Richard Trevithick, British inventor of the first functioning steam locomotive, received a Google Doodle on Google UK for his 240th birthday. Trevithick was born in 13 April 1771 and died 22 April ...

The first successful working steam locomotive in the world was Puffing ... It is an interesting example of necessity being the mother of invention for the colliery's transport costs were crippling ...

In 1801 he built the first steam locomotive. An explanation of mechanics ... This clip is from the series The Genius of Invention. This clip would be ideally suited to showing students the ...

The first steam powered vehicle to run on a British road.William Murdock was a brilliant Scottish engineer and inventor. In 1777 he walked from his home in Ayrshire to Birmingham to follow his ...

Articulated locomotives are known as the Mallet type, named for the inventor of the most popular design used in the United States. Advantages of the Mallet for pulling heavy trains can readily be ...