Planet (locomotive)
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Not to be confused with a series of petrol and diesel locomotives manufactured by F. C. Hibberd & Co Ltd.
Planet was an early steam locomotive built in 1830 by Robert Stephenson and Company for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It was the first locomotive to employ inside cylinders, and subsequently the 2-2-0 type became known as planets. A replica has been built by the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.
[edit] External links
- http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/railways/l4.html
- http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/14/Planet.htm
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