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A replica of the world's first railway locomotive, Richard Trevithick's 0-4-0 'Penydarren' from 1804. This photo was taken on 31/05/2004 at the Rail200 railfest at the National Railway Museum, York - an event named for the bicentenary of this locomotive.
Photo by Chris McKenna |
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A replica of the world's first railway locomotive, Richard Trevithick's 0-4-0 'Penydarren' from 1804. This photo was taken on 31/05/2004 at the Rail200 railfest at the National Railway Museum, York - an event named for the bicentenary of this locomotive.
Photo by Chris McKenna |
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Unfortunately at some time in the early afternoon of Tuesday 1st June 2004 the replica of Richard Trevithick's 1804 'Penydarren' locomotoive had an accident. Although I didn't see it happen, it appears that it broke an axle and a wheel fell off, which you can lying on the ground infront of the loco. This photo is of the recovery operation, where they used a large crane to lift the loco back onto the rails and jack it up on several large pieces of wood.
Photo by Chris McKenna |
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