Cycloped
Sign in to saveCycloped was an early horse-powered locomotive, built by Thomas Shaw Brandreth of Liverpool, which competed unsuccessfully in the Rainhill trials of October 1829.
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- Part of
- Rainhill Trials
- Participant in
- Rainhill Trials
- Image
- Angelholm-rainhill-model-06.JPG
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- Cycloped (Rainhill Trials)
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- 1
- track gauge
- standard-gauge railway
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- The Rainhill trials
- Dandy wagons
- Other horse locomotives
- References
Cycloped was an early horse-powered locomotive, built by Thomas Shaw Brandreth of Liverpool, which competed unsuccessfully in the Rainhill trials of October 1829.
==The Rainhill trials==
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