212 years ago on 21 February 1804 was an outstanding event, which marked the beginning of an era of steampunk. In South Wales, for the first time set off the first train to steam-powered. A small train of five trolleys loaded with ten tons of coal, powered by a steam engine constructed by Richard Trevithick "Penydarren" (Penydarren) - the world's first locomotive, suitable for practical use.Previously, such compositions hauled horses. Although locomotive Trevithick demonstrated its efficiency, its design was very imperfect and in many respects - not rational. Specifically, the furnace was located very uncomfortable and coal it could only load in the parking lot. In addition, for some reason, Trevithick put enormous flywheel and used a cumbersome, complicated and unnecessary, in principle, a gear transmission, due to which it resembled a locomotive rolling on the rails clockwork. Transmission "eat" a significant portion of the power single-cylinder steam engine and the rattle at work.
"Penydarren" operated for long. The angled L-shaped rails along which he was driving, were not designed for its weight, so soon one of the corners underneath the locomotive overturned and burst. Restore it did not. The owner of the railroad back to the horse-drawn. The car, ahead of his time, was sent to be scrapped, and Trevithick took up designing a better engine, built in 1808 and received a funny name "Catch Me If You Can" (Catch Me Who funding of CA). But that's another story.
On the intro - the first section of the engine and a portrait of its creator.
Drawing locomotive "Penydarren."
Modern drawing "Penydarren". The trolleys are depicted people, but the locomotive was used for the transport of coal between the towns and Penydarren Aberkenon by rail road length of 16 kilometers.
Another semi-fantastic painting of a steam locomotive Trevithick met at the two-level interchange with a much later locomotive.Actually encounter they could not, because the locomotives, like traveling across the bridge, there were only 30 years after the "Penydarren".
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