The 1st Steam Railway engine in UK?

Question

The 1st Steam Railway engine in UK?

Answer 1

Stephenson's Rocket

Answer 2

Trevithick had one running at Pen-Y-Darren in 1804, running on a colliery tramway system.  Apparently it was so heavy it crushed the rails.

Answer 3

the Pen-Y-Daren, designed by Richard Trevithick. 1904, and named after where it was tested. And yes, it did break the cast iron  fish-bellied rail as it ambled along at slower than walking speed.

Answer 4

actually you are all wrong. The first steam railway engine was trialled in the cornish tin mines but it didn't run n rails and it didnt carry passengers, BUT it was a railway of sorts as it used steam to pull heavy goods.

On 21st February, 1804, Cornishman Richard Trevithick successfully brought 10 tons of iron, and 70 men, down from the Penydaren Iron Works in Merthyr Tydfil to the Glamorganshire Canal’s wharves at Navigation by pulling the wagons along an existing tramroad using a steam-powered engine.

It was the first time, anywhere in the world, that a steam engine had been used to pull anything along a railed track.

The Penydaren Mining Railway, also known as the Penydaren Tramroad, or the Penydaren Tramway, or the Merthyr Tramroad, was the setting for this historical event. (Penydaren is also often spelt as Penydarren, and the tramroad is often called the Penydarren Tramroad. Which spelling is right I leave to others to decide). The tramroad had been built because the Dowlais Company’s railroad ran past the Penydaren Ironworks on a high level course, making it impossible to build a junction for the Penydaren Ironworks to use. In response, Samuel Homfray commissioned the tramroad to follow the eastern bank of the River Taff down to Navigation (modern day Abercynon). The tramroad was completed in 1802, and was in use until 1875, except for a period of uncertain length starting in 1815 (and maybe continuing to 1825) because of the collapse of a bridge at Edwardsville just north of Quakers Yard.

Although it was the route used for the first-ever steam-powered railway journey, those early iron rails couldn’t take the weight of the engine. Just as it had been before Trevithick, after he’d left South Wales (he was notorious for losing interest in his inventions; it was his great character flaw) the tramroad reverted back to using horses to draw the wagons down to Navigation.

To accomodate the horses, the tramroad didn’t use sleepers as we’re now used to from our modern railways. The rails sat on two lines of stones, allowing the horses to walk between the rails without difficulty. It also made things easier for the man who led the horse throughout the journey! There are several good examples of the tramroad stones still in existence along the route.

Today, the rails are gone, but the tramroad used in that historical journey still exists, and can be followed from Abercynon up to Merthyr Tydfil. The entire length up to Pontygwaith is part of the Taff Trail route of the National Cycle Way.

Answer 5

Why do people say the Rocket?

There were nearly a hundred steam locos built before that, albeit superb, locomotive.

By the way, Trevithick's locomotive was the first steam railway locomotive in, not just the UK, but the World.

Answer 6

built by richard trevithick at pennydarren iron works,south wales.

Answer 7

Stevensons rockets was built for speed.

Thomas Savery 1698

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Save...

Thomas Newcomen  1710

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Newc...

Answer 8

The first attempts were made in Great Britain; the earliest steam rail locomotive was built in 1804 by Richard Trevithick and Andrew Vivian. It ran with mixed success on the narrow gauge "Penydarren tramroad" at Merthyr Tydfil in Wales.[1]. Then followed the successful twin cylinder locomotives built by Matthew Murray for the edge railed Middleton Railway in 1812. These early efforts culminated in 1829 with the Rainhill Trials and the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway a year later making exclusive use of steam power for both passenger and freight trains.

Answer 9

Richard Trevithick's Pen-y-darren locomotive, 1804.

Do a google and you'll get plenty of info.

Answer 10

Steven's Rocket

Answer 11

the 1st passenger line was the cockle and whelk ( not a lot of people know that ) It ran from Canterbury to Margate. Its not considered the oldest only because its not there now. So look it up , or ask pete waterman , he loves trains

Answer 12

Wylam Dilly is the oldest surviving.

It was built in 1813.

The Wylam Dilly steam locomotive is named after the Wylam Colliery where the locomotive was used, pulling coal along the Wylam Wagonway to the river, near Newcastle Upon Tyne. A ‘dilly’ was the name for the coal trucks used on the wagonway.

Answer 13

The first steam railway engine in UK was built by the world famous Cornish engineer, Mister Tevithick

Steam locomotive - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

One of the last mainline steam locomotives built in the UK: British Railways ...

Trevithick's locomotive, 1804 the first successful steam locomotive ...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_locom...

The First Locomotives

The First Locomotives. David Fry [[e-mail]] ... The first self-propelling

steam engine or steam locomotive made its outing on 13 February 1804 ...

http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/r...

Below is video of a model of the very first steam engine built by Trevithick of Kewnow : -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFhISiTle...

Trevithick Day - Kernow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6geO_klt...

An awesome American steam loco - Oregon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S6geO_klt...

Finally - the world's largest steam locos ever built : -

THE MIGHTY UNION PACIFIC BIG-BOY LOCOMOTIVES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8f9VFlNy...