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- 1. Dublin and Kingstown Railway locomotive Vauxhall (built George Forrester and co. 1834): Unknown author Unknown author· Public domain
what is it?
Swiftsure was the first of eight or more similar locomotives with a single pair of driving wheels built by George Forrester and Company (Forresters) from 1834. The tank variant was the first passenger tank engine to enter service in the world. They have been claimed to be the first locomotives to use outside horizontal cylinders and also the first to use 4 eccentric cranks.
fun facts
- First built 192 years ago, in 1834.
steam locomotive: Burns coal, wood or oil to boil water; the steam drives pistons that turn the wheels.
spec sheet
- built
- 1834
- in service from
- 1834
- number built
- —
- kind
- Steam
- traction
- steam
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- George Forrester and Company
- top speed
- —
- power
- —
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-0
- nicknames
- Boxers
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q96378197, Wikipedia: Forrester single (locomotive) (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.