BBC story about Richard Trevithick's Penydarren Locomotive

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Link to BBC story about Richard Trevithick's first locomotive.

Thought it might be of interest.

 

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Poor old Trevithick, now spinning in his grave at being compared to a couple of computerised nazis.

 

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Interesting to note that this video is by Dan Snow.

This was the chap who managed to completely ignore Richard Trevithick in the BBC TV Locomotion series.

Is this Dan finally putting right his omission from over a decade ago?

I never watched the complete series as I was taken aback by omitting such an important character in railway development.

Not long after Locomotion appeared I was on a cruise which included a call a Gijon in Spain.

Whilst there I went to the excellent railway museum and one of the first displays was Trevithick including and illuminated panel of Cuneo's famous Penydarren painting.

I thought if a museum in Spain recognised the importance of Trevithick - what happened to Dan Snow?!

Undermined my confidence in him as a TV history presenter and I started wondering what has been omitted from Dan's other shows?