The locomotive ran on the Coalbrookdale 3ft gauge plateway track. Whilst the original does not survive, a replica, built in 1989-90 at GKN Sankey in Telford, currently runs at Blists Hill ...

"The world’s first steam locomotive, which led to a worldwide revolution in the transport industry, was built right here in Coalbrookdale under Richard Trevithick's design in 1802.

On 21 February 1804, the world's first ever railway journey ran 9 miles from the ironworks at Penydarren to the Merthyr-Cardiff Canal, South Wales, reaching speeds of nearly five miles an hour.

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At both places, two papers were read, the first being by Mr. W. W. Mason on Trevithick's first rail locomotive, and the second by Mr. C. L. Chandler on early shipbuilding in Philadelphia.

However, several fully functioning locomotives predate this. Richard Trevithick’s Penydarren locomotive, named after the Penydarren Ironworks in Wales where it was built, was the first steam ...

Richard Trevithick, British inventor of the first functioning steam locomotive, received a Google Doodle on Google UK for his 240th birthday. Trevithick was born in 13 April 1771 and died 22 April ...

IN connexion with the celebration of the centenary of the death of the great Cornish engineer and inventor Richard Trevithick, the ‘father’ of the steam locomotive, a memorial exhibition has ...

In fact, only a fifth have heard of Richard Trevithick - and just 14% are aware that he played a key role in designing the world's first steam-powered locomotive ...

The engine was designed by Richard Trevithick (1771-1833). Above, a drawing of an earlier Trevithick design, thought to be quite similar to the locomotive that ran in 1804.

A MEMOBLAX to Richard Trevithick, the great engineer and inventor, was unveiled at Merthyr Tydfil on Thursday, April 19, by Mr. David E. Roberts, to mark in a fitting manner the historic journey ...

It will be the 41st Trevithick Day with crowds gathering to see the Puffing Devil, a replica of Trevithick's first high-pressure steam locomotive. This year the festival, ...