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George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, is an enduring silhouette in railway history. Rocket was built to take part in The Rainhill Trials, a competition to find a locomotive design to pull trains on the world's first passenger line, the Liverpool and Manchester. The trials caught the public's imagination and its victor, Rocket, became a sensation.

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Introduction /The Stephensons and Steam Railways /Before Rainhill /The Design of Rocket /The Rainhill Trials /Rocket in Service and After /The Legacy of Rocket /Further Reading /Places to Visit /Index

Stephensons Rocket and the Rainhill Trials No 605

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      Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
      Published 9 October 2010
      ISBN-13 9780747808039
      978-0747808039
      ISBN-10 0747808031
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      Trains and railways: general interest

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket, is an enduring silhouette in railway history. Rocket was built to take part in The Rainhill Trials, a competition to find a locomotive design to pull trains on the world's first passenger line, the Liverpool and Manchester. The trials caught the public's imagination and its victor, Rocket, became a sensation.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction /The Stephensons and Steam Railways /Before Rainhill /The Design of Rocket /The Rainhill Trials /Rocket in Service and After /The Legacy of Rocket /Further Reading /Places to Visit /Index

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