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The evolution of the steam locomotive (1803 to 1898)

Chapter 3: LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
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The book traces technological and design developments of steam locomotives from their earliest experiments through late nineteenth-century practice, detailing competing claims over early engines and the progression of boiler, valve, gearing, and chassis arrangements. It recounts key trials and prototypes, describes engineers' innovations and criticisms, and examines institutional contributions from railway companies and locomotive builders. Illustrated plates accompany technical descriptions and verified documentary research, while later chapters survey contemporary standards and the input of locomotive superintendents. The narrative focuses on British railway practice and avoids broader claims about road steam or speculative antecedents.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


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“990,” the latest type of Great Northern Railway express engine Frontispiece
The First Railway Locomotive of which authentic particulars are known 3
Locomotive built by Murray for Blenkinsopp’s Railway 6
Brunton’s “Mechanical Traveller” Locomotive 8
Hackworth’s “Wylam Dilly,” generally known as Hedley’s “Puffing Billy” 11
Hackworth’s or Hedley’s Second Design, used on the Wylam Rwy. in 1815 13
Stephenson’s Initial Driving Gear for Locomotives 15
Stephenson and Dodd’s Patent Engine, built in 1815 16
Stephenson’s Improved Engine, as altered, fitted with Steel Springs 17
“Locomotion,” the First Engine to Run on a Public Railway 20
The First Successful Locomotive, Hackworth’s “Royal George” 23
Hackworth’s Blast Pipe in the “Royal George” 24
Waste Steam-Pipe in Stephenson’s “Rocket” 25
The “Novelty,” entered by Braithwaite and Ericsson for the Rainhill Prize 29
Hackworth’s “Sanspareil,” one of the Competitors at Rainhill 32
Stephenson’s “Rocket,” the Winner of the Rainhill Prize of £500 35
Winan’s “Cycloped” Horse Locomotive 38
Bury’s Original “Liverpool,” the First Engine with Inside Cylinders, etc. 41
The “Invicta,” Canterbury and Whitstable Railway, 1830 45
The “Northumbrian,” the Engine that Opened the Liverpool  
and Manchester Rwy. 46
Hackworth’s “Globe” for the Stockton and Darlington Railway 48
Stephenson’s “Planet,” Liverpool and Manchester Railway 49
“Wilberforce,” a Stockton and Darlington Railway Locomotive 53
Galloway’s “Caledonian,” built for the Liverpool & Manchester Rwy. in 1832 54
Roberto’s “Experiment,” with Verticle Cylinders, Bell-Cranks, etc. 57
Hawthorn’s “Comet,” First Engine of the Newcastle & Carlisle Rwy., 1835 59
“Sunbeam,” built by Hawthorn for the Stockton and Darlington Railway 64
The “Grasshopper,” with 10ft. driving wheels, built by  
Mather, Dixon & Co., for the G.W. Rwy. 73
The “Hurricane,” with 10ft. driving wheels, a Broad-Gauge Engine,  
built on Harrison’s System 76
The “Thunderer,” a geared-up Broad-Gauge Engine, built on Harrison’s Plan. 78
Bury’s Standard Passenger Engine for the London and Birmingham Railway 83
“Garnet,” one of the First Engines of the London and Southampton Rwy. 85
“Harpy,” one of Gooch’s “Firefly” Class of Broad-Gauge Engines 90
Interior of Paddington Engine House,  
showing the Broad-Gauge Locomotives of 1840 92
“Jason,” one of Gooch’s First Type of Goods Engines for the G.W. Rwy. 93
Paton & Millar’s Tank Engine, for working on the Cowlairs Incline, Glasgow 98
Stephenson’s “Long Boiler” Goods Engine, Eastern Counties Railway 104
Gray’s Prototype of the “Jenny Lind, No. 49”, London & Brighton Rwy. 104
”Hero,” a Great Western Railway Six-Coupled Broad-Gauge Goods Engine 106
The “Great Western” Broad-Gauge Engine as originally Constructed 107
The Original “Great Western,” as Rebuilt with Two Pairs of Leading Wheels  109
The “Namur,” the First Engine built on Crampton’s Principle 112
