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Puffing Billy (locomotive)

For the heritage railway in Melbourne, Australia, see Puffing Billy Railway.
Puffing Billy
Puffing Billy as seen from the front
Type and origin
Power typeSteam
BuilderWilliam Hedley, Jonathan Forster and Timothy Hackworth
Build date1813–1814
Specifications
Configuration:
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 • Whyte0-4-0,
rebuilt as 0-8-0 with geared drive between them,
then 0-4-0 again
Gauge5 ft (1,524 mm)
Driver dia.39 in (991 mm)
Loco weight8.25 long tons (8.38 t; 9.24 short tons)
Fuel typeCoal
Boiler pressure50 psi (0.34 MPa)
Cylinders2
Cylinder size9 in × 36 in (229 mm × 914 mm)
Performance figures
Maximum speed5 mph (8 km/h)
Career
OperatorsWylam Colliery
Retired1862
Current ownerScience Museum, London
Dispositionstatic display
For other uses, see Puffing Billy.

Puffing Billy is the world's oldest surviving steam locomotive,[1][2] constructed in 1813–1814 by colliery viewer William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne, in the United Kingdom. It was employed to haul coal chaldron wagons from the mine at Wylam to the docks at Lemington in Northumberland.[3]

  1. ^ "Puffing Billy becomes world's oldest surviving locomotive". The Railway Magazine. 154 (1, 292): 9. December 2008.
  2. ^ "'Puffing Billy' locomotive | Science Museum Group Collection". collection.sciencemuseumgroup.org.uk. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Puffing Billy". Co-Curate - Newcastle University. Retrieved 1 June 2023.

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