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
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