Catch me who can

Catch me who can

Catch me who can was the third steam railway locomotive created by Richard Trevithick, (after those at Penydarren ironworks and Wylam colliery). Built in 1808 by Rastrick and Hazledine at their foundry in Bridgnorth, it was demonstrated to the public at a "steam circus" organized by Trevithick on a circular track in Bloomsbury, just south of the present-day Euston Square tube 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.

A replica is under construction at the Severn Valley Railway workshops, initially for Bridgnorth's "Trevithick 200" celebration on 19/20 July 2008.

ee also

History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830

External links

* [http://www.histomobile.com/histomob/preshis.asp?id1=6&lan=2 1808 - Trevithick's 'Catch me who can'] (Incorrectly gives site as Torrington Square instead of UCL Chadwick Building)
* [http://www.scienceandsociety.co.uk/results.asp?
] (Incorrectly gives site as Euston Square instead of UCL Chadwick Building)
* [http://www.newcomen.com/abstracts/abstracts_2005to6.htm Trevithick's circle - Prof. Nick Tyler UCL]
* [http://archivemaps.com/mapco/cruchley/cruch02.htm Cruchley's Plan 1827] site of Trevithick's 1808 steam circus, now underneath the UCL Chadwick Building.
* [http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/RAtrevithick.htm Richard Trevithick (Spartcus schoolnet)] (Incorrectly gives site as Euston Square instead of UCL Chadwick Building)
* [http://www.swehs.co.uk/docs/news10su.html Richard Trevithick : Cornwall's Pioneer of Steam] (Incorrectly gives site as Euston Square instead of UCL Chadwick Building)
* [http://www.trevithick200.co.uk Trevithick 200 and the replica 'Catch Me Who Can']
* [http://www.steamcircus.info www.steamcircus.info - Compilation of research on the exact location of Steam Circus and some new ideas]


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