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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Robert Stephenson and Co: Pride of Newcastle|Pride of Newcastle]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Robert Stephenson and Co: Pride of Newcastle|Pride of Newcastle]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1828
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1828
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Robert Stephenson and Co]]. The first locomotive to be shipped to the US where it was christened '''America'''
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Robert Stephenson and Co]]. The first locomotive to be shipped to the USA where it was christened '''America'''
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| -  


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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co: Stourbridge Lion|Stourbridge Lion]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co: Stourbridge Lion|Stourbridge Lion]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1828
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1828
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co]] Exported to Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, US where it was the first working locomotive
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co]] Exported to Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, USA where it was the first working locomotive
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Image:1828_Stourbridge_Lion.jpg|thumb|Stourbridge Lion 1828]]  
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Image:1828_Stourbridge_Lion.jpg|thumb|Stourbridge Lion 1828]]  


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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co: Hudson|Hudson]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co: Hudson|Hudson]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1828
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1828
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co]] Exported to Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, US
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co]] Exported to Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, USA
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co: Delaware|Delaware]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co: Delaware|Delaware]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1828
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1828
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co]] Exported to Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, US
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Foster, Rastrick and Co]] Exported to Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, USA
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1831
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1831
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Robert Stephenson and Co]]?? for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad in the USA
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Robert Stephenson and Co]]?? for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad in the USA
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Fenton, Murray and Jackson: Vulcan|Vulcan]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1831
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Fenton, Murray and Jackson]] for the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]]
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Fenton, Murray and Jackson: Fury|Fury]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1831
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Fenton, Murray and Jackson]] for the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]]
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Sharp, Roberts and Co: Experiment|Experiment]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Sharp, Roberts and Co: Experiment|Experiment]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1833
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1833
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Sharp, Roberts and Co]]for the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Sharp, Roberts and Co]] for the [[Liverpool and Manchester Railway]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top|   
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Charles Tayleur and Co]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Charles Tayleur and Co]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[image:im1895EnV80-p355a.jpg|thumb|Vulcan|thumb]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[image:im1895EnV80-p355a.jpg|thumb|Vulcan|thumb]]
 
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[R. and W. Hawthorn: Hurricane|Hurricane]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1838
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[R. and W. Hawthorn]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Great Western Railway]].
 
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[R. and W. Hawthorn: Thunderer|Thunderer]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1838
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[R. and W. Hawthorn]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Great Western Railway]].
 
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Robert Stephenson and Co: Evening Star|Evening Star]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Robert Stephenson and Co: Evening Star|Evening Star]]
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Robert Stephenson and Co]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Robert Stephenson and Co]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Great Western Railway]].  
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Great Western Railway]].  
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[R. and W. Hawthorn: Hurricane|Hurricane]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1838
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[R. and W. Hawthorn]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Great Western Railway]].
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[R. and W. Hawthorn: Thunderer|Thunderer]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1838
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[R. and W. Hawthorn]]
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Great Western Railway]].


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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1850
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| 1850
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|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Image:Im1925EnV139-p345.jpg|thumb|]][[Image:Im1925EnV139-p344a.jpg|thumb| Rebuilt Bloomer. ]][[London and North Western Railway]]. Designed by McConnell
|bgcolor=#F0F0F0 valign=top| [[Image:Im1925EnV139-p345.jpg|thumb|]][[Image:Im1925EnV139-p344a.jpg|thumb| Rebuilt Bloomer. ]][[London and North Western Railway]]. Designed by [[James Edward McConnell|McConnell]].


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Early Locomotives
Locomotive Date Builder / Comment Image
- 1771 Nicholas Joseph Cugnot
Cugnot's land carriage 1769
- 1784 William Murdoch -
- 1803 Richard Trevithick [BL]
- 1804 Richard Trevithick [BL]
Catch Me Who Can 1808 Richard Trevithick / Hazledine and Rastrick. Demonstrated in London
Catch Me Who Can.
- 1811 Richard Trevithick for the Wylam Colliery -
Salamanca 1812 Matthew Murray for the Middleton Colliery Railway in Leeds [BL]
Puffing Billy c1813 William Hedley, Jonathan Forster and Timothy Hackworth and used at Wylam Colliery
Puffing Billy c1812
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Wylam Dilly 1813 William Hedley and Timothy Hackworth and used at Wylam Colliery
Blucher 1814 George Stephenson and used at Killingworth Colliery
Blucher 1814
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- 1815 George Stephenson [BL7]
Lady Mary c1817 William Hedley and Timothy Hackworth and used at Wylam Colliery
Locomotion No. 1 1825 George Stephenson and Timothy Hackworth. The first locomotive for the Stockton and Darlington Railway
Locomotion No. 1 1825
Hope 1825 George Stephenson. The second locomtive built for the Stockton and Darlington Railway and delivered in October 1825. Similar to Locomotion No. 1 -


