Model of 1811

Model of 1811

Image Details

Title
Creator RH Bleasdale
Date of Creation 1881 [taken for Stephenson Centenary]
Description John Blenkinsop's rack-rail engine. Being a steam locomotive propelled by a toothed wheel engaging in a rack on one of the rails. Listed in RE Bleasdale's Locomotive Engines catalogue, entry 1282 said to be the 1st commercially successful locomotive.
Archive Reference STE/8/1
Media Photographic print
Dimensions N/A