregate operations ran throughout most of the century reaching peak output in the 1960s and 1970s. With production increasing a narrow gauge railway was opened around 1900. This connected the quarry with the south pier of Newlyn harbour, approximately ½ mile away to the east. A steam locomotive named "Koppel" was purchased to work this line. Internal combustion locomotives replaced steam from 1930 onwards. Stone was shipped from Newlyn to destinations around the Bristol Channel and the south coast and in

neg: Mizens Railway a variety of steam, petrol and battery electric power and can be seen on the front of the trains. On some days locomotives visit the railway, this mainly happens on the special event "The visiting locos day". The railway owns one locomotive, Bourne Again, a large sit-in petrol locomotive. Most of the other Locomotives are owned by members of the Railway and are also used on a regular basis. The resident steam locomotives range from narrow gauge style to scale bodied. Facilities to run the steam locomotives such as water and coal can be seen on the station. A large

neg: Economic history of the United Kingdom the problems of earlier Marxist interpretations of capitalism. The approach is most often applied to American policies. The British invented the modern railway system and exported it to the world. They emerged from Britain's elaborate system of canals and roadways, which both used horses to haul coal for the new steam engines installed in textile factories. Britain furthermore had the engineers and entrepreneurs needed to create and finance a railway system. In 1815, George Stephenson invented the modern steam locomotive, launching a technological race: bigger, more powerful locomotives using higher and higher steam pressures. Stephenson's key innovation came when he

neg: South African steam locomotive tenders South African steam locomotive tenders South African steam locomotive tenders were classified by means of type letters and sometimes numbers, while locomotive specifications included a list of permissible tenders which could be used with each engine class. In South Africa, all early mainline railway construction took place working inland from harbours and ports. Construction of these lines began in the years from 1859 to 1887. On most of these lines, the first locomotives were tank engines, which were in most instances acquired specifically for use during line construction. The first revenue-earning locomotives, on the other hand, were often tender engines

neg: Woodham Brothers from the emerging steam railway preservation movement. While there was still a significant number of steam locomotives in the yard, railway preservationists began buying the better examples from the late 1960s in order to restore them to working order. The first locomotive to be the subject of a rescue appeal was GWR Mogul number 5322, but the first to be bought and actually moved from the yard was Midland Railway 3835 Class 4F 0-6-0 number 43924 in September 1968. The engine was taken on by the 4F Locomotive Society, and the engine now resides at the Worth Valley Railway. However,

neg: Exmoor Steam Railway decision was taken to close the railway to the public and concentrate on building new steam locomotives and associated equipment. The railway remains in full working order, and work started in the winter 2008/9 on extending the railway. By mid-2010 an additional half a mile of track had been brought into use, with a very steep ascending and descending ruling gradients of 1 in 28. During the 1990s, a number of gauge Beyer Garratt articulated locomotives from South Africa arrived on site and were displayed. One locomotive was sold to the Welsh Highland Railway in 2006, whilst another has been

neg: Curly Lawrence the 1920s, model locomotive practice had been divided into two camps. The first encompassed steam locomotives that ran on a gauge of 10¼ inch or greater which followed full scale practice in terms of boiler design and operation, as exemplified by the 15 inch gauge, Henry Greenly designed Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway in Kent. The second encompassed locomotives that were of 2½ inch gauge or less which truly were models i.e. were meant only to look like full size locomotives and ran with spirit fired boilers, typified by those manufactured by Bassett-Lowke. These latter locomotives were usually run in

neg: Conwy Valley Railway Museum Conwy Valley Railway Museum The Conwy Valley Railway Museum is located at Betws-y-Coed railway station, Betws-y-Coed, North Wales, on the site of the old railway goods yard. The museum was founded in the early 1970s by Alan Pratt, starting with a former standard gauge railway carriage which today acts as a licensed Buffet & Restaurant car. The current museum was built later, and contains various railway artefacts, including a gauge quarter scale (1:4) replica of a Britannia class locomotive. Other attractions include a gauge miniature steam railway which runs for on the site. There is also a one-third full-size (1:3)

neg: Steam locomotive a means of preserving railway heritage and as a tourist attraction. Apart from that, numerous railway museums and heritage railways (mostly narrow gauge) own steam locomotives in working condition. In France, steam locomotives have not been used for commercial services since 24 September 1975. In Spain, the first electric trains were introduced en 1911, and the first diesels in 1935, just one year before the Spanish Civil War. National railway company (Renfe) operated steam locomotives until 9 June 1975. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, some steam locomotives are still used for industrial purposes, for example at the coal mine in Banovići

