Trevithick 200 2-2-0 No. 'Catch Me Who Can'
Bridgnorth, Shropshire, UK 		Location: Severn Valley Railway
Status: Replica
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Photo Copyright © Robin R Beck
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Posted: Feb 24, 2026 @ 20:02:46 by Russell Newman
The 2008 built working replica of Trevithick’s "Catch Me Who Can", has now left the Severn Valley Railway and has relocated to the East Lancashire Railway at Bury in Lancashire and is now on display in the Bury Transport Museum there.
Posted: Sep 14, 2025 @ 13:09:21 by Russell Newman
For the first time, the 2008 built working replica of Trevithick’s "Catch Me Who Can", has been visiting the East Lancashire Railway for their Railway 200 Gala where it has been on display inside the Bury Transport Museum there during the event.
Posted: Sep 11, 2018 @ 16:09:56 by Robin R Beck
The original CATCH ME WHO CAN was the 4th railway steam loco built for Richard Trevithick, being built by J. U. Rastrick & J. Hazledine in their foundry at Bridgnorth. Trevithick used it as fairground type ride in London. It hauled a carriage for passengers around a circular railway track in Euston Square. People paid to travel behind the loco. It started operating on 8th July 1808 making it the worlds first fare paying steam locomotive. Said to have managed a speed of 12 miles per hour on the circular track. Later on, due to the brittle cast iron track and soft ground, the weight of the loco and carriage broke the track and derailed. Quickly rectified, but by then the novelty had worn off so Trevithick never made money from the venture. This was the last railway loco he designed.

This replica is being built in Bridgnorth, the same town as where the original was built.