This programme looks at the Rainhill Locomotive Trials in Rainhill, Lancashire (now Merseyside) in 1829, a competition to find the best passenger steam locomotive in Britain.On the 150th anniversary of the trials, replicas of its famous winner - Stephenson's 'Rocket' - and two of its competitors are rebuilt by modern day designers, and the trials are reconstructed in Hyde Park.
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BBC Documentaries - 1979x07 The Rainhill Story: Stephenson's Rocket
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- Aired Nov 30, 1979
- Episode 1979x07
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