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Locomotion No 1

Locomotion No. 1 (originally known as the Active) is an early British steam locomotive
Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a "road locomotive" such as a traction engine or steamroller....
. Built by George
George Stephenson

George Stephenson was an England civil engineer and mechanical engineering who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam engine locomotives and is known as the "Father of Railways"....
and Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson Fellow of the Royal Society was an England civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and Rail transport engineer; many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son....
's company Robert Stephenson and Company
Robert Stephenson and Company

Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build Steam locomotive....
in 1825, it hauled the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway
Stockton and Darlington Railway

The Stockton and Darlington Railway , which opened in 1825, was the world's first permanent steam locomotive hauled public railway....
on 27 September 1825.

motion used high-pressure steam from a centre-flue boiler
Shell boiler

A shell or flued boiler is an early, and relatively simple, form of boiler used to make steam, usually for the purpose of driving a steam engine....
to drive two vertical cylinder
Cylinder (engine)

A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine, the space in which a piston travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged side by side in a bank, or engine block, which is typically casting from aluminum or cast iron before precision features are machined into it....
s. A pair of yokes above them transmitted the power downwards, through pairs of connecting rod
Connecting rod

In a reciprocating piston engine, the connecting rod or conrod connects the piston to the crank or crankshaft. The connecting rod was invented sometime between 1174 and 1200 when a Inventions in medieval Islam, Timeline of Islamic science and engineering and Artisan named al-Jazari built five machines to pump water for the kings of t...
s. It was one of the first locomotive
Locomotive

A locomotive is a Rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin language loco - "from a place", Ablative case of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine,....
s to use coupling rod
Coupling rod

A coupling rod or side rod connects the driving wheels of a locomotive. Steam locomotives in particular usually have them, but some Diesel locomotive and Electric locomotive locomotives, especially older ones and Switcher, also have them....
s rather than chains or gears to link its 0-4-0
0-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-0 represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four wheels, all of which are driven....
wheel arrangement together.

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Locomotion No. 1 (originally known as the Active) is an early British steam locomotive
Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. The term usually refers to its use on railways, but can also refer to a "road locomotive" such as a traction engine or steamroller....
. Built by George
George Stephenson

George Stephenson was an England civil engineer and mechanical engineering who built the first public railway line in the world to use steam engine locomotives and is known as the "Father of Railways"....
and Robert Stephenson
Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson Fellow of the Royal Society was an England civil engineer. He was the only son of George Stephenson, the famed locomotive builder and Rail transport engineer; many of the achievements popularly credited to his father were actually the joint efforts of father and son....
's company Robert Stephenson and Company
Robert Stephenson and Company

Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823. It was the first company set up specifically to build Steam locomotive....
in 1825, it hauled the first train on the Stockton and Darlington Railway
Stockton and Darlington Railway

The Stockton and Darlington Railway , which opened in 1825, was the world's first permanent steam locomotive hauled public railway....
on 27 September 1825.

Overview
Locomotion used high-pressure steam from a centre-flue boiler
Shell boiler

A shell or flued boiler is an early, and relatively simple, form of boiler used to make steam, usually for the purpose of driving a steam engine....
to drive two vertical cylinder
Cylinder (engine)

A cylinder is the central working part of a reciprocating engine, the space in which a piston travels. Multiple cylinders are commonly arranged side by side in a bank, or engine block, which is typically casting from aluminum or cast iron before precision features are machined into it....
s. A pair of yokes above them transmitted the power downwards, through pairs of connecting rod
Connecting rod

In a reciprocating piston engine, the connecting rod or conrod connects the piston to the crank or crankshaft. The connecting rod was invented sometime between 1174 and 1200 when a Inventions in medieval Islam, Timeline of Islamic science and engineering and Artisan named al-Jazari built five machines to pump water for the kings of t...
s. It was one of the first locomotive
Locomotive

A locomotive is a Rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin language loco - "from a place", Ablative case of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine,....
s to use coupling rod
Coupling rod

A coupling rod or side rod connects the driving wheels of a locomotive. Steam locomotives in particular usually have them, but some Diesel locomotive and Electric locomotive locomotives, especially older ones and Switcher, also have them....
s rather than chains or gears to link its 0-4-0
0-4-0

Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 0-4-0 represents one of the simplest possible types, that with two axles and four wheels, all of which are driven....
wheel arrangement together. Otherwise it shows little innovation as a locomotive, and is more historically interesting for the railway on which it ran.

In 1828 the boiler exploded
Boiler explosion

Boiler explosions are catastrophic failure modes of boilers. As seen today, boiler explosions are of two kinds. One kind is over-pressure in the pressure parts of the steam and water sides....
, killing the driver. With advances in design such as those incorporated into Stephenson's Rocket
Stephenson's Rocket

Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement, built in Newcastle at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in 1829....
, Locomotion became obsolete very quickly. It was rebuilt and remained in service until 1841 when it was turned into a stationary engine
Stationary engine

A stationary engine is an engine whose framework does not move. It is normally used not to propel a vehicle but to drive a piece of immobile equipment such as a pump or power tool....
. In 1857 it was preserved. Locomotion No. 1 was on display in Alfred Kitching
William and Alfred Kitching

William and Alfred Kitching built steam locomotives at Darlington, England, in the 19th century. It is believed that their workshop was on, or near, the site of Hopetown Carriage Works....
's workshop
Workshop

A workshop is a room or building which provides both the area and tools that may be required for the manufacture or repair of Manufacturing Good ....
near Hopetown Carriage Works
Hopetown Carriage Works

Hopetown Carriage Works, built in 1853 by Joseph Sparkes in Darlington , was a workshop of the oldest railway in the world, the Stockton and Darlington Railway....
from 1857 to the 1880s. From 1892 to 1975 it was on display on one of the platforms at Darlington's main station, Bank Top
Darlington railway station

Darlington railway station, formerly known as Darlington Bank Top, is the main railway station for the town of Darlington, in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England....
. The locomotive is now on display at the Darlington Railway Centre and Museum
Darlington Railway Centre and Museum

Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, also known as Head of Steam, is located on the 1825 route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway which was the world's first steam powered passenger railway....
, located in the same building as Darlington's North Road railway station
North Road railway station

North Road railway station serves the northern areas of Darlington and County Durham, England. The station is on the Bishop Auckland branch of the Tees Valley Line and is operated by Northern Rail which provides all passenger train services on this line....
, on long-term loan from the National Railway Museum
National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the United Kingdom National Museum of Science and Industry and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society....
. It is now part of the National Collection. There is a replica of the locomotive at Beamish Museum
Beamish Museum

Beamish, The North of England Open Air Museum is an open air museum located at Beamish, County Durham, near the town of Stanley, County Durham, England....
.

See also

Locomotive No. 1
Locomotive No. 1

Locomotive No. 1 hauled the first passenger train in New South Wales, Australia. It was built by the Robert Stephenson and Company who built the first successful engine, Stephenson's Rocket....
New South Wales first locomotive.

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