Rainhill, 1829: The Race to Power the Railway Community · History Follow the locomotive trials that helped settle how the Liverpool and Manchester Railway would operate. Compare Rocket and its competitors, the contest rules, engineering trade-offs, and the transition from experiment to passenger railway.
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Related to John Ericsson 80% John Ericsson: people, places, and context for the episode.
John Ericsson was a Swedish-American engineer and inventor. He was active in England and the United States.
Related to Timothy Hackworth 80% Timothy Hackworth: people, places, and context for the episode.
Timothy Hackworth was an English steam locomotive engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and was the first locomotive superintendent of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
Related to Henry Booth 80% Henry Booth: people, places, and context for the episode.
Henry Booth was a British corn merchant, businessman and engineer, known especially for pioneering the construction and management of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway (L&M), the world's first steam locomotive rail transportation of both passengers and freight.
Related to Liverpool and Manchester Railway 80% Liverpool and Manchester Railway: people, places, and context for the episode.
The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the first inter-city railway in the world. It opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England.
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Robert Stephenson, DCL was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", he built on the achievements of his father.
Related to George Stephenson 80% George Stephenson: people, places, and context for the episode.
George Stephenson was an English civil engineer and mechanical engineer. Renowned as the "Father of Railways", Stephenson was considered by the Victorians as a great example of diligent application and thirst for improvement. 435 m) standard gauge used by most of the world's railways.
Related to Sans Pareil 80% Sans Pareil: people, places, and context for the episode.
Sans Pareil is a steam locomotive built by Timothy Hackworth, which took part in the 1829 Rainhill Trials on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway held to select a builder of locomotives. The name is French and means 'peerless' or 'without equal'.
Related to Novelty (locomotive) 80% Novelty (locomotive): people, places, and context for the episode.
Novelty was an early steam locomotive built by John Ericsson and John Braithwaite to take part in the Rainhill Trials in 1829.
Related to Stephenson's Rocket 80% Stephenson's Rocket: people, places, and context for the episode.
Stephenson's Rocket is an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement. It was built for and won the Rainhill Trials of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR), held in October 1829 to show that improved locomotives would be more efficient than stationary steam engines.