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Early steam-powered road vehicle
The London Steam Carriage was an early steam-powered road vehicle constructed by Richard Trevithick in 1803 and the world's first self-propelled passenger-carrying
London_Steam_Carriage
Flying machine
The aerial steam carriage, also named Ariel, was a flying machine patented in England in 1842 that was supposed to carry passengers into the air. It was
Aerial_steam_carriage
was "self destructed". Trevithick soon built the London Steam Carriage that ran successfully in London in 1803, but the venture failed to attract interest
History of steam road vehicles
History_of_steam_road_vehicles
British inventor and mining engineer (1771–1833)
so-called "strong steam" or steam of about 30 psi (210 kPa). William Murdoch had developed and demonstrated a model steam carriage in 1784 and demonstrated
Richard_Trevithick
Term for a motor car or automobile
horseless carriage was a steam-driven vehicle demonstrated in London, England, by Richard Trevithick. In the 1820s, Goldsworthy Gurney built steam-powered
Horseless_carriage
Steam-powered road vehicle of 1875
The Grenville steam carriage was developed in 1875 by Robert Neville-Grenville, assisted by George Jackson Churchward. It was built around a boiler from
Grenville_steam_carriage
English inventor, preacher and ironmonger
his steam engine, as the engineers Jonathan Hornblower Sr. and his son were involved in the same church. Newcomen's great achievement was his steam engine
Thomas_Newcomen
Bus powered by a steam engine
steam carriages, although this term was sometimes used to describe other early experimental vehicles too. Regular intercity bus services by steam-powered
Steam_bus
London coachmaker
London Directory" lists W. J. Felton of 6 Long Acre Street as being a coachmaker. Richard Trevithick's 1803 London Steam Carriage was the first steam-powered
William_Felton_(coachmaker)
French inventor (1725-1804)
motion of a steam piston into a rotary motion by means of a ratchet arrangement. A small version of his three-wheeled fardier à vapeur ("steam dray") was
Nicolas-Joseph_Cugnot
Mechanism for converting reciprocating motion to rotation
planning for a new Crusade, made illustrations for a paddle boat and war carriages that were propelled by manually turned compound cranks and gear wheels
Crankshaft
Piston engine component which connects the piston to the crankshaft
L. (1921). Neale, R.E. (ed.). Steam Locomotive Construction and Maintenance. Pitman's Technical Primer Series. London: The Locomotive Publishing Co.
Connecting_rod
Automobile powered by a steam engine
l'automobile (Casterman, 1953). The London Steam Carriage was built by Richard Trevithick in 1803 and ran successfully in London, but the venture failed to attract
Steam_car
Sliding pin joint in a slider-crank linkage, commonly used in engine pistons
linkages of long stroke reciprocating engines (either internal combustion or steam) and reciprocating compressors to eliminate sideways force on the piston
Crosshead
Type of hydraulic compression system failure
cylinders. A hydraulic lock can occur in steam engines due to steam condensing back into water. In most steam engine designs there is a short time at the
Hydrolock
Evolution of steam power beyond mainstream mid-20th-century implementations
Advanced steam technology (sometimes known as modern steam) reflects an approach to the technical development of the steam engine intended for a wider
Advanced_steam_technology
Scottish engineer and inventor (1754–1839)
model of his steam carriage (now in Thinktank, Birmingham Science Museum); accounts exist from witnesses who "saw the model steam carriage run around Murdoch's
William_Murdoch
Fixed steam engine for pumping or power generation
Stationary steam engines are fixed steam engines used for pumping or driving mills and factories, and for power generation. They are distinct from locomotive
Stationary_steam_engine
Early factory in Birmingham, England (1766–1853)
it became the first site with a Watt steam engine with the sun and planet gear. It was also home to the first steam-powered mint, whose presses were subsequently
Soho_Manufactory
Railway rolling stock
The London Underground opened in 1863 with gas-lit wooden carriages hauled by steam locomotives. The Metropolitan and District railways both used carriages
London_Underground_carriages
American manufacturer of steam cars
