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locomotives and were
Train cars were hauled by teams of horses along Atlantic Street from Clinton Street to Parmentier's Garden, where steam locomotives were attached.
Wrought-iron rails could be produced in much longer lengths than the cast-iron ones and were much less liable to crack under the weight of heavy locomotives.
As the L & MR approached completion in 1829, its directors arranged for a competition to decide who would build its locomotives, and the Rainhill Trials were run in October 1829.
Many of the first American railroad builders came to Newcastle to learn from Stephenson, and indeed, the first dozen or so locomotives utilized in the U. S. were purchased from the Stephenson shops.
His conservative views on the capabilities of locomotives meant that he favoured circuitous routes and civil engineering that were more costly than his successors thought necessary.
They purchased and maintained the rolling stock — 6, 000 locomotives were in operation in 1880, which averaged 51, 600 passengers a year or 21, 200 tons of freight.
* Iron Duke was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915.
The first successful locomotives were built by Cornish inventor Richard Trevithick.
At times locomotives have become obsolete when their cars were not, and vice versa.
In the 19th century the first railway locomotives were powered by steam, usually generated by burning wood, coal, or oil.
Freight locomotives generally were replaced later.
Steam locomotives were in regular use until 2004 in the People's Republic of China, where coal is a much more abundant resource than petroleum for diesel fuel.
Experimental diesel-powered locomotives were first built just after World War I.
After the 1973 oil crisis and the subsequent rise in fuel costs, gas turbine locomotives became uneconomical to operate, and many were taken out of service.
It originally applied only to the deep-level lines with trains of a smaller and more circular cross-section, and served to distinguish them from the sub-surface " cut-and-cover " lines that were built first and originally used steam locomotives.
* Quicksilver was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915, formerly named St. George before 1907
James Watt's patented steam engines of 1769 ( revised in 1782 ) were heavy low-pressure engines which were not suitable for use in locomotives.
Regardless of whether or not locomotives were settled upon, a prize of £ 500 was offered to the winner of the trials.
Ten locomotives were entered, but on the day the competition began — 6 October 1829 — only five locomotives actually began the tests:
The Stephensons were accordingly given the contract to produce locomotives for the Liverpool & Manchester Railway.
Two Class 86 locomotives 86214 Sans Pareil and 86235 Novelty were painted in a variation of the Large Logo Rail Blue livery where the BR logo was replaced by Rocket 150 motif on a yellow background.
* Ulysses was one of the GWR 3031 Class locomotives that were built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915 ; renamed Grierson after 1895

locomotives and finished
The finished result used a combination of gravity on downward inclines and locomotives for level and upward stretches.
However, during the 1890s the pattern of freight services began to change, ‘ caused by the transport of raw materials and finished products of entirely new industries such as petroleum, cement, brick and tile manufacture, forestry and biscuit making .’ This resulted in the construction of 55 additional freight locomotives of the C2 class
Between 1846 and 1870 passenger locomotives were painted ' hunter green ' with some engines being finished with black lining.
On passenger locomotives Improved Engine Green was finished with olive green borders lined with black, red and white.
The finished result used a combination of gravity down inclines and locomotives for level and upward stretches, and was the first railway to use no animal power at all.
It is also believed that the owners wish to fit it with a rebuilt cab from one of ten locomotives rebuilt in 1979 / 80, and that the finished loco will be based in Wellington.
The development finished in sections between 1982 and 1983, with new electric multiple units replacing diesel locomotives.
His decision to concentrate on finished goods rather than simple foundry products swiftly paid off, with orders for locomotives from the new Maryport and Carlisle Railway.
New building of locomotives at Swindon finished in 1965 with construction of the Class 14 diesel-hydraulic locomotives.
In 1957, the last of over two thousand steam locomotives was built and, in 1962, carriage building finished, but the works was modernised with the addition of a diesel locomotive repair shop.

locomotives and livery
The company's locomotives, many of which were built in the company's workshops at Swindon, were painted a Brunswick green colour while, for most of its existence, it used a two-tone " chocolate and cream " livery for its passenger coaches.
Generally, the Midland prevailed, with the adoption of many Midland practices such as the livery of Crimson Lake for passenger locomotives and rolling stock.
Diesel locomotives in BHP Billiton Iron Ore " bubble " livery, at the company's Nelson Point Yard, Port Hedland, Western Australia | Port Hedland, Western Australia.
In 1972, along with the celebration of the 125th anniversary of railways in Denmark, DSB introduced a new, mainly red design ( with engine rooms of locomotives painted black ), replacing the traditional maroon livery with yellow winged wheel symbols.
The company's best-known livery was highly distinctive: locomotives and carriages were painted in a bright Malachite green above plain black frames, with bold, bright yellow lettering.
Goods locomotives were black with red and white lining, except those operating on routes taking them into Brighton or London Bridge railway station, in which cases they were painted in passenger livery.
This livery was one of the most ornate and distinctive ever used on British locomotives, and is still remembered with nostalgia.
Secondary passenger locomotives had the same livery, but instead of gilt lining chrome yellow paint was used.
BR Blue was carried by 27 of the 38 locomotives ; the first two being so painted in May 1949 ; one locomotive is known to have carried the blue livery until June 1954.
Unstreamlined 3820 preserved at the New South Wales Rail Transport Museum, wearing the black livery applied to many of the 38 class locomotives.
This livery was discontinued from 1883 when all locomotives were painted black.
Both locomotives were cut up on site still carrying their original livery of British Railways black with black-and-yellow " wasp stripe " warning ends and the original British Railways " unicycling lion " emblem ; they were the last locomotives in BR service to do so.
The Amtrak California locomotives and cars livery is unique to California.
British Rail Class 59 ( 59001 in revised Foster Yeoman livery ) Private ownership of locomotives marked the start of a new era in railfreight haulage
All the locomotives were painted in the British Railways diesel green livery, and the final locomotive, D399, was delivered in September 1962.
By May 1984 other coaches and locomotives were entering service in the dark and light grey livery.
The logotype was omitted from some older locomotives that were otherwise carrying InterCity livery, although some locomotives that predominantly worked in Scotland were given a ScotRail logotype.
Because of its status as the last locomotive constructed at Swindon 92220 Evening Star was turned out in British Railways Brunswick Green livery, which was usually reserved for express passenger locomotives.
Under the GTW, the DT & I locomotives were painted in the red and blue livery of the GTW, but retained the DT & I logo.
Both locomotives were painted in RTC's red / cream livery with a black bodyside band.
The pilot scheme locomotives were delivered in overall green livery with a grey roof and black below the body.
All locomotives were delivered in this livery ;

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