What was the name of the famous steam locomotive built by Robert Stephenson and Company in 1829?
Invicta (locomotive) Invicta (locomotive) Invicta is an early steam locomotive, built by Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle-upon-Tyne during 1829. She was the twentieth locomotive built by railway engineers the Stephensons, being constructed immediately after "Rocket". "Invicta" marked the end of the first phase of locomotive design, which had started with Richard Trevithick's "Pen-y-Darren" locomotive of 1802. Stephenson's next locomotive, "Planet" was to form the basis of the modern steam locomotive. "Invicta" hauled its first train on the Canterbury and Whitstable Railway on 30 May 1830, this occasion marked the inauguration of the first steam-powered passenger service. Early operations found that she
Steam locomotive 20th century. The first steam locomotive, made by Richard Trevithick, first operated on 21 February 1804, three years after the road locomotive he made in 1801. The first commercially successful steam locomotive was created in 1812–13 by John Blenkinsop. Built by George Stephenson and his son Robert's company Robert Stephenson and Company, the "Locomotion" No. 1 is the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. George also built the first public inter-city railway line in the world to use locomotives, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, which opened in 1830.