The Stanley Motor Carriage Company was an American manufacturer of steam cars that operated from 1902 to 1924, going defunct after it failed to adapt to
Stanley Motor Carriage Company
Stanley_Motor_Carriage_Company
Pressurized gas or liquid in a heat engine
compression and expansion. Examples using phase change include water↔steam in steam engines, and refrigerants in vapor-compression refrigeration and air
Working_fluid
British steam engine and machine tool engineer and manufacturer (1765-1826)
February 1826) was an English steam engine and machine tool manufacturer, who designed and built the first commercially viable steam locomotive, the twin-cylinder
Matthew_Murray
Power plant component
pre-heat water delivered to a steam generating boiler. Preheating the feedwater reduces the irreversibilities involved in steam generation and therefore improves
Feedwater_heater
System for condensing gas into liquid by cooling
in air conditioning, industrial chemical processes such as distillation, steam power plants, and other heat-exchange systems. The use of cooling water
Condenser_(heat_transfer)
Steam engine designed to run at comparatively high speed
High-speed steam engines were one of the final developments of the stationary steam engine. They ran at a high speed, of several hundred rpm, which was
High-speed_steam_engine
Disused metalliferous mine in Cornwall, England
and was rebuilt by James Watt in 1778, making it one of the first Watt steam engines in the county. Also in 1778, the mine benefited from being connected
Wheal_Busy
manufacturers History of steam road vehicles History of the automobile Steam car Steam bus Steam wagon "1700 Steam carriage from Grimaldi". History of
List_of_steam_car_makers
Steam engine for use on rail tracks
A steam motor is a form of steam engine used for light locomotives and light self-propelled motor cars used on railways. The origins of steam motor cars
Steam_motor
Classification of reciprocating engine cylinders
used in many external combustion engines such as Stirling engines and some steam engines. They are also found in pumps and hydraulic rams. A double-acting
Single- and double-acting cylinders
Single-_and_double-acting_cylinders
Passenger trains that run on the London Underground
opened using steam locomotives hauling gas-lit wooden carriages, braked from a guards' compartment. In 1890, the City and South London Railway opened
London Underground rolling stock
London_Underground_rolling_stock
Steam engine component
to condense exhaust steam from a steam turbine in thermal power stations. These condensers are heat exchangers which convert steam from its gaseous to
Surface_condenser
valve gear used on steam engines. Its simplest form allowed an engine to be stopped and started. A double form, mostly used on steam locomotives, allowed
Gab_valve_gear
Type of boiler used to make steam
and relatively simple form of boiler used to make steam, usually for the purpose of driving a steam engine. The design marked a transitional stage in
Flued_boiler
Type of steam-generating furnace
fitted to the numerous steam wagons built by the Sentinel Waggon Works. The boiler was carefully designed for use in a steam wagon: it was compact, easy
Sentinel_boiler
1777 steam engine
Watt. London. p. 88. admit steam until one-fourth of the distance between it and the next valve is filled with steam, shut the valve and the steam will
Old_Bess_(beam_engine)
British inventor of steam-powered road vehicles (1799-1852)
Trevithick occurred a generation earlier with his Puffing Devil and London Steam Carriage; but they were the most successful. It will also be noted that railways
Walter_Hancock
Self-propelled steam carriages operated by the Great Western Railway
The steam rail motors (SRM) were self-propelled carriages operated by the Great Western Railway in England and Wales from 1903 to 1935. They incorporated
GWR_steam_rail_motors
British mechanical engineer, inventor and mine captain
of the "high pressure" steam engine, and the entrepreneur Davis Giddy, Vivian financed the production of the first steam carriage and was granted a joint
Andrew_Vivian
launch-type, gunboat or horizontal multitubular boiler is a form of small steam boiler. It consists of a cylindrical horizontal shell with a cylindrical
Launch-type_boiler
Preserved beam engine in Devon, England
who was born in Dartmouth. The engine is the world's oldest surviving steam engine. Newcomen's first successful engine is considered to be the Dudley
