British steam locomotives, 1801-1855
80 photos of early British steam, starting with Richard Trevithick's 1801 Puffing Devil to East Indian Rly 2-2-2WT No 21 Express, built in Leeds in 1855. I have included replicas, and locos built in Britain and exported to France, Germany, Holland, Ireland, USA and India.
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Puffing Billy, Science Museum, South Kensington, London, 28 January 2005. The oldest loco in the world! Puffing Billy was built in 1814 by William Hedley to haul coal on the horse tramway from Wylam to the river Tyne at Lemington, west of Newcastle.
