Model Engine and Tender
Maker and role
Newmarket Railway Workshops, Manufacturer
Production date
Circa 1914
Object detail
Accession number
2006.130
Production period
Description
This is a model of the first passenger engine, "Locomotion" for the Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825. The engine runs on 4 wheels plus one toothed wheel which is fixed on the outside of the front left wheel. It has a large green cylindrical boiler and a tall funnel at one end. The top of the funnel is split and spread out. This is a working model and runs on steam. There are 2 vertical cylinders on top of the boiler which operate the pistons vertically. On the end of the pistons, are 2 horizontal beams. From the end of the beams are 4 vertical connecting rods which connect the beams to the wheels.
The tender is black in colour with a red chassis. There is a small tow bar in the front for hooking onto the main engine. On the rear are a pair of steel hooks. The tender runs on 4 wheels with the same gauge width as the engine.
The tender is black in colour with a red chassis. There is a small tow bar in the front for hooking onto the main engine. On the rear are a pair of steel hooks. The tender runs on 4 wheels with the same gauge width as the engine.
Brief History
In 1824 Edward Pease joined with Michael Longdridge, George Stephenson, and his son Robert Stephenson, to form a company to make locomotives. The Robert Stephenson & Company, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, became the world's first locomotive builder.
This is a working model of the first passenger engine ‘Locomotion’, made for the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. Initially called ‘Active’, the locomotive was later given the name ‘Locomotion’. It was similar to those that Stephenson had produced at the collieries at Killingworth and Heaton. The boiler had a single fire tube, two vertical cylinders let into the barrel and the four wheels were coupled by rods rather than a chain.
This is a working model of the first passenger engine ‘Locomotion’, made for the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. Initially called ‘Active’, the locomotive was later given the name ‘Locomotion’. It was similar to those that Stephenson had produced at the collieries at Killingworth and Heaton. The boiler had a single fire tube, two vertical cylinders let into the barrel and the four wheels were coupled by rods rather than a chain.
Marks
FIRST PASSENGER ENGINE / Stockton & Darlington Railway / A.D.1825 / United Labour Day 26 Oct. 1914. / Built by Newmarket Railway Workshops / Employees Painted
LOCOMOTION Maker's Plate
LOCOMOTION Maker's Plate
Media/Materials
Collection
Credit Line
Newmarket Railway Workshops. Circa 1914. Model Engine and Tender, 2006.130. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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