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 ...

The annual celebration, which celebrated its 41st year, celebrates the famous inventor Richard Trevithick, the pioneer of the steam engine. The one-day festival showed off a replica of the first ...

Other engines will demonstrate stone crushing and road haulage. This year’s event coincides with Trevithick Day, a celebration of Richard Trevithick, who constructed the world's first steam ...

It is certainly the first steam loco to be involved in a bet. It was designed by Richard Trevithick, a Cornishman whom some describe as “the father of the locomotive”. In 1802, he was ...

Locomotion Number 1, the first steam engine to pull a passenger train ... It will also showcase Richard Trevithick's Penydarren, John Buddle and William Chapman's Steam Elephant, alongside ...

The first of all* was an iron behemoth designed by the great engineer Richard Trevithick ... have put an end to the steam carriage for the time being. Trevithick's engine was reportedly taken ...