Stourbridge Lion
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The Stourbridge Lion was an early railroad steam locomotive. In 1829 it was the first locomotive to be operated in the United States, although foreign-built, and one of the first locomotives to operat
A replica of the Stourbridge Lion steam locomotive in the Wayne County Historical Society museum in Honesdale, Pennsylvania
The Stourbridge Lion's first run, as depicted by Clyde Osmer DeLand c. 1916
The Stourbridge Lion (Lithograph)
A plaque commemorating the Stourbridge Lion at Honesdale, Pennsylvania
Foster, Rastrick and Company
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Foster, Rastrick and Company was one of the pioneering steam locomotive manufacturing companies of England. It was based in Stourbridge, Worcestershire, now West Midlands. James Foster, an ironmaster,
Stourbridge Lion
…outside Britain. It takes its name from the lion's face painted on the front, and Stourbridge () in England, where it was manufactured by the firm Foster, Rastrick and Company in 1829. The locomotive, obtained by the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company (D&H), was shipped to New York in May 1829, where it was tested raised on…
Preserved Foster, Rastrick and Company steam locomotive Agenoria at the National Railway Museum, York
Foster, Rastrick & Company were based at the purpose-built New Foundry, Stourbridge, constructed in 1821 and here shown in a derelict state before conversion into a health centre
Foster, Rastrick and Company's locomotives commemorated in a sculpture above the subway leading to Stourbridge Town Station