Catch Me Who Can Catch Me Who Can Catch Me Who Can was the fourth and last steam railway locomotive created by the inventor and mining engineer Richard Trevithick. It was an evolution of three earlier locomotives which had been built for Coalbrookdale, Penydarren ironworks and Wylam colliery. Demonstration runs began in July 1808, and "Catch Me Who Can" was the first locomotive in the world to haul fare-paying passengers. "Catch Me Who Can" was constructed during 1808 by the engineers John Urpeth Rastrick and John Hazledine at their foundry in Bridgnorth, England. It was demonstrated to the public at Trevithick's "Steam Circus", a
Catch Me Who Can internal firebox. The locomotive was similar to an engine that Trevithick had built in 1803 to power a dredger for use on the Thames. In spite of his goal of introducing steam locomotion to the public, Trevithick built a high wooden fence around the demonstration track, concealing it from view to all but those who paid to enter. This may have been done as a means of increasing revenue. "Catch Me Who Can" became the world’s first locomotive to haul fare-paying passengers. Some claimed that performance of the locomotive was inferior to that of a horse over a 24 hour