Stephenson's rocket

A monorail that would lose a race with Stephenson's Rocket.

The mineral lines above the plane were operated after 1840 by Stephenson's Rocket.

The house also features exhibits about Stephenson's Rocket, an early steam locomotive.

Come and see a replica of Stephenson's Rocket.

A second example is Stephenson's Rocket where a replica was built in 1979, following the original design fairly closely, but with some adaptations.

What made Stephenson's Rocket so special?

For example, Stephenson's Rocket was an 0-2-2 four-wheeled locomotive.

Stephenson's Rocket eventually won the trials, maintaining an average speed of 13.8 mph for a modest consumption of coal and water.

However, the most famous 0-2-2 was Stephenson's Rocket, which was the only locomotive to complete the trials successfully.

Stephen is based on Stephenson's Rocket.

This time, Stephenson's Rocket was depicted.

With advances in design such as those incorporated into Stephenson's Rocket, Locomotion became obsolete very quickly.

Locomotion No. 1 is the name of an early steam railway locomotive, even older than Stephenson's Rocket.

In 1829 Stephenson's Rocket won the Rainhill Trials.

Lion is one of the earliest British locomotives, only nine years younger than Stephenson's Rocket, and really under steam in the film.

Stephenson's Rocket, which won the famous Rainhill trials in 1829, was the first steam locomotive designed to pull passenger traffic quickly.

In 1996 a Replica of Stephenson's Rocket visited the line for a short while offering trips along the river from Kingswear.

Keaton set the film in the 1830s so he could indulge his passion for trains by creating a working model of Stephenson's Rocket, an early locomotive.

Tannoy (Kendall): The next train to arrive at platform two will be Stephenson's Rocket.

As is well known, Stephenson's Rocket was the outright winner as the only locomotive that stayed the course whilst fully complying with the rules.

The next stage (e.g. Stephenson's Rocket) was to drive the wheels directly from steeply inclined cylinders placed at the back of the locomotive.

October 8 - Rail transport: Stephenson's Rocket wins the Rainhill Trials.

Old George immediately communicated the scheme to his son Robert and this was the boiler used on Stephenson's Rocket, outright winner of the trial.

The earliest locomotives, such as Stephenson's Rocket, had no cab; the locomotive controls and a footplate for the crew were simply left open to the elements.

Also in 1979 the museum commissioned a working replica of Stephenson's Rocket for the following year's Liverpool and Manchester Railway 150th anniversary.