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- Code Number:
- VRPV07P12_18
- Title:
- Locomotion #1, 0-4-0, George Stephenson's Locomotive, Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
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On 27th September 1825 this locomotive inaugurated the Stockton and Darlington Railway on 27th September 1825, pulling coal freightSaint It was also the first locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail lineSaint
Builder: Robert Stephenson and Company
Built: 1825
Driver diameter: 1Saint219 meters (48 inches)
Locomotive weight: 6Saint5 long tons (7Saint3 short tons; 6Saint6 t)
Fuel type: Coke
Fuel capacity: 1,000 kg, 2,200 pounds
Water capacity: 1,800 liters, 400 imperial gallons, 480 US gallons
Boiler pressure 0Saint34 MPa(50 psi )
Heating surface 5Saint57 m2 (60 square feet)
Cylinders: 2
Cylinder size: 241 mm 610 mm, (9Saint5 in 24 inches)
Tractive effort: 8Saint5 kN ,(1,900 pounds)
Operator: Stockton and Darlington
First run: 27/09/1825
Retired: 1857
Presently on static display at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum Great Britain - Keywords:
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