Locomotion No. 1
| Locomotion No. 1 | |
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 Locomotion No. 1 at the Darlington Railway Center and Museum
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| Numbering: | 1 |
| Number: | 1 |
| Manufacturer: | Robert Stephenson and Company |
| Year of construction (s): | 1825 |
| Axis formula : | B. |
| Gauge : | 1435 mm ( standard gauge ) |
| Length: | 33,940 mm |
| Height: | 3,580 mm |
| Width: | 2,300 mm |
| Empty mass: | 6.6 t |
| Top speed: | 24 km / h |
The Locomotion No. 1 was an early steam locomotive . It was made by the engineering company of George and his son Robert Stephenson . The locomotive ran for the Stockton and Darlington Railway and was the first steam locomotive to be used for passenger operations.
history
On September 16, 1824, the Stockton and Darlington Railway ordered steam locomotives. The Locomotive Active , which was later renamed Locomotion No. 1 , was to be the first steam locomotive to be used for passenger operations.
The locomotive was built for a maximum speed of up to 15 mph, i.e. approx. 24 km / h. It is believed that the Locomotion No. 1 coupling rods that connected the wheels were used for the first time . In addition to the drive on both axles, this brought advantages in terms of driving dynamics, as the locomotive tended to skid less than machines with only one driven axle.
After the locomotive was completed, it was transported by road from Newcastle to Darlington in September 1825. On September 26, 1825, test drives were carried out between Shildon and Darlington . Regular operations began the following day. Locomotion No. 1 ran the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway , consisting of eleven coal cars and 20 passenger cars. The train weighed 80 tons and was 120 meters long, and George Stephenson was the engine driver in the driver's cab.
The locomotive was operated by the Stockton and Darlington Railway until July 1, 1828 when the vehicle was badly damaged after a boiler crash . The train driver was killed. The locomotive was then rebuilt and used until 1850 and then used for a few years as a stationary steam engine to drive a pump in a mine. It was preserved in a museum on a private initiative and is on display in the Head of Steam Museum at North Road Station in Darlington.
A replica of the locomotive is in the North of England Open Air Museum .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c Alderman Bowes: George Stephenson, the Locomotive and the First Public Railway: A Lecture Delivered at the Salford Royal Museum and Library . John Heywood, 1883.
- ^ Locomotion No. 1, George Stephenson and the world's first public railway .
- ^ A b Ray Hamilton: For the Love of Trains: A Celebration of the World's Railways . Summersdale Publishers Ltd., 10 May 2018.
- ^ Locomotion No.1, Stockton & Darlington Railway . engineering-timelines.com. Retrieved June 19, 2018.
- ^ Christian H. Hewison: Locomotive Boiler Explosions . David & Charles, Newton Abbot 1983, ISBN 0715383051 , p. 26.
- ^ The Origin and Progress of Steam Locomotion . In: McGraw-Hill Publishing Company (Ed.): The Engineering News . 2, 1875, pp. 143-146.
- ↑ Satow, F., Satow, MG, Wilson, LS: Locomotion - concept to creation: the story of the reproduction 1973-1975 . Locomotion Trust, Beamish 1976.