[locomotive] Puffing Billy is an early railway steam locomotive, constructed in 1813-1814 by engineer William Hedley, enginewright Jonathan Forster and blacksmith Timothy Hackworth for Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery near Newcastle upon Tyne, in the United Kingdom. It is the world`s oldest surviving steam locomotive. It wa... Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puffing_Billy_(locomotive)