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In 1829, the whole future of the steam locomotive was in the balance. The Liverpool and Manchester Railway was almost completed and still no decision had been taken on how traffic was to be moved. It was all to be decided at a trial at Rainhill. This book describes the story of that historic event which was to assure the future of the railways and the steam locomotive. The 150th anniversary of Rainhill has been marked in a unique manner by the reconstruction of working replicas of the three main competing engines - the magnificent winner Rocket build by the famous team of George and Robert Stephenson; Sans Pareil constructed by Timothy Hackworth and the revolutionary Novelty from the hands of Ericsson and Braithwaite. The Rainhill Story shows how the replicas have given a new understanding of the genius of the men who built the originals.
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- PublisherBBC Books
- Publication date1980
- ISBN 10 0563178418
- ISBN 13 9780563178415
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number1
- Number of pages164
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