This article is about the locomotive "Blücher". See also "Blücher"

Blücher was an early railway locomotive built in 1814 by George Stephenson for Killingworth Colliery.

Blücher was the first successful locomotive incorporating the following design features:

• Flanged wheels keeping the locomotive on the track
• Traction relying only on the friction of wheels on rails
• Cylinder rods directly connected to the wheels

Blücher had the ability to pull a train of 30 tons at a speed of 4 mph. It was named after the Prussian general Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, who helped the United Kingdom defeat Napoleon at Waterloo.

Other early locomotive designs

• Salamanca by John Blenkinsop
• Puffing Billy by William Hedley
• Sans Pareil by Timothy Hackworth

References

• Herefordshire, The History of the Railway in Britain. Retrieved January 25 2006.
• Monmouthshire Railway Society (Summer 1985), The Broad Gauge Story. Retrieved January 25 2006.
• The Old Times - History of the Locomotive. Retrieved January 25 2006.

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