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    Re: Railway Line Question.

    Quote Originally Posted by BLUETIT View Post
    I was born in number 40, we used to walk the line to Splott Park, outside our back garden was the main line to London, it used to frighten the Bejesus out of any friends who were out there with me, when a Steam Locomotive went past.
    It wasn't Stevenson's Rocket by any chance

    On a similar note, did you know....

    In 1804 the first steam locomotive railway using a locomotive called the Penydarren was built by Richard Trevithick.
    It was used to haul iron from Merthyr Tydfil to Abercynon.

    Something I feel I should have known but didn't.

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    Re: Railway Line Question.

    Quote Originally Posted by MacAdder View Post
    It wasn't Stevenson's Rocket by any chance

    On a similar note, did you know....

    In 1804 the first steam locomotive railway using a locomotive called the Penydarren was built by Richard Trevithick.
    It was used to haul iron from Merthyr Tydfil to Abercynon.

    Something I feel I should have known but didn't.
    Who built the second steam locomotive named Penydarren?

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