Crampton’s “London,” First Engine with a Name, L. & N.W. Rwy. 113
“Great Britain,” one of Gooch’s Famous 8ft. “Singles,” G.W. Rwy. 114
“No. 61,” London and Brighton Railway. 115
The “Jenny Lind,” a Famous Locomotive, built by Wilson and Co. 119
Trevithick’s “Cornwall,” with 8ft. 6in. Driving Wheels,  
and Boiler below the Driving Axle 120
Trevithick’s “Cornwall,” as now Running between Liverpool and Manchester 121
“Old Copper Nob,” No. 3, Furness Rwy., Oldest Locomotive now at work 123
The “Albion,” a Locomotive built on the “Cambrian” System 127
The “Fairfield,” Adams’ Combined Broad-Gauge Engine and Train 132
The “Enfield,” Combined Engine and Train for the Eastern Counties Railway 134
“Red Star,” a 7ft. Single Broad-Gauge Saddle Tank Engine 136
“No. 148,” L. & N.W. Rwy.; Example of Stephenson’s “Long Boiler” Engines 137
Adams’ “Light” Locomotive for the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway 139
England & Co.’s “Little England,” Locomotive-Exhibition, London, 1851 142
Crampton’s “Liverpool,” London and North Western Railway 145
Timothy Hackworth’s “Sanspareil, No. 2” 149
Caledonian Railway Engine, “No. 15” 153
“Mac’s Mangle,” No. 227, London and North Western Railway 154
“President,” one of McConnell’s “Bloomers,” as originally built 155
One of McConnell’s “Bloomers,” as Rebuilt by Ramsbottom 155
The “Folkestone,” a Locomotive on Crampton’s System,  
built for the S.E.R., 1851 158
One of J. V. Gooch’s “Single” Tank Engines, Eastern Counties Railway 161
“Ely,” a Taff Vale Railway Engine, built in 1851 163
McConnell’s “300,” London and North Western Railway 165
Pasey’s Compressed Air Locomotive, Tried on the E.C. Rwy., 1852 170
The First Type of Great Northern Railway Passenger Engine,  
one of the “Little Sharps” 171
Sturrook’s Masterpiece, the Famous Great Northern Railway, “215” 172
Pearson’s 9ft. “Single” Tank Engine, Bristol and Exeter Railway 174
One of Pearson’s 9ft. “Single” Tanks, taken over by  
the Great Western Railway 176
A Bristol and Exeter Railway Tank Engine, as Rebuilt  
(with Tender) by the G.W.R. 178
“Ovid,” a South Devon Railway Saddle Tank Engine, with Leading Bogie 180
“Plato,” a Six-Coupled Saddle Tank Banking Engine, South Devon Railway 181
The First Type of Narrow-Gauge Passenger Engines, Great Western Rwy. 182
“Robin Hood,” a Broad-Gauge Express Engine,  
with Coupled Wheels 7ft. in diameter 183
North British Railway Inspection Engine, No. 879 184
The “Dane,” L. and S.W.R., fitted with Beattie’s Patent Apparatus  
for Burning Coal 187
Cudworth’s Sloping Fire-Grate, for Burning Coal,  
as fitted to S.E.R. Locomotives 189
“Nunthorpe,” a Stockton and Darlington Railway Passenger Engine, 1856 193
Beattie’s Four-Coupled Tank Engine, London & South Western Rwy., 1857 194
Sinclair’s Outside Cylinder, Four-Coupled Goods Engine,  
Eastern Counties Railway (Rebuilt) 196
Six-Coupled Mineral Engine, Taff Vale Railway, built 1860 202
“Brougham,” No. 160, Stockton and Darlington Railway 206
Conner’s 8ft 2in. “Single” Engine, Caledonian Railway (Rebuilt) 208
“Albion,” Cambrian Railways, 1863 210
A Great Northern Railway Engine,  
fitted with Sturrock’s Patent Steam-Tender 218
Sinclair’s Design of Tank Engine for the Eastern Counties Railway 219
Beattie’s Standard Goods Engine, London and South Western Railway, 1866 226
Beattie’s Goods Engine, London and South Western Railway (Rebuilt) 227
Adams’ Passenger Tank Engine, N.L. Rwy., as Rebuilt by Mr. Pryce 228
Pryce’s Six-Coupled Tank Goods Engine, North London Railway 229
Locomotive and Travelling Crane, North London Railway 230
“Python,” a 7ft. 1in. Coupled Express Engine, L. and S.W. Rwy. 232
8ft. 1in. “Single” Express Engine, Great Northern Railway 237
“John Ramsbottom,” one of Webb’s “Precedent” Class, L. & N.W. Rwy. 238
“Firefly,” a London and South Western Outside Cylinder Tank Engine 239
“Kensington,” a Four-Coupled Passenger Engine,  
London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 240
“Teutonic,” a London and North Western Railway  
