Early British Locomotives and Rolling Stock
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The First Locomotives
- Introduction (and Puffing Billy)
- Planet type 2-2-0, 1830: Liverpool and Manchester Railway
- Edward Bury's 2-2-0 Passenger Engine, 1837: London and Birmingham Railway
- Robert Stephenson's The "North Star" -- 2-2-2, 1837: Great Western Railway (seven-foot guage)
- The "Derwent," 1839: Stockton and Darlington Railway
- McConnell "Bloomer", 1851, 2-2-2 express locomotive, London & North West Railway, Southern Division.
- Folkstone 4-2-0, Southeastern Railway Company, 1851
Later Locomotives
- Highland Railway 2-2-2, 1874
- The Queen" — replica of the engine which used to pull the Queen's train
Passenger Cars
- Third-class carriage. Liverpool and Manchester Railways, c. 1830
- First-class carriage. Liverpool and Manchester Railways, c. 1830
- Second-class Suburban Carriage. Great Eastern Railway
Last modified 31 July 2008