File:Stephenson's Rocket -- colour side elevation drawing (NRM UK SSPL 10301005).tif
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English: A colour side elevation drawing of Robert Stephenson's locomotive, Rocket, which won the 1829 "Rainhill trials" against four competitors on 10 return trips along 1.5 miles (2.4 km) of track, simulating the 30-mile (48 km) run between Liverpool and Manchester. Rocket was the only locomotive to complete the trials. The directors of the nearly completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway accepted that locomotives should operate services on their new line, and George and Robert Stephenson were given the contract to produce locomotives for the railway. The key conditions at the trials were strength, power and reliability, rather than speed alone. Efficiency was also important, as coal cost money, and having to frequently stop for water would negate any speed advantage over trains hauled by horses.
(Text from the National Railway Museum UK. Image: SSPL 10301005.) |
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| Source | National Railway Museum, York -- https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/stephensons-rocket-rainhill-and-rise-locomotive |
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