neg: Miniature Train at Monarch Park Miniature Train at Monarch Park The Miniature Train at Monarch Park was a gauge miniature railway at Oil City, Pennsylvania around 1901. The park’s Miniature Train was hauled by a steam locomotive, which was built like a standard trunk line steam locomotive. The locomotive and its tender were scale models, the passenger cars were open-air. In making its rounds, it stopped periodically to replenish coal and water. Among the engineers were Charlie Thomas, Dick O’Neil, and a person of short stature named George Hawks, who was very popular with his passengers. The trains ran on a circular track laid with

neg: Yorkshire and the Humber first-ever iron-framed buildings (industrial mills). Sir Robert Hadfield FRS invented manganese steel in 1882, and silicon steel, which allowed the development of electromagnets and consequently electricity; the Hadfields site is now Meadowhall Centre. Matthew Murray of Leeds built the first commercially successful steam locomotive ("Salamanca") in 1812. The Doncaster Works at Hexthorpe built Britain's most famous steam trains, for the GNR, then LNER (from 1923). The Manchester–Sheffield–Wath electric railway was the UK's longest electrified railway in 1953 when opened. What is now West Yorkshire in the nineteenth century was the heart of Britain's woollen weaving wills, often using Alpaca fiber

neg: Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum part is still used for commercial reconditioning and the rebuilding of locomotives. The museum's displays include a working steam-driven accident crane 1080, a water tank wagon which was part of a breakdown train, a mail car, several miniature trains, trikes, Steam locomotive 2413, electric locomotives 8606, 4615 and two U-set power cars, diesel locomotive 4872 Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum The Junee Roundhouse Railway Museum preserves the former Junee Locomotive Depot, a railway depot located on the Main Southern line in Junee, Australia. The Junee Locomotive Depot was built by the New South Wales Government Railways when the line from Sydney

neg: Maid Marian (locomotive) preserve a working locomotive from the Dinorwic Slate Quarry. The Quarry Manager recommended "Maid Marion" as the best locomotive then available. MMLF purchased the loco in 1965, taking possession in 1967. "Maid Marian" operated at the Bressingham Steam Museum from 1967 to 1971, before going to the Llanberis Lake Railway until 1975, and then to the Bala Lake Railway. It returned to Llanberis for the 2011 gala. Israel Newton built a new boiler in 2006. Maid Marian (locomotive) Maid Marian is a preserved narrow-gauge steam locomotive built in 1903, currently based at the Bala Lake Railway in North Wales. "Maid

neg: Metropolitan Railway steam locomotives Metropolitan Railway steam locomotives The first Metropolitan Railway steam locomotives were ordered in 1864 for the Metropolitan Railway, to replace the Great Western Railway locomotive that had opened their first line the previous year. A total of 116 locomotives were built, of which two survive in preservation. Concern about smoke and steam in the tunnels led to new designs of steam locomotive. Before the line opened in 1861 trials were made with the experimental "hot brick" locomotive nicknamed Fowler's Ghost. This was unsuccessful and the first public trains were hauled by broad gauge GWR Metropolitan Class condensing 2-4-0 tank locomotives

neg: Watford Miniature Railway Watford Miniature Railway The Watford Miniature Railway is a 10 ⁄ in (260 mm) gauge railway running in Cassiobury Park, Watford, Hertfordshire. The railway was first opened at Easter 1959 by Charles Reed as a circuit adjacent to the River Gade. Initially there were two locomotives; an LMS Compound steam locomotive named 'Maid Marion' and a petrol powered 08 Shunter locomotive. In 1968 the steam locomotive left and the railway was sold to George Webb. In 1979 the railway was sold to Jeff Price, who set about expanding and improving the railway. In the 1980s the station was rebuilt on

neg: Steam railcar "These sources are in German" Steam railcar A steam railcar is a railcar that does not require a locomotive as it contains its own steam engine. The first steam railcar was an experimental unit designed and built in 1847 by James Samuel and William Bridges Adams in Britain. In 1848 they made the Fairfield steam carriage that they sold to the Bristol & Exeter Railway, who used it for two years on a branch line. The first steam railcar was designed by James Samuel, the Eastern Counties Railway Locomotive Engineer, built by William Bridges Adams in 1847, and trialled between

neg: Steam railcar Steam railcar A steam railcar is a railcar that does not require a locomotive as it contains its own steam engine. The first steam railcar was an experimental unit designed and built in 1847 by James Samuel and William Bridges Adams in Britain. In 1848 they made the Fairfield steam carriage that they sold to the Bristol & Exeter Railway, who used it for two years on a branch line. The first steam railcar was designed by James Samuel, the Eastern Counties Railway Locomotive Engineer, built by William Bridges Adams in 1847, and trialled between Shoreditch and Cambridge on 23

