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RAINHILL TRIALS

During five days in October 1829 world history was made and travel would never be the same again. Organised by the directors of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, the Rainhill Trials shaped the destiny of the railways and proved, once and for all, the supremacy of steam power. Drawing on contemporary data and analysis of replica locomotives at the re-enacted Rainhill Trials, this book shows how the locomotive evolved between 