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
GE steam turbine locomotives Angeles Union Passenger Terminal and were on display in Omaha for the world premier of Cecil B. DeMille's film "Union Pacific" on April 28. During test runs, the locomotives displayed excellent acceleration and an ability to maintain schedules better than conventional steam engines, although they also demonstrated serious reliability problems and relatively high maintenance costs. On one occasion, the two locomotives broke down while hauling a train from Colorado to Omaha, necessitating a 2800-class Pacific steam locomotive to pull them along with the rest of the train for the remainder of the journey. The locomotives worked on several routes in