neg: LMS Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 a regular at Carnforth and working at her home on the East Lancashire Railway she was also used for the regular steam on the met programme working trains alongside other steam engines. 46441 Is currently located at the Ribble Steam Railway in Preston and is currently on static display inside the museum awaiting overhaul. The locos current owner Chris Beet who also owns LMS Jubilee no 45690 Leander currently has no plans in overhauling the loco. <nowiki>*</nowiki> Named in preservation Only 46428 has yet to steam in preservation. Several 00 gauge ready-to-run models of the locomotive have been produced. In

neg: Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Four diesel locomotives are in use: Nos. 601–2, 604 and 605 of the NDM6 class, transferred from the Matheran Hill Railway. The DHR purchased the third Garratt locomotive built, a D Class 0-4-0+0-4-0, in 1910. Only one DHR steam locomotive has been taken out of India: No. 778 (originally No. 19). After many years out of use at the Hesston Steam Museum, it was sold to an enthusiast in the UK and restored to working order. Now on a private railway (the Beeches Light Railway in Oxfordshire), it has run on the Ffestiniog Railway, the Launceston Steam Railway and the

neg: DBK Historic Railway DBK Historic Railway The DBK Historic Railway is a preserved railway association in Crailsheim, Germany. Founded as the "Kocher Valley Steam Railway" ("Dampfbahn Kochertal") in 1985 at Sulzbach-Laufen, it moved gradually into the former steam engine locomotive depot ("Bahnbetriebswerk" or "Bw") at Crailsheim. In May 2006, there were over 100 members. The museum has a large number of railway vehicles, some of which are operational, including steam locomotives and diesel locomotives as well as passenger coaches and goods wagons. These include a working DRG Class 64 tank engine, no. 64 419, a DRB Class 50 wartime tender locomotive (not operational),

neg: Steam locomotive Steam locomotive A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine. These locomotives are fueled by burning combustible material – usually coal, wood, or oil – to produce steam in a boiler. The steam moves reciprocating pistons which are mechanically connected to the locomotive's main wheels (drivers). Both fuel and water supplies are carried with the locomotive, either on the locomotive itself or in wagons (tenders) pulled behind. Steam locomotives were first developed in Great Britain during the early 19th century and used for railway transport until the middle of the

neg: Ten and a quarter inch gauge Ten and a quarter inch gauge Ten and a quarter inch gauge (or X scale) () is a large modelling scale, generally only used for ridable miniature railways. Model railways at this scale normally confine the scale modelling aspects to the reproduction of the locomotive and with steam locomotives the accompanying tender. Rolling stock is generally made to carry passengers or maintenance equipment and is not to scale. There are also a number of railways which use this gauge of track but are narrow-gauge railways. Examples are Rudyard Lake Steam Railway, Isle of Mull Railway and Wells and Walsingham Light

neg: Tom Rolt (locomotive) the former Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Skarloey Railway, Mr. Ivo Hugh. This is a reference to Tom Rolt being named after the writer and engineer L.T.C. Rolt who served as chairman of the Talyllyn Railway. Tom Rolt (locomotive) Tom Rolt is a narrow gauge steam locomotive constructed by the Talyllyn Railway, using parts from an Andrew Barclay locomotive built in 1949 for Bord na Móna. The engine began life working for the Bord na Móna. This is a semi-state company in Ireland, created by the Turf Development Act, 1946. The company is responsible for the mechanised harvesting of peat,

neg: Lyon, Hetton colliery railway These were small vertical-boilered well tank, with chain drive from a small vertical engine. "Lyons" locomotive was described in "The Locomotive Magazine" in 1901. Lowe's view is that "Lyon" dates from 1822 and the "Lyons" he describes is this later locomotive with a vertical boiler and chain drive. Beamish photostream @ Flickr Lyon, Hetton colliery railway The Hetton Colliery "Lyon or Lyons" is an early British steam locomotive that still survives in preservation. It is remarkable for having continued working into the early 20th century. The Hetton colliery railway opened in 1822 with steam traction. Although once thought to date

neg: Saxonia (locomotive) handover journey on 12 January 1989 she even attained a speed of 70 km/h between Halle and Leipzig, as well as demonstrating smooth riding qualities and good steam generation. The depot at Leipzig Hauptbahnhof Süd was the home stable for the new "Saxonia". On 8 April 1989 she led the impressive parade of locomotives at Riesa to celebrate the opening of the Germany's first long-distance railway. The locomotive is owned today by the DB Museum at Nuremberg. It underwent a full inspection in 2008 at the Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works and is still fully operational. Saxonia (locomotive) The locomotive Saxonia

