Catch Me Who Can and mining engineer Richard Trevithick was the primary developer of the steam locomotive. He wanted to present his new invention to the general public, and he looked for a suitable site to demonstrate his invention. He chose Bloomsbury, directly south of the Euston Road, near London's Euston Square. The site is believed to be under University College London’s Chadwick Building, which now houses the Centre for Transport Studies. A circular track in diameter was built, on which a locomotive and a small number of carriages would run. Members of the public could view and ride on this train for a
History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830 public, on 21 February 1804 it successfully carried 10 tons of iron, 5 wagons and 70 men a distance of from Penydarren to Abercynon in 4 hours and 5 minutes, an average speed of nearly . This locomotive proved that steam traction was a viable proposition, although the use of the locomotive was quickly abandoned as it was too heavy for the primitive plateway track. A second locomotive, built for the Wylam colliery, also broke the track. Trevithick built a third locomotive in 1808, "Catch Me Who Can", which ran on a temporary demonstration railway in Bloomsbury, London. Members of