Newcomen_Memorial_Engine
Decade
Trevithick ran a full-sized steam 'road locomotive' on the road in Camborne, England, followed by his 10-seater London Steam Carriage in 1803. In 1804, Trevithick
1800s_(decade)
Device for releasing excess pressure in a system
earliest and simplest safety valve was used on a 1679 steam digester and utilized a weight to retain the steam pressure (this design is still commonly used on
Safety_valve
British Army officer and motor enthusiast
Gurney's steam drags and used on Friday 23 August 1833 to draw an open carriage bearing Dance accompanied by several gentlemen from London to Brighton
Charles_Webb_Dance
List of steam technology patents. This is a list of patents relating to steam engines, steam locomotives, boilers, steam accumulators, condensers, etc
List of steam technology patents
List_of_steam_technology_patents
United Kingdom railcar terminology
a railway lightweight railcar, usually consisting of a railway carriage with a steam traction unit, or a diesel or petrol engine, integrated into it
Railmotor
Beam engine designed by James Watt
production of buttons and buckles. Watt did not invent the steam engine and there is no single 'Watt steam engine' as such. He developed a number of separate
Lap_Engine
types of carriage in the world.[citation needed] Four carriages built in 1898 and 1900 for use out of Baker Street station in London. Initially steam hauled
Rolling stock of the Bluebell Railway
Rolling_stock_of_the_Bluebell_Railway
Royal train for the use of the British royal family and staff
before". The first carriage built for the exclusive use of a member of the British Royal Family was constructed in 1842 by the London and Birmingham Railway
British_Royal_Train
Self-propelled railcar powered by a steam engine
adapted carriages and a push-pull steam locomotive as these were able to haul additional carriages or goods wagons. After trials in 1924, the London and North
British_steam_railcars
building the Thornycroft steam wagon, with their steam tipper wagon being described as built by the Bristol Wagon and Carriage Company but engined by Thornycroft
Bristol Wagon & Carriage Works
Bristol_Wagon_&_Carriage_Works
than coal mines, where waste slack could be used. At Coalbrookdale, the steam engines were fired with high quality coal, possibly the same grade of metallurgical
Resolution_(beam_engine)
Speed governing device for steam engines
the Cornish Pumping Engine. London: John Weale. pp. 88–89. Retrieved 10 May 2025. Farey, John (1827). A treatise on the steam engine: historical, practical
Cataract_(beam_engine)
English surgeon, chemist, and architect (1793–1875)
Encyclopaedia. London: Thomas Kelly. "New Steam Carriage". The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction. X (287). "Mr Gurney's Steam Carriage". London Courier
Goldsworthy_Gurney
exception was the very early London Steam Carriage (1803) which had a form of trip gear. Lowe, David Allan (1933). Heat Engines. London: Longmans, Green & Co
Trip_valve_gear
Coast Joint Stock, 3rd Class railway carriage, 1898". Science Museum Group Collection. "Dining Car number 76, London & North Western Railway". Science Museum
List of rolling stock items in the UK National Collection
List_of_rolling_stock_items_in_the_UK_National_Collection
Early steam engine
A water-returning engine was an early form of stationary steam engine, developed at the start of the Industrial Revolution in the middle of the 18th century
Water-returning_engine
full-sized steam 'road locomotive' on the road in Camborne, England. 1803 – Richard Trevithick built his 10-seater London Steam Carriage. 1803 – William
Timeline of transportation technology
Timeline_of_transportation_technology
expansion valve is a device in steam engine valve gear that improves engine efficiency. It operates by closing off the supply of steam early, before the piston
Expansion valve (steam engine)
Expansion_valve_(steam_engine)
gatherings ever up to this date. The London Fever Hospital founded. 1803 After April: Richard Trevithick's London Steam Carriage is demonstrated on the roads
Timeline of London (19th century)
Timeline_of_London_(19th_century)
British engineer (1876–1941)
one of Britain's most famous steam locomotive engineers, who rose to become Chief Mechanical Engineer (CME) of the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER)
