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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, after a speedy march, arrived in time to the battle of Waterloo and helped defeat Napoleon. Stephenson wasn't satisfied with the Blücher’s performance, but the lessons learned from its design allowed him to develop the steam blast, which allowed exhaust steam to go up the chimney, pulling air behind it and increasing draught. This greatly improved performance on subsequent models. Blücher didn't survive: Stephenson recycled its parts as he developed more advanced models.

Other early locomotive designs

The Salamanca by Matthew Murray

Puffing Billy by William Hedley

Sans Pareil by Timothy Hackworth

Locomotion No 1 by Robert StephensonFurther Information

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