{"product_id":"trevithicks-pen-y-darren-engine-stock-code-9416","title":"Trevithick's Pen-y-darren locomotive","description":"A display model of Trevithick's Pen-y-Darren locomotive of 1802, with flywheel geared to wheels it rotates as the engine is pushed along.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    An important early engine, the original was concocted from a stationary steam engine mounted on wheels. In 1804 it famously won a wager for its sponsor, pulling a ten ton load of iron from Merthyr Tydfil to Penydarren along the horse tramway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    It took just over four hours to complete the trip - the weight of the engine breaking the rails along the way - but the wager was won, it proved that a steam engine could do a useful job of work pulling a train.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The model features prototypically correct flangeless wheels, around 3 1\/2 inch gauge to centre of the treads - you'll need to knock up a length of plateway to run it along!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e    The National Waterfront Museum of Wales built a super full-sized working replica in 1981 which is run occasionally - \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=SzYGgXibE6w\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eit's well worth watching their video to see 200 year old technology in motion!\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Station Road Steam","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54009637699925,"sku":"9416","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/stationroadsteam.com\/products\/trevithicks-pen-y-darren-engine-stock-code-9416","provider":"Station Road Steam","version":"1.0","type":"link"}