This drawing was given by William Hedley to Nicholas Wood who published it in 1825 in his book A Practical Treatise on Rail-roads. It is supposed to describe a Wylam locomotive with the new wheel arrangement (~ 1815). In fact the drawn locomotive is almost identical with the River Wear locomotive designed by William Chapman in 1814. It was the first 8 wheel locomotive and was probably taken as an example by Hedley to make his originally 4 wheel locomotive (Puffing Billy, 1814) more compliant with the weakness of period rail-roads.
Dato
< 1825 (original engraving)
Kjelde
This copy was scanned from (1958) The British Railway Locomotive 1803-1853, HMSO
Opphavsperson
~ 1815; author unknown
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