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Richard Trevithick

  • Writer: Andrew J. Bramlett
    Andrew J. Bramlett
  • Oct 3, 2022
  • 1 min read

The drawing shows Richard Trevithick’s 1808 locomotive “Catch Me Who Can,” the first steam locomotive with a fare. It ran on a circular track in London at around 12 mph and suffered two derailments.



Image: “Richard Trevithick's Railroad Euston Square” by T. Rowlandson (c. 1809?). From the Board of Trustees of the Science Museum, National Railway Museum.

 
 
 

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