In the first place, we gather that the test was ... in taking the results of the Midland trial as proving that American locomotives, as such, are broadly inferior to those of British make.

QUESTION: Why is George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 regarded as the first steam locomotive? What about Richard Trevithick’s Penydarren? Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 is significant because ...

There are steam locomotives, and then there’s “Big Boy.” At 604 tons and 132 feet long and with a 4-8-8-4-wheel arrangement, it is the largest, most powerful steam locomotive in the world.

First developed in the 1860s ... check out the Great American Steam Locomotives: Mikados DVD from Trains.

City of Truro is best known and celebrated as the first British steam locomotive to have exceeded 100mph. On 9th May 1904 it pulled the Oceans Mail train from Plymouth to London Paddington; during its ...