Image: Trevithick1803Locomotive

Description: On the plaques is the following text: "This model was refurbished by the combined efforts of: THE FRIENDS OF TREVITHICK CENTRAL TRAINS EASTERN GENERATION ABB-PCL ENGINEERING KUE ENGINEERING Presented to Central Trains by Frank Trevithick-Okuno on 17th April 1998. 1803 LOCOMOTIVE RICHARD TREVITHICK This is a full scale replica of the first steam railway locomotive in the world, which preceded Stephenson's 'Rocket' by 26 years. It was designed by Richard Trevithick (1771-1833), and built near Ironbridge in Shropshire by the Coalbrookdale Company in the winter of 1802/3. A near identical engine ran the following year at Pen-y-Darren. The replica was built by Task Undertakings, a Manpower Services Commission project in Birmingham, under the guidance of Allen Gulliver, to drawings made for the Ironbridge Gorge Museum by Stewart Johnson." This replica is located in Telford Central Station, Telford, Shropshire, UK. The photo was taken on 14 June 2005 by Mark Barker. is Mark Barker the uploader? Yes. Mark Barker was the uploader. --MaxHund 00:43, 21 March 2006 (UTC)
Title: Trevithick1803Locomotive
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