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Rainhill, 1829: The Race to Power the Railway
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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