neg: Dougal (steam locomotive) Dougal (steam locomotive) Dougal is a narrow gauge steam locomotive, built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. Ltd., Kilmarnock in 1946. It is currently running on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. The engine was built to work at Provan Gasworks, Glasgow in 1946. At the time Provan Gasworks had an extensive gauge railway running through the gas works and "Dougal" was one of the many engines built to run on it. Gas works lines like this usually meant working in the very restricted confines of retort houses, explaining "Dougal's" small and especially low shape. In 1958 the gas works

neg: 16 mm scale The society was famous for its rulebook, which read, in its entirety: The Merioneth Railway Society rule book states: This set the light-hearted spirit of the 16 mm fraternity, where a sense of fun and whimsy often override more serious concerns. The use of live steam as the predominant motive power of the models means absolute scale reproduction is often sacrificed to the demands of steam engineering at this scale. However the realistic sound, smell and visual effects of steam-driven locomotives makes up for loss of fidelity elsewhere. Driving a live steam locomotive, even at this small scale is very

neg: Kuk HB Class 578 Kuk HB Class 578 The steam locomotive class k.u.k HB 578 was a tank engine operated by the Imperial and Royal Military Field Railway ("k.u.k. Heeresfeldbahn") in Austria-Hungary. In World War I, the Austrian Military Railway placed their order for additional locomotives with Henschel in Kassel, because the Austrian locomotive factories were working at full capacity. These 22 locomotives had typical Prussian features and were grouped into Class 578. After the war's end, 10 engines were left in Poland as PKP Class TKp101 and twelve with the BBÖ, which retained their classification and serial numbers and set them to work

neg: Du Bousquet locomotive being confined to China and Spain. A batch were built for the Peking–Hankow Railway in China; they were almost identical to the French locomotives, and were built by the Belgian company . Ten locomotives were built for the to the Spanish gauge by SA Usines Métallurgiques du Hainaut. Six survived after the founding of RENFE, but were withdrawn by 1947. Du Bousquet locomotive The du Bousquet locomotive was an unusual design of articulated steam locomotive invented by French locomotive designer Gaston du Bousquet. The design was a tank locomotive, carrying all its fuel and water on board the locomotive proper,

neg: German Steam Locomotive Museum at the museum for these services and steam locomotives are also employed. German Steam Locomotive Museum The German Steam Locomotive Museum ("Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum") or DDM is located at the foot of the famous "Schiefe Ebene" ramp on the Ludwig South-North Railway in Neuenmarkt, Upper Franconia. This region is in northern Bavaria, Germany. The DDM was founded in 1977. The museum is in the former locomotive shed ("Bahnbetriebswerk") at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg station. It comprises a 15-road roundhouse, a turntable, water cranes, a coaling facility and a "Ruge" coal crane in a newly built 'old fashioned' working coal yard. The locomotive shed was

neg: Bowser Manufacturing on Pennsylvania Railroad designs. In 1965 the English family moved the company to Mountoursville, Pennsylvania, and focused full-time on model production. Soon after, Pennsylvania Scale Models' owner Felix Bass sold his company to English, adding several models of electric trolleys to the Bowser line. In 1975, sons Lewis English, Jr., and Lee K. English joined the company. In 1985, Bowser acquired Cal Scale from John Anderson and Harry Parker of Fresno, California, which added thousands of lost-wax brass steam locomotive detail parts. Don Stromberg sold Cary Locomotive Works to Bowser in 1988, which added several cast-metal diesel and steam locomotive

neg: Douglas (locomotive) Douglas (locomotive) Douglas is a narrow gauge steam locomotive. It was built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. Ltd. in 1918. It was originally used by the Air Service Constructional Corps (RAF) then was bought in 1949 by Abelson & Co. (Engineers) Ltd. who then sold it to the Talyllyn Railway in 1953. "Douglas" spent most of its working life at RAF Calshot near Southampton, and was later bought by an engineering company called Abelson's. In the early days of preservation, the Talyllyn Railway had contacted this and other similar firms, asking for redundant equipment. Abelson's offered the locomotive to

neg: New Zealand DA class locomotive class look-alike in HO scale. New Zealand manufacturers Online Models and Railmaster also produce DA class kitsets in scale (S scale narrow gauge, running on HO scale track). New Zealand DA class locomotive The New Zealand D class diesel-electric mainline locomotives operated on the New Zealand railway system between 1955 and 1989. With 146 locomotives, it was the most numerous class to ever operate in New Zealand, with five more than the A class steam locomotive. The class were A1A-A1A versions of the Electro-Motive Diesel G12 model, with the design altered slightly to run on New Zealand's rail system, and

neg: Electric-steam locomotive (increasing the weight of the locomotive from 35 to 42 tons) and allowed a saving of 700–1200 kg of coal per working day. Bringing the locomotive to pressure took about one hour. The electric heaters were removed in 1951 from locomotive 8521 and in 1953 from 8522. As of 2013, locomotive E 3/3 8522 is still in (museum) service (on the Sursee–Triengen railway), as an ordinary steam engine with no electric heating. A Canadian patent for an electric-steam locomotive was granted as recently as 1992. The drawing shows a Crampton type 8-4-0 but its intended use is unknown. A conventional

