Rainhill

Coming second at Rainhill by a smidgen was “Novelty,” a loco built by Swede John Ericsson.

American Connections James Burke 2007

Coming second at Rainhill by a smidgen was “Novelty,” a loco built by Swede John Ericsson.

American Connections James Burke 2007

The Rocket, built in Britain by George Stephenson, had undergone its first successful trial at Rainhill in 1829, only two years earlier.

Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000

The Rocket, built in Britain by George Stephenson, had undergone its first successful trial at Rainhill in 1829, only two years earlier.

Nothing Like It in the World The Men Who Built the Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869 STEPHEN E. AMBROSE 2000

Rainhill celebrity, as that it ever ran in regular service on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Various

A glance will show that an astonishing transformation had taken place in the eleven months which had elapsed between the Rainhill trials and the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester

Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Various

The "Rocket," although successful in the Rainhill contest, when put to work had shown many defects that Stephenson & Co. were striving to correct in subsequent locomotives.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 832, December 12, 1891 Various

Mr. Phipps is quite silent about the history of the engine during the eleven months between the Rainhill trials and the opening of the railway.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Various

It is assumed that from Rainhill the engine went back to Messrs. Stephenson's works; but there is nothing on the subject in print, so far as we are aware.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Various

Little more than half a century has elapsed since it startled the world by its performance at Rainhill, and yet it is not too much to say that the truth -- the whole truth, that is to say -- can never now be written.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 Various