Timothy Hackworth
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Timothy Hackworth was an English steam locomotive engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Royal George
Samson, preserved at the Nova Scotia Museum of Industry
Puffing Billy (locomotive)
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Puffing Billy is the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive, constructed in 1813–1814 by William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the
Timothy Hackworth
…4-wheel arrangement, continuing to work until the closing of the line in 1862. What is considered to be the earlier of the two engines, now known as Puffing Billy is conserved at the Science Museum in London; the second Wylam Dilly is in the Royal Scottish Museum in Edinburgh. Although William Hedley is generally…
Puffing Billy as seen from the front
Eight-coupled form
Final four-wheeled form, in 1862
Current appearance in its present location, in 2011