First on rails
SteamScrapped
Penydarren
1804 · Britain · Penydarren tramroad engine
Richard Trevithick, Penydarren Ironworks
6 km/h · 4 mph
1804 — 2025
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8,621 locomotive and multiple-unit classes from 73 countries, 1804 to 2025. Search by name or builder, then narrow with the filters.
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Puffing Billy
1813 · Britain · Wylam colliery locomotive
William Hedley, Jonathan Forster and Timothy Hackworth
8 km/h · 5 mph
SteamPreserved
Locomotion No. 1
1825 · Britain · Stockton & Darlington No. 1
Robert Stephenson and Company
24 km/h · 15 mph
SteamPreserved
Stephenson's Rocket
1829 · Britain · Rainhill Trials locomotive
Robert Stephenson and Company
48 km/h · 30 mph
SteamScrapped
Best Friend of Charleston
1830 · United States · West Point Foundry 0-4-0
West Point Foundry
25 km/h · 16 mph
Steam
Thomas Kirtley
Steam
Rothwell, Hick and Rothwell
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