Edward Entwistle

Edward Entwistle, born 24 March 1815 in Tyldesley, Lancashire, was the first driver of a passenger train on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

[1] When the work was completed, George Stephenson requested an assistant and the 16-year-old Entwistle was on the footplate during the locomotive's first trials—eventually becoming its official driver when it began its twice daily service between Liverpool and Manchester.

Entwistle later became a marine engineer and emigrated to the United States.

[1] His death on 31 October 1909 in Des Moines, Iowa was reported in The Washington Post.

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