. American engineer and railroad journal . 31 miles, the locomotive started everymorning at wilh a train of empty wagons, in which theworkmen rode, and returned with a loaded coal train at 6 atnight, the men then returning on the top of the coal. Thatarrangement of conveying workmen to and from work is be-lieved to have existed from that day to the present time. George Stephensons first locomotive, named the Blucher,was completed and tried for the first time upon the Kenil-worth Colliery railway on July 25, 1814, and two days later itconveyed a train of wagons from one end of the line to
. American engineer and railroad journal . 31 miles, the locomotive started everymorning at wilh a train of empty wagons, in which theworkmen rode, and returned with a loaded coal train at 6 atnight, the men then returning on the top of the coal. Thatarrangement of conveying workmen to and from work is be-lieved to have existed from that day to the present time. George Stephensons first locomotive, named the Blucher,was completed and tried for the first time upon the Kenil-worth Colliery railway on July 25, 1814, and two days later itconveyed a train of wagons from one end of the line to theother. Lord Ravensworth and a party of his friends rode inthe wagons, and having seen that the engine was a success,Lord Ravensworth ordered that the body of one of his four-in-hand coaches should be taken off its wheels and placedupon a wooden frame having flanged wheels. This earlypassenger coach was in use for over twenty years, and LordRavensworth and the officials of the colliery constantly usedit when travelling over their
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