Nigel_Gresley
Private luxury train service
painted in brown and cream to match the carriages. Some excursions have the added attraction of being steam-hauled. Belmond British Pullman consists
Belmond_British_Pullman
2009 British TV series or programme
"Trains: The Steam Pioneers" 22 February 2010 (2010-02-22) Boulton and Watt West Cornish Engine, Coalbrookdale Locomotive, London Steam Carriage, Locomotion
Britain's Greatest Machines with Chris Barrie
Britain's_Greatest_Machines_with_Chris_Barrie
English steam bus, previously used in Whitby and Weston-super-Mare
Star Motor Carriage Company to take people on a tour of Whitby, providing up to ten trips per day over the summer months. It was the only steam bus in revenue-earning
Elizabeth_(bus)
to six steam locomotives, four diesels and twenty-three carriages. As of 2023[update], Boston Lodge Works is constructing three bogie carriages, one composite
List of Talyllyn Railway rolling stock
List_of_Talyllyn_Railway_rolling_stock
Former narrow-gauge railway in England
Hesston Steam Museum, where it stayed until it was bought by Adrian Shooter in 2002 and restored to working order. Two modern replicas of the carriages used
Beeches_Light_Railway
Railway maintenance depot in Shoeburyness, Essex
Shoeburyness Carriage Servicing Depot is an Electric Traction Depot located in Shoeburyness, Essex, England. The depot is situated on the London, Tilbury
Shoeburyness_Depot
London Underground line
railway. It first ran between Paddington and Farringdon, with wooden carriages and steam locomotives, subsequently extending north-westwards into the Middlesex
Metropolitan_line
Self-propelled railcar powered by a steam engine
the Fairfield steam carriage that they sold to the Bristol & Exeter Railway, who used it for two years on a branch line. The first steam railcar was designed
Steam_railcar
Based in New York American Power Carriage (1899–1900) American Simplex (1906–1913) Renamed to Amplex in 1910 American Steam Automobile Co. (1924–1931) Based
List of defunct automobile manufacturers of the United States
List_of_defunct_automobile_manufacturers_of_the_United_States
American inventor
high-pressure steam engines had been made in Europe, most notably Trevithick's Puffing Devil, in 1801, and his later London Steam Carriage of 1803, which
Oliver_Evans
British railway passenger carriages
The Mark 2 family of railway carriages are British Rail's second design of carriages. They were built by British Rail workshops (from 1969 British Rail
British_Rail_Mark_2
Historical publication
engines elsewhere at the same time. The improvements were an increase in the steam pressure used, full expansion to low pressure, and insulation to avoid heat
Lean's_Engine_Reporter
British rolling stock, 1838–1947
new steam technology such as Sir William Stanier did at the London, Midland and Scottish Railway. Collett followed the same philosophy in his carriage design
Coaches of the Great Western Railway
Coaches_of_the_Great_Western_Railway
Train operating in Scotland
set of British Railways Mark 2 carriages are also based in Fort William. A tune that takes its name from this line, Steam Train to Mallaig, was composed
The_Jacobite_(steam_train)
were based on the London Midland Region. They were employed mostly on freight workings in industrial North-West England. Main line steam would end with the
List of British Railways steam locomotives as of 31 December 1967
List_of_British_Railways_steam_locomotives_as_of_31_December_1967
Railway station in Devon, England
Riviera Line services from Exeter and heritage services on the Dartmouth Steam Railway from Kingswear. In July 2026, the National Rail station was extensively
Paignton_railway_station
length British Railways Mark 1 coaches and six large steam or diesel locomotives. Additional carriage storage sheds have been built near Holt, using Heritage
List of rolling stock preserved on the North Norfolk Railway
List_of_rolling_stock_preserved_on_the_North_Norfolk_Railway
Steam rail transport type in Ireland
A steam railmotor or steam railcar is a carriage (railcar) that is self powered by a steam engine, The Belfast and County Down Railway introduced three
Steam_railmotors_of_Ireland
A house-built engine is a stationary steam engine that is built into an engine house, such that it uses the masonry of the engine house as an integral
House-built_engine
British railway company (1923–1947)
