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Just £10k will see world’s first passenger steam locomotive replica in operation

A £10,000 APPEAL to return the replica of the world’s first steam locomotive to haul passenger trains has been launched to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the birth of its designer.

In the summer of 1808, Cornish mining engineer and inventor Richard Trevithick demonstrated his on a circular track in London, and charged a shilling for a ride. It had been built for Trevithick by John Rastrick at Hazledine’s foundry

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