Black Diamond 1826 George Stephenson. The third locomtive built for the Stockton and Darlington Railway and delivered in April 1826. Similar to Locomotion No. 1 -


Diligence 1826 George Stephenson. The fourth locomotive built for the Stockton and Darlington Railway and delivered in May 1826. Similar to Locomotion No. 1 -
Chittaprat 1826 Robert Wilson and Co, used on the Stockton and Darlington Railway; the boiler was reused the following year by Timothy Hackworth -
Royal George 1827 Timothy Hackworth used the boiler from the Chittaprat; locomotive used on the Stockton and Darlington Railway -
Experiment 1827 Robert Stephenson and Co for the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Built in 1827 but not delieverd until 1828.
Lancashire Witch 1828 Robert Stephenson and Co for the Bolton and Leigh Railway -
Pride of Newcastle 1828 Robert Stephenson and Co. The first locomotive to be shipped to the USA where it was christened America -
Stourbridge Lion 1828 Foster, Rastrick and Co Exported to Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, USA where it was the first working locomotive
Stourbridge Lion 1828
Hudson 1828 Foster, Rastrick and Co Exported to Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, USA -
Delaware 1828 Foster, Rastrick and Co Exported to Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, USA -
Agenoria 1829 Foster, Rastrick and Co Used on the Shutt End Railway. Similar design to the Stourbridge Lion -
Cyclopede 1829 Thomas Shaw Brandreth. Took part in the Rainhill Trials. Horse driven.
Novelty 1829 Braithwaite and Ericsson Took part in the Rainhill Trials. -
Perseverance 1829 Timothy Burstall Took part in the Rainhill Trials.
Perseverance
Rocket 1829 George Stephenson Winner of the Rainhill Trials and used on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
Rocket
Sans Pareil 1829 Timothy Hackworth Took part in the Rainhill Trials
Sans Pareil
Globe 1830 Timothy Hackworth for the Stockton and Darlington Railway -
Liverpool 1830 James Kennedy of Edward Bury and Co for the Stockton and Darlington Railway -
Planet 1830 Robert Stephenson and Co for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway -
Salamander c.1831 Crook and Deans for the Bolton and Leigh Railway -
Veteran c.1831 Crook and Deans for the Bolton and Leigh Railway -
Samson 1831 Robert Stephenson and Co for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway -
Goliath 1831 Robert Stephenson and Cofor the Liverpool and Manchester Railway -
Robert Fulton 1831 Robert Stephenson and Co for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad in the USA -
John Bull 1831 Robert Stephenson and Co?? for the Mohawk and Hudson Railroad in the USA -
Vulcan 1831 Fenton, Murray and Jackson for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway -
Fury 1831 Fenton, Murray and Jackson for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway -
Experiment 1833 Sharp, Roberts and Co for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
- 1834 George Forrester and Co for the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway and Grand Junction Railway -
Atlas 1835 Robert Stephenson and Co Leicester and Swannington Railway
Pioneer 1836 Baldwin Locomotive Works
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North Star 1838 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway. The first engine built for them.
Morning Star 1838 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Vulcan 1838 Charles Tayleur and Co
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Hurricane 1838 R. and W. Hawthorn Great Western Railway.
Thunderer 1838 R. and W. Hawthorn Great Western Railway.
Evening Star 1839 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Dog Star 1839 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Fire Fly 1840 Jones, Turner and Evans for the Great Western Railway
Polar Star 1840 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Red Star 1840 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Lode Star 1841 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Rising Star 1841 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Bright Star 1841 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Shooting Star 1841 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Western Star 1841 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Royal Star 1841 Robert Stephenson and Co Great Western Railway.
Great Britain 1846 - Great Western Railway. Designed by John Viret Gooch and Isambard Kingdom Brunel
- 1847 Tulk and Ley Designed by Thomas Russell Crampton for the London and North Western Railway
Velocipede (2) 1847 London and North Western Railway and designed by ?? Allan
Cornwall 1847 - Designed by Francis Trevithick
Courier Designed by Thomas Russell Crampton
Liverpool 1848 Bury, Curtis and Kennedy London and North Western Railway
Bloomer 1850 -
Rebuilt Bloomer.
London and North Western Railway. Designed by McConnell.
Lady of the Lake 1861 - London and North Western Railway. Designed by John Ramsbottom
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