Quote from: Southerngooner on September 02, 2025, 05:59:04 PMCould it be the oldest "original" preserved loco? It may be younger than "Rocket" but as I understand it the version in the NRM is a bit of a Trigger's Broom having been mucked about with over the years.

The Rocket at the NRM in York is the 1979 built replica... (150th anniversary)
The (remains of the) original are in the Science Museum in London.

Regardless... Rocket is only the third oldest surviving loco in the UK!
The oldest in the world is acknowledged (by everyone outside of France!) as being another Science Museum resident - "Puffing Billy" built 19 1814 by Timothy Hackworth, for Wylam Colliery.
Second place being claimed by Billy's cousin "Wylam Dilly", now at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh...

@PLD

I think you've got Puffing Billy's build  date a bit out....like 100 years?

Martyn

Quote from: martyn on September 02, 2025, 08:28:30 PM@PLD

I think you've got Puffing Billy's build  date a bit out....like 100 years?

Martyn

what's the odd century matter here or there...