the London and Birmingham Railway in the 1830s, and since 1862 (when all locomotive works had transferred to Crewe) had been the LNWR's carriage works
London, Midland and Scottish Railway
London,_Midland_and_Scottish_Railway
self-propelled steam carriage. In later use the carriage portion was removed and it was used as a small shunting locomotive. The steam carriage was built to
Bristol and Exeter Railway Fairfield steam carriage
Bristol_and_Exeter_Railway_Fairfield_steam_carriage
Engine that uses steam to perform mechanical work
A steam engine is a heat engine that performs mechanical work using steam as its working fluid. The steam engine uses the force produced by steam pressure
Steam_engine
Steam locomotive by Robert Stephenson in 1829
became the template for most steam engines in the following 150 years. The locomotive was displayed in the Science Museum in London until 2018, after which
Stephenson's_Rocket
Defunct British railway locomotive and carriage builder
50528; -1.96083 The Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company (BRC&W) was a railway locomotive and carriage builder, founded in Birmingham, England
Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company
Birmingham_Railway_Carriage_and_Wagon_Company
English manufacturer of steam locomotives
England's son George England junior, renaming it the Fairlie Engine and Steam Carriage Company, but following the death of George England Jr., in July 1870
George_England_and_Co.
The Balloch Steam Slipway consists of a ramp, carriage and steam powered winch located on the shores of Loch Lomond by which ships or boats can be moved
Balloch_Steam_Slipway
near Ashton-under-Lyne. It is probably the world's second-oldest surviving steam engine. The engine was installed at Cannel Colliery at Fairbottom near Ashton-under-Lyne
Fairbottom_Bobs
Railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine
A steam locomotive is a type of locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam. It is fuelled
Steam_locomotive
Heritage railway line in Devon, England
which run on the steam railway to Kingswear. Opposite the Network Rail carriage sidings on the right is a siding built by the steam railway to store engineering
Dartmouth_Steam_Railway
British 'Big Four' railway company, active 1923–1947
companies, and building new stock often by converting existing steam hauled carriages. The Southern Railway's EMU classification meant the unit type was
Southern_Railway_(UK)
the line. Spot-hire carriages owned by Riviera Trains were based on the line until 2022, for use on special events. Visiting steam locomotives that have
Rolling stock of the Mid-Norfolk Railway
Rolling_stock_of_the_Mid-Norfolk_Railway
Railway propulsion system using atmospheric pressure
special train left London Bridge hauled by a steam locomotive; at Forest Hill the locomotive was detached and: the piston carriage substituted and the
Atmospheric_railway
built a clockwork-driven carriage. In 1672, a small-scale steam-powered vehicle was created by Ferdinand Verbiest; the first steam-powered automobile capable
History_of_the_automobile
Hotel in London
Stringfellow's Aerial Steam Carriage". "Best Western London Heathrow Ariel". England Rover.com. Retrieved 25 February 2023. "Best Western London Heathrow Ariel
Ariel_Hotel
Thereafter a large steam motive power depot remained open on the site until 1967, serving Waterloo railway station. The original locomotive, carriage and wagon
Nine_Elms_Locomotive_Works
British electric rolling stock
in various batches by Metropolitan-Vickers and the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company for the Metropolitan Railway in 1927–31 for use on electric
London_Underground_T_Stock
Railway Super Saloons were eight railway carriages developed to service the boat train traffic from London to Plymouth. Built to the maximum loading
GWR_Super_Saloons
British-born aviation pioneer, engineer and inventor
engineer and inventor. He is best known for his work on the aerial steam carriage alongside John Stringfellow. Henson was born in Nottingham, England
William_Samuel_Henson
Saturday (27 May 2014). "Saturday Gang Blog: March, April & May 2014 Report". "Steam train: Restored engine built in 1923 is being auctioned". BBC News. 30 April
Rolling stock of the Kent & East Sussex Railway (heritage)
Rolling_stock_of_the_Kent_&_East_Sussex_Railway_(heritage)
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