neg: Steam locomotive was moved to the Saitama Railway Museum in early 2007. The last Japanese main line steam train, D51-241, a D51-class locomotive built in 1939, left Yubari railway station on 24 December 1975. That same day, all steam main line service ended. D51-241 was retired on 10 March 1976, and destroyed in a depot fire a month later, though some parts were preserved. On 2 March 1976, the only steam locomotive still operating on the JNR, 9600-39679, a 9600-class locomotive built in 1920, made its final journey from Oiwake railway station, ending 104 years of steam locomotion in Japan. The first

neg: Adler (locomotive) museum's roundhouse at the Nuremberg West locomotive depot on 17 October 2005, which at that time contained 24 locomotives, the still-working "Adler" replica was one of many engines that were badly damaged. Nevertheless, the management of the Deutsche Bahn decided to restore it. The wreck was lifted from the ruins of the roundhouse on 7 November by a mobile crane in a four-hour operation by a recovery gang from the Preßnitz Valley Railway and taken by special low-loader to the Meiningen Steam Locomotive Works. It was discovered that the boiler at least, thanks to its being full of water, was

neg: South African Class C 4-6-0T years of service. It was declared a heritage object in 1983. The relevant gazette of the South African Heritage Resources Agency (SAHRA), no. 8682 of 29 April 1983, describes it as the oldest working steam locomotive in South Africa and the first to have completed a century of service. Initially earmarked to join the South African Railway Museum's National Collection in the 1970s, it was eventually housed in the private South African National Railway And Steam Museum (SANRASM) collection. This historic locomotive’s current fate is unknown. The early locomotive numbering practices which were followed on the NGR still remain to

neg: NER Class C1 was removed to the North Norfolk Railway for restoration to steam in 2007. It is currently at the National Railway Museum Shildon preserved by the Locomotive Conservation & Learning Trust who have owned it since 2011 pending restoration to working order at Kirkby Stephen East station, home of the Stainmore Railway Company. It was announced in July 2017 that the Heritage Lottery Fund bid between the Stainmore Railway Company and the Locomotive Conservation and Learning Trust, to restore both LNER J21 65033 and an ex. North Eastern Railway stores van, no. 5523, as an interpretation vehicle to travel with the

neg: Frank Roberts (model maker) Frank Roberts (model maker) Frank Roberts (1882–1963) was a New Zealand pioneer in building model trains. His models were extremely accurate and reflected the history of the New Zealand railways. Roberts spent his early career working for New Zealand Railways Department as a cleaner, fireman and driver before becoming a partner in an electrical firm with his brother Jack. In 1903 Roberts built his first model which was of the "Wa" class steam locomotive using a scale of 1:19. Over the next 50 years he was to develop a garden railway at his home in Epsom, Auckland. His meticulously accurate

neg: Climax locomotive Climax locomotive A Climax locomotive is a type of geared steam locomotive in which the two steam cylinders are attached to a transmission located under the center of the boiler. This transmits power to driveshafts running to the front and rear trucks. The invention of the Climax locomotive is attributed to Charles D. Scott, who ran a forest railway near Spartansburg, Pennsylvania between 1875 and 1878. The lumberjack of considerable mechanical ingenuity decided to launch his own self-made steam locomotive on the market and brought the drawings to the nearby Climax Manufacturing Company in Corry, Pennsylvania. The first four Climax

neg: Valley Heights Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum Locomotive Depot Heritage Museum and the Steam Tram and Railway Preservation Society operating as Valley Heights Steam Tramway Together with the Valley Heights railway station, the locomotive depot was listed on the New South Wales State Heritage Register on 2 April 1999. The depot is considered "of state significance as an important locomotive depot, and the principal service and maintenance facility for bank engines working over the Main Western line between Sydney and Lithgow for almost 80 years". On 31 January 2014, the Museum celebrated the centenary of the opening of the depot, with a special ceremony featuring speeches from

neg: Nine Elms Locomotive Works end of steam working out of Waterloo on 10 July that year. The site is now a part of the New Covent Garden Market. Nine Elms Locomotive Works Nine Elms locomotive works were built in 1839 by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) adjoining their passenger terminus near the Vauxhall end of Nine Elms Lane, in the district of Nine Elms in the London Borough of Battersea. They were rebuilt in 1841 and remained the principal locomotive carriage and wagon workshops of the railway until closure in stages between 1891 and 1909. Thereafter a large steam motive power depot

