John Bull (locomotive)
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John Bull is a historic British-built railroad steam locomotive that operated in the United States. It was operated for the first time on September 15, 1831, and became the oldest operable steam locomotive in the world when the Smithsonian Institution ran it under its own steam in 1981. Built by Robert Stephenson and Company, it was initially purchased by and operated for the Camden and Amboy Railroad, the first railroad in New Jersey, which gave it the number 1 and its first name, "Stevens". The C&A used it heavily from 1833 until 1866, when it was removed from active service and placed in storage.
John Bull, c. 1895
The John Bull and train as it looked in 1831; drawn by Isaac Dripps in 1887
The John Bull as it appeared in 1877, with a cab, leading truck, cowcatcher and wider funnel
John Bull at the World's Columbian Exposition in 1893
Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823 in Forth Street, Newcastle upon Tyne in England. It was the first company in the world created specifically to build railway engines.
Works offices in South Street, Newcastle
A modern replica of Rocket
A modern replica of Adler, an example of the company's 2-2-2 design
Folkstone, a Crampton type locomotive, in 1851