Locomotive No. 1

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**Locomotive No. 1**
Power type	Steam
Builder	Robert Stephenson and Company
Serial number	958
Configuration	0-4-2
Driver size	5 ft 6 in diameter (1676 mm)
Length	14 ft 2 in (4.3 m)
Locomotive weight	26 tons 1 cwt 1 qtr (26.48 t)
Tender capacity	4 tons (4,100 kg) coal, 2000 gallons (9,100 liters) water
Boiler pressure	120 psi (827 kPa)
Fire grate area	13.8 ft² (1.26 m²)
Heating surface: Tubes	1,060 ft² (92.52 m²)
Heating surface: Firebox	85.3 ft² (7.82 m²)
Cylinders	2
Cylinder size	16 in bore × 24 in stroke (406 mm x 609 mm)
Tractive effort	8,900 1bf (39.6 kN)
Career	Sydney Railway
Class	1
Number in class	4
Delivered	January 1855
Retired	1877

Locomotive No. 1 hauled the first passenger train in New South Wales, Australia. It was built by the Robert Stephenson and Company who built the first successful engine, Rocket. In 1846 the Sydney Railway Company was formed with the objective of building a railway line between Sydney and Parramatta. No. 1 was one of four locomotives that arrived by sea from the manufacturer in January 1855. This first passenger train hauled by No. 1 was a special service from Sydney Station to Long Cove viaduct (near the present site of Lewisham) on 24 May 1855, Queen Victoria's birthday. At the grand opening of the first New South Wales railway, on 26 September 1855, there was a 27 gun salute to Locomotive No. 1.

Later Locomotive No. 1 was retired and was kept at "Rotten Row". In 1884 Locomotive No. 1 was rebuilt and repainted and given to the Museum of Science and History, which was later to become the Powerhouse Museum.

In 2005, the 150 years of NSW Railway was celebrated with an Exhibition of Locomotive No. 1 at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney.