A south Wales town has begun months of celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the invention of the steam locomotive. Merthyr Tydfil was the location where, on 21 February 1804, Richard ...

The countryside rolls by in a blur of green fields, stone walls, winding rivers, and tiny villages as the steam-powered locomotive hauls the heritage train on one of the world’s most scenic rail ...

An army of unpaid volunteers are behind a Cornwall town's annual festival celebrating the famous inventor Richard ... a replica of Trevithick's first high-pressure steam locomotive.

The event celebrates the industrial heritage of the Camborne area and engineer pioneer Richard Trevithick ... a replica of Trevithick's first high-pressure steam locomotive. This year the festival ...

a celebration of Richard Trevithick, who constructed the world's first steam railway locomotive, a replica of which is at Blists Hill Victorian Town and currently undergoing conservation work.

a celebration of Richard Trevithick, who constructed the world's first steam railway locomotive, a replica of which is undergoing conservation work at Blists Hill. Jessica Hodgkiss, Visitor ...

It was designed by Richard Trevithick, a Cornishman whom some describe as “the father of the locomotive”. In 1802, he was commissioned by Samuel Homfray to build a steampowered hammer to work ...

It is alongside Penydarren from south Wales, which was built by Richard Trevithick in 1804 it is ... The Penydarren locomotive is flanked by the Steam Elephant, a large, lumbering engine which ...

Locomotion Number 1, the first steam engine to pull a passenger train on a public railway, made its journey from Shildon to Darlington's award-winning Hopetown visitor attraction on Friday (March 27).