Train sculpture by Underhill Street in Bridgnorth, Shropshire

Image: © Roger Kidd Taken: 23 Nov 2018

This public art is presented in the pleasant garden area by Underhill Street near the caves and tunnels of Lavington's Hole. There twelve of these train sculptures placed around the town, each decorated by a different local artist. This one is called "Tracks in Time" and was painted by Kathryn O'Connor. The sculptures are cast in aluminium and celebrate the famous Catch Me Who Can engine from 1808. From Wikipedia: "Catch Me Who Can was the fourth and last steam railway locomotive created by the inventor and mining engineer Richard Trevithick. It was an evolution of three earlier locomotives which had been built for Coalbrookdale, Penydarren ironworks and Wylam colliery. Demonstration runs began in July 1808, and Catch Me Who Can was the first locomotive in the world to haul fare-paying passengers." https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/bridgnorth-entertainment/2018/03/19/the-sculpture-now-arriving-at-bridgnorth---/ https://www.shropshirestar.com/entertainment/bridgnorth-entertainment/2018/06/15/full-steam-ahead-for-bridgnorth-sculpture-trail---with-pictures/ The Bridgnorth Sandstone is a soft, brick red, commonly buff-mottled, Permian sandstone not widely used for building in comparison to the Carboniferous and Triassic red sandstones of the Shropshire and neighbouring counties.

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