neg: Inchicore railway works In 1957, despite the dieselisation programme then being underway, an experimental turf burning locomotive, CIÉ No. CC1, was constructed but never entered full service. It was the last steam locomotive constructed at Inchicore and the last steam locomotive constructed for the commercial railways of Ireland. In 1951, the CIE 113 Class was built at the works. These were the first mainline diesel locomotives in Ireland. Originally proposed in 1972, revised plans for the DART Underground project suggested that a DART station be built within the Inchicore works site. The specifics of these plans were subject to some local opposition, and,

neg: German Steam Locomotive Museum German Steam Locomotive Museum The German Steam Locomotive Museum ("Deutsches Dampflokomotiv-Museum") or DDM is located at the foot of the famous "Schiefe Ebene" ramp on the Ludwig South-North Railway in Neuenmarkt, Upper Franconia. This region is in northern Bavaria, Germany. The DDM was founded in 1977. The museum is in the former locomotive shed ("Bahnbetriebswerk") at Neuenmarkt-Wirsberg station. It comprises a 15-road roundhouse, a turntable, water cranes, a coaling facility and a "Ruge" coal crane in a newly built 'old fashioned' working coal yard. The locomotive shed was built in 1895 by the Royal Bavarian State Railways and extended in

neg: JGR Class 150 number "1". Because of its historical value as the first steam locomotive to operate in Japan, it was returned to the Railway Ministry in 1930. In 1997, it became the first railway vehicle in Japan to be designated as an Important Cultural Property. The locomotive is preserved at the Railway Museum in Saitama. JGR Class 150 The JGR Class 150 was a steam railway locomotive operated in Japan from 1872. The sole member of the class was imported from Vulcan Foundry in the UK in 1871. The locomotive was one of ten different locomotive types imported from the UK in

neg: Llanberis Lake Railway the trackbed of the Padarn Railway and agreed to allow its use for the lake railway. The Ruston diesel locomotive was quickly put into service laying track. Meanwhile, the first steam locomotive, "Dolbadarn", was restored to working order. The new railway was built to narrow gauge instead of the more unusual narrow gauge used in the quarries. This required all the rolling stock to be regauged, including the locomotives. Tracklaying progressed during 1970 using track recovered from several sources, including some originally used on the Lynton and Barnstaple Railway. New carriages were built using the chasses of bogie wagons. These

neg: Steam locomotive or in Australia (particularly in New South Wales) a "water gin". Steam locomotives working on underground railways (such as London's Metropolitan Railway) were fitted with condensing apparatus to prevent steam from escaping into the railway tunnels. These were still being used between King's Cross and Moorgate into the early 1960s. Locomotives have their own braking system, independent from the rest of the train. Locomotive brakes employ large shoes which press against the driving wheel treads. With the advent of compressed air brakes, a separate system allowed the driver to control the brakes on all cars. A single-stage, steam-driven, air compressor

neg: History of rail transport locomotive "Blücher", also a successful flanged-wheel adhesion locomotive. In 1825 he built the locomotive "Locomotion" for the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the north east of England, which became the first public steam railway in the world, although it used both horse power and steam power on different runs. In 1829, he built the locomotive "Rocket", which entered in and won the Rainhill Trials. This success led to Stephenson establishing his company as the pre-eminent builder of steam locomotives for railways in Great Britain and Ireland, the United States, and much of Europe. The first public railway which used only

neg: Kitson and Company of this type. From 1876 to 1901 the firm also built over 300 steam tram engines and steam railmotor units, which were developed from a design by W.R.Rowan. An innovation was the articulated locomotive design proposed by Robert Stirling based on the Meyer locomotive, later known as the Kitson-Meyer. The first three were built in 1894 for the Anglo-Chilian Nitrate & Railway Company in Chile, with two in 1903 for Rhodesia and three in 1904 for Jamaica. Over 50 were built, some 2-8-8-0 and 2-8-8-2, the last being in 1935. There were also some 0-8-6-0s designed for rack railway working

neg: Douglas (locomotive) character Duncan. Douglas (locomotive) Douglas is a narrow gauge steam locomotive. It was built by Andrew Barclay Sons & Co. Ltd. in 1918. It was originally used by the Air Service Constructional Corps (RAF) then was bought in 1949 by Abelson & Co. (Engineers) Ltd. who then sold it to the Talyllyn Railway in 1953. "Douglas" spent most of its working life at RAF Calshot near Southampton, and was later bought by an engineering company called Abelson's. In the early days of preservation, the Talyllyn Railway had contacted this and other similar firms, asking for redundant equipment. Abelson's offered the