“Compound” Locomotive on Webb’s System 244
“Queen Empress,” one of Webb’s Compound Locomotives, L. & N.W. Rwy. 245
“Black Prince,” L. & N.W. Railway,  
a Four-Coupled Four-Cylinder Compound Engine 248
Johnson’s 7ft. 9in. “Single” Engine, Midland Railway 251
“George A. Wallis,” an Engine of the “Gladstone” Class,  
L., B. and S.C. Railway 252
“1463,” North Eastern Railway, one of the “Tennant” Locomotives 253
Holmes’s Type of Express Engines for the North British Rai 254
7ft. “Single” Engine, Great Eastern Railway,  
fitted with Holden’s Liquid Fuel Apparatus 256
“No. 10,” the Latest Type of Great Eastern Railway Express Engine,  
Fired with Liquid Fuel 258
“Goldsmith,” one of the new London, Brighton and South Coast  
Railway Express Passenger Engines 261
“Inspector,” London, Brighton and South Coast Railway 262
“No. 192,” a Standard Express Passenger Locomotive, L.C. & D. Rwy. 263
Standard Express Passenger Engine, Cambrian Railways 264
Standard Passenger Tank Engine, Cambrian Railways 265
“No. 240,” the S.E. Railway Engine that obtained the Gold Medal,  
Paris Exhibition, 1889 267
Standard Goods Engine, South Eastern Railway 268
Standard Passenger Tank Locomotive, South Eastern Railway 269
Latest Type of Express Passenger Engine, South Eastern Railway 271
Adams’ Standard Express Engine, London and South Western Railway 273
A “Windcutter” Locomotive, “No. 136,” L. and S.W. Railway,  
fitted with Convex Smoke-Box Door 274
Drummond’s Four-Cylinder Engine, London and South Western Railway 275
Four-Coupled Passenger Engine with Leading Bogie, North British Railway 277
Holmes’s Latest Type of Express Engine, North British Railway 279
Four-Wheels-Coupled Saddle Tank Engine, London & North Western Rwy. 281
Standard Express Passenger Locomotive, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 282
Standard Eight-Wheel Passenger Tank Engine, Lancashire & Yorkshire Rwy. 283
Oil-Fired Saddle Tank Shunting Engine, Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway 284
“Dunalastair,” Caledonian Railway 285
One of McIntosh’s “Dunalastair 2nd” Caledonian Express Locomotives 287
Six-Wheels-Coupled Condensing Engine, Caledonian Railway 288
“Carbrook,” one of Drummond’s Express Engines for the Caledonian Railway 289
McIntosh’s 5ft. 9in. Condensing-Tank Engine, Caledonian Railway 290
“No. 143,” Taff Vale Railway Tank Locomotive, for working on incline 292
A favourite Locomotive of the Isle of Wight Central Railway 293
7ft. 8in. “Single” Convertible Engine, Great Western Railway 295
“Empress of India,” Standard G.W. 7ft. 8in. “Single” Express Locomotive 296
“Gooch,” a Four-Coupled Express Engine, Great Western Railway 297
“Pendennis Castle,” one of the Great Western “Hill Climbers” 298
“Single” Express Engine, Six-Wheel Type, Great Western Rai 300
6ft. 6in. Four-Coupled Passenger Locomotive, Great Western Railway 300
6ft. Four-Coupled Passenger Engine, Great Western Railway 301
“Barrington,” New Type of Four-Coupled Engine, Great Western Railway 301
Four-Coupled-in-Front Passenger Tank Engine, Great Western Railway 302
“No. 1312,” one of Mr. Ivatt’s (1073) Smaller Class of  
Four-Coupled Bogie Engines, Great Northern Railway 304
The Latest Type of 6ft. 6in. Coupled Engine, Great Northern Railway 305
Latest Type of G.N.R. Express Locomotive; 7ft. 6in. “Single,”  
with Inside Cylinders, etc. 308
“No. 100,” one of the “T” Class Four-Coupled Passenger Engines,  
Great North of Scotland Railway 311
Pettigrew’s New Goods Engine for the Furness Railway 315
Six-Wheels-Coupled Bogie Engine, with Outside Cylinders,  
Highland Railway 316
Liquid Fuel Engine, Belfast and Northern Counties Railway 317
“Jubilee,” Four-Wheels-Coupled Compound Locomotive,  
Belfast and Northern Counties Railway 318
“No. 73,” Standard Passenger Engine, Great Northern Railway (Ireland) 318
Four-Coupled Bogie Express Engine, Great Southern and Western Railway 319
“Peake,” a Locomotive of the Cork and Muskerry Light Railway 319