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Impulsoria
🇬🇧 United Kingdom ·built by Unknown builder· from 1850· horse-powered locomotive of 1850s Britain
1 photo from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. Impuls2: various· Public domain
what is it?
The Impulsoria was a locomotive constructed in 1850 that was powered via a gearbox by one-two to four horses on a treadmill following a design by Clemente Masserano. It undertook trials in London in 1850 and was exhibited at The Great Exhibition in 1851.
who runs it
base stats
Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.
fun facts
- First built 176 years ago, in 1850.
diesel locomotive: A diesel engine on board drives the wheels, usually through a generator (diesel-electric).
spec sheet
- built
- 1850
- number built
- —
- kind
- Horse
- traction
- unpowered
- origin
- 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
- builders
- Unknown builder
- designer
- Clemente Masserano
- operators
- London and South Western Railway
- top speed
- 32 km/h
- power
- 3 kW
- wheel arrangement
- 2-2-0
From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q6008015, Wikipedia: Impulsoria (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.