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The Rainhill Trials was a competition held in October 1929 between five locomotives to determine who would receive the locomotive contract for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway. In October of...
Stephenson's Planet was the first 2-2-0 steam locomotive and was the ninth locomotive built for the Liverpool & Manchester Railroad. The Planet was built in 1830 and was the next major design...
The John Bull locomotive was built for the Camden & Amboy Railroad by Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle, England. The locomotive was in service from 1833-1866, and was then placed into...
The Tom Thumb locomotive was the first American built steam locomotive that made its historic run in 1830. Built by New York's Peter Cooper, the locomotive was operated on the Baltimore and Ohio's...
Stephenson's Rocket is known for its victory at the Rainhill Trials, thus, awarding the locomotive contract for the line to the Stepehenson's. The locomotive was an 0-2-2 Whyte configuration, with...
Locomotion No.1 is the world's first locomotive to operate on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, the world's first public railway. Built by Robert Stephenson & Company, the locomotive made it...