neg: St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 1630 locomotive, "probably more powerful than she has been since her [sic] first arrival at IRM in the 1970’s." The locomotive, during Memorial Day weekend 2016, pulled 137 empty coal cars in storage at the museum as what was considered to be one of the longest revenue freight trains powered by a steam locomotive in at least 25 years as said by IRM's Steam department curator. St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 1630 St. Louis-San Francisco Railway 1630 is a 2-10-0 Decapod steam locomotive that currently is preserved and operating at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Frisco 1630 is one of

neg: Taff Vale Railway O1 class returning the locomotive to original condition. In 2018 the locomotive remained stored, unserviceable, on the Gwili Railway. Taff Vale Railway O1 class The Taff Vale Railway O1 class was a class of 0-6-2T steam tank locomotives designed by Tom Hurry Riches and introduced to the Taff Vale Railway in 1894. All were withdrawn from traffic between 1925 and 1931. Locomotive No. 28 was the last Welsh-build standard gauge locomotive. It began its TVR career working the mineral and coal trains from collieries to port. By 1922 when the Great Western Railway had taken control, it had run 483,189 miles, and

neg: Museo de Formas Espacios y Sonidos in Costa Rica, from a Locomotive 59, a 1939 steam locomotive imported from Philadelphia to a bust of Tomas Guardia who established the railway in the country. Museo de Formas Espacios y Sonidos Museo de Formas Espacios y Sonidos was a museum in San José, Costa Rica, located in the former Atlantic railway station at Calle 21/23. The station was built in 1908 and the museum opened in April 2002. The museum closed in October 2007. The Formas room of the museum featured numerous sculptures in wood and stone whilst the Espacios room featured scale models of buildings and the

neg: Steam locomotive of the USRA standard locomotives built during World War I, in the United States, steam locomotive manufacture was always semi-customised. Railroads ordered locomotives tailored to their specific requirements, though some basic design features were always present. Railroads developed some specific characteristics; for example, the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Great Northern Railway had a preference for the Belpaire firebox. In the United States, large-scale manufacturers constructed locomotives for nearly all rail companies, although nearly all major railroads had shops capable of heavy repairs and some railroads (for example, the Norfolk and Western Railway and the Pennsylvania Railroad, which had two erecting

neg: LNER Class B17 tender or the larger LNER group standard 4200 gallon tender. Dapol manufacture a model of a B17 in N scale, which was awarded Steam Model Railway Locomotive of the year for N gauge. LNER Class B17 The London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class B17, also known as "Sandringham" or "Footballer" class was a class of 4-6-0 steam locomotive designed by Nigel Gresley for hauling passenger services on the Great Eastern Main Line. In total 73 were built. By 1926, the former GE B12 class locomotives were no longer able to cope with the heaviest express passenger trains on the

neg: Northumbrian (locomotive) pace of development of locomotive design at the time can be seen by comparing this engine with Stephenson's "Planet", produced later the same year. Northumbrian (locomotive) Northumbrian was an early steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson in 1830 and used at the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It was the last of Stephenson's 0-2-2 locomotives in the style of "Rocket", but it introduced several innovations. It was the first locomotive to have the Stephenson type firebox incorporated in the boiler, and having a smokebox the full diameter of the boiler, it therefore had the first true 'locomotive' boiler.

neg: Steam whistle the bell; and also how far the operator has opened the valve. Some locomotive engineers invented their own style of whistling. Steam whistles were often used in factories, and similar places to signal the start or end of a shift, etc. Railway locomotives, traction engines, and steam ships have traditionally been fitted with a whistle for warning and communication purposes. Large diameter steam whistles were used on light houses, likely beginning in the 1850s. The earliest use of steam whistles was as boiler low-water alarms in the 18th century and early 19th century. During the 1830s, whistles were adopted by

neg: Wilhelm Schmidt (engineer) on the Ilsenburg – Wernigerode railway, there was a trials organisation near Wernigerode station. It was here that Schmidt founded the Schmidt Superheated Steam Company ("Schmidtsche Heissdampfgesellschaft"). By using superheated steam the thermal efficiency of a steam engine could be raised by as much as 50%. This technology had a substantial influence on the development of the steam locomotive and steamship, as well as all other applications where steam engines were used. Schmidt also invented other items, such as the superheater (around 1890) and the piston valve, which he developed together with Robert Garbe of the Prussian state railways. Even

neg: China Railways SL5 China Railways SL5 The China Railways SL5 (勝利5, "Shènglì", "victory") steam locomotive was a class of 4-6-2 passenger steam locomotives operated by the China Railway. They were originally built for the South Manchuria Railway in 1927 and 1928. As speeds increased and trains got heavier with the introduction of steel passenger carriages, the Pashishi class became inadequate, and the Pashiko class was ordered as a replacement. It was the first locomotive designed by Nobutarō Yoshino (吉野信太郎), who had returned to Japan in 1927 after two and a half years of studying at the American Locomotive Company, and who went on

