Catch me who can
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Catch me who can was the second steam locomotive created by Richard Trevithick. Built in 1808, it was demonstrated to the public at a "steam circus" organized by Trevithick on a circular track in Torrington Square, near the present-day Euston Station in London.
The locomotive reached a top speed of 12 mph (19 km/h). It proved too heavy, however, for the relatively brittle cast-iron rails then in use and Trevithick closed his exhibition after a broken rail caused a derailment.
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History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830
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- 1808 - Trevithick's 'Catch me who can'
- 'Catch-Me-Who-Can', 1808
- Richard Trevithick (Spartcus schoolnet)
- Richard Trevithick : Cornwall's Pioneer of Steam
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Pre-1830 steam locomotives
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Pen-y-darren (1804) • Catch Me Who Can (1808) • Puffing Billy (1812) • Wylam Dilly (1812) • The Salamanca (1812) • Blücher (1814) • Locomotion No. 1 (1825) • Stourbridge Lion (1828) • |
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See also: Rainhill Trials • History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830 |
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