three, the Locomotive Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 70), the Locomotives Act 1865 (28 & 29 Vict. c. 83) and Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act 1878 (41...
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The Locomotives on Highways Act 1896 (59 & 60 Vict. c. 36) removed the strict rules and UK speed limits that were included in the earlier Locomotive Acts...
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A locomotive is a rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. If a locomotive is capable of carrying a payload, it is usually rather...
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Boiler Inspection Act was expanded and retitled to the Locomotive Inspection Act. Rebecca Diel, "Derailed: The Locomotive Inspection Act and the Need to...
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A steam locomotive is a locomotive that provides the force to move itself and other vehicles by means of the expansion of steam.: 80 It is fuelled by...
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A diesel locomotive is a type of railway locomotive in which the power source is a diesel engine. Several types of diesel locomotives have been developed...
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Traction engine (redirect from Road locomotives)
roads. The tolls were eventually limited by the Locomotive Act 1861. Four years later, the Locomotives Act 1865 was passed limiting engines to 4 mph and...
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the 19th century affecting drivers of early automobiles "Red Flag Act", a Locomotive Act, the 19th-century British road law Red Flags Rule, to help prevent...
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An electric locomotive is a locomotive powered by electricity from overhead lines, a third rail or on-board energy storage such as a battery or a supercapacitor...
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roads of Great Britain for 30 years, the Locomotive Act 1861 imposing restrictive speed limits on "road locomotives" of 5 mph (8.0 km/h) in towns and cities...
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(powered passenger vehicles were then termed "light locomotives"). The Locomotives Act 1865 (the 'Red Flag Act') reduced the speed limit to 4 mph (6.4 km/h)...
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roads of Great Britain for 30 years, the Locomotive Act 1861 imposing restrictive speed limits on "road locomotives" of 5 mph (8.0 km/h) in towns and cities...
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London and Birmingham Railway (redirect from London and Birmingham Railway Act 1846)
so, but because the Company are restricted, by their Act of Parliament, from running locomotive engines nearer London than Camden Town." The railway opened...
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Chittaranjan Locomotive Works (CLW) is an electric locomotive manufacturer based in India. The works are located at Chittaranjan in the Asansol Sadar subdivision...
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the Locomotives Act 1865, also known as Red Flag Act, stated: Firstly, at least three persons shall be employed to drive or conduct such locomotive, and...
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race automobiles on the island's public roads. The Highways (Light Locomotive) Act 1904 gave permission in the Isle of Man for the 52.15-mile (83.93 km)...
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roads of Great Britain for 30 years, the Locomotive Act 1861 imposing restrictive speed limits on "road locomotives" of 5 mph (8.0 km/h) in towns and cities...
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of using a locomotive without a licence. The Locomotives on Highways Act 1896 lifted some of the restrictions introduced by the 1865 Act, notably raising...
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Lynton and Barnstaple Railway (redirect from Exe (locomotive))
railway failed to attract much interest. Most rolling stock, and every locomotive except for Lew, was scrapped at Pilton. Some coaches were sectioned for...
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London. There were experiments with steam buses in the 1830s, but the Locomotive Act 1861 virtually eliminated mechanically propelled road transport from...
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32722°W / 39.85917; -75.32722 Baldwin Locomotive Works (BLW) was an American manufacturer of railway locomotives from 1825 to 1951. Originally located...
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locomotive is a type of compound articulated steam locomotive, invented by the Swiss engineer Anatole Mallet (1837–1919). The front of the locomotive...
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Crocodile (German Krokodil) electric locomotives are so called because they have long "noses" at each end, reminiscent of the snout of a crocodile (see...
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London and North Western Railway (redirect from London and North-western Railway (Denbigh, Ruthin, and Corwen Railway Vesting) Act 1879)
but these were consolidated and in 1862, locomotive construction and maintenance was done at the Crewe Locomotive Works, carriage building was done at Wolverton...
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Kilmarnock and Troon Railway (redirect from The Duke (locomotive))
to obtain an authorising act of Parliament; it would soon also become the first railway in Scotland to use a steam locomotive; the first to carry passengers;...
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speed limit in towns), was lifted by the Locomotives on Highways Act 1896. Under this regulation, light locomotives (those vehicles under 3 tons unladen weight)...
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Stockton and Darlington Railway (redirect from Wear Valley Railway Act 1845)
England from 1825 to 1863. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, its first line connected collieries near Shildon with Darlington and...
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cylinder is the power-producing element of the steam engine powering a steam locomotive. The cylinder is made pressure-tight with end covers and a piston; a valve...
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London and South Western Railway (redirect from London and South Western Railway (Exeter Extension) Act 1856)
Woods (as Locomotive Superintendent) 1841–1850: John Viret Gooch (as Locomotive Superintendent) 1850–1871: Joseph Hamilton Beattie (as Locomotive Superintendent)...
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and 4 mph (6 km/h) in rural areas by the 1865 "Red Flag Act". The Locomotives on Highways Act 1896, which raised the speed limit to 14 mph (23 km/h) is...
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