neg: James Stirling (1835–1917) Although not the first British locomotive engineer to use the 4-4-0 type, he was the first to produce a 4-4-0 which could be regarded as successful, with his G&SWR 6 Class of 1873. Stirling also invented a steam reverser, using it on most of his designs from 1874. On the South Eastern Railway, Stirling designed just six classes of locomotive in his twenty years - three of these were of the 4-4-0 type for express passenger work, each more capable than the last; his other three classes were an 0-6-0 for goods, an 0-4-4T for suburban passenger, and an 0-6-0T

neg: Steam locomotive songs from that period including "I've Been Working on the Railroad" and the "Ballad of John Henry" are a mainstay of American music and culture. Many steam locomotive toys have been made, and railway modelling is a popular hobby. Steam locomotives are often portrayed in fictional works, notably "The Railway Series" by the Rev W. V. Awdry, "The Little Engine That Could" by Watty Piper, "The Polar Express" by Chris Van Allsburg, and the Hogwarts Express from J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series. They have also been featured in many children's television shows, such as "Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends",

neg: Brienz Rothorn Railway 13 June 1931, the first train to reach the summit in 17 years having run 4 days earlier. The railway was in good condition because of the continuing maintenance. Unlike other Swiss mountain lines, the BRB was not electrified and this made the railway a special attraction as from 1953 to 1990 it was the only steam-operated line in Switzerland. Although other Swiss mountain railways offer special "steam" trips this is the only line which offers a full steam service, the diesel locomotive only being used for additional trains and for light traffic periods. The BRB is long with a

neg: Locomotive high-pressure steam which reduced the weight of the engine and increased its efficiency. In 1812, Matthew Murray's twin-cylinder rack locomotive "Salamanca" first ran on the edge-railed rack-and-pinion Middleton Railway; this is generally regarded as the first commercially successful locomotive. Another well-known early locomotive was "Puffing Billy", built 1813–14 by engineer William Hedley for the Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne. This locomotive is the oldest preserved, and is on static display in the Science Museum, London. George Stephenson built "Locomotion No. 1" for the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the north-east of England, which was the first public steam railway

neg: Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101 Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101 The Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101 is a historic steam locomotive located near the Cotten Belt Railroad Depot in downtown Fordyce, Arkansas. It is the last known steam locomotive associated with the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad. It was built in 1922 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway. It was sold to the Fordyce and Princeton in 1931, and retired in 1948. Given to the city of Little Rock, it was displayed at the Little Rock Zoo for twenty

neg: Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101 years, and was moved to Fordyce in 2007. Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101 The Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway Steam Locomotive No. 101 is a historic steam locomotive located near the Cotten Belt Railroad Depot in downtown Fordyce, Arkansas. It is the last known steam locomotive associated with the Fordyce and Princeton Railroad. It was built in 1922 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for the Tennessee, Alabama & Georgia Railway. It was sold to the Fordyce and Princeton in 1931, and retired in 1948. Given to the city of Little Rock, it was

neg: CGR class H1 this was seen again in service. Up to 1960s, this locomotive was occasionally operated on Kelani Valley Line. In 1972 this was withdrawn from its service and was scrapped in 1981. CGR class H1 The CGR class H1 was a steam locomotive of the Garratt type built by Beyer, Peacock and Company for the Ceylon Government Railways (CGR), now Sri Lanka Railways. Only one locomotive was built and its CGR number was 293. This steam locomotive entered to the service with CGR in 1931. This locomotive was used for working passenger and freight services in Udupussallawa railway. This locomotive met

neg: Steam locomotive north-east England became the leading centre for experimentation and development of the steam locomotive. Trevithick continued his own steam propulsion experiments through another trio of locomotives, concluding with the "Catch Me Who Can" in 1808. In 1812, Matthew Murray's successful twin-cylinder rack locomotive "Salamanca" first ran on the edge-railed rack-and-pinion Middleton Railway. Another well-known early locomotive was "Puffing Billy", built 1813–14 by engineer William Hedley. It was intended to work on the Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne. This locomotive is the oldest preserved, and is on static display in the Science Museum, London. In 1825 George Stephenson built "Locomotion

neg: History of technology coal increased. The development of the high-pressure steam engine made locomotives possible, and a transport revolution followed. The steam engine which had existed since the early 18th century, was practically applied to both steamboat and railway transportation. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the first purpose built railway line, opened in 1830, the Rocket locomotive of Robert Stephenson being one of its first working locomotives used. Manufacture of ships' pulley blocks by all-metal machines at the Portsmouth Block Mills in 1803 instigated the age of sustained mass production. Machine tools used by engineers to manufacture parts began in the first decade