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 National Railway Museum, YorkReplica of Stephenson's Rocket. Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement. It was built for, and won, the Rainhill Trials held by the Liverpool & Manchester Railway in 1829 to choose the best design to power the railway. It was designed by Robert Stephenson in 1829, and built at the Forth Street Works of his company in Newcastle upon Tyne. Though the Rocket was not the first steam locomotive, it was the first to bring together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day. The original was preserved and is now on display in the Science Museum in London. This replica was built at the works of Robert Stephenson & Company Ltd, Darlington, in 1934.
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