Blücher
Built: 1814
Blücher was the first locomotive designed by George Stephenson, who built it for Killingworth Colliery. It was the first successful locomotive incorporating flanged wheels keeping the locomotive on the track, and - after a redesign - cylinder rods directly connected to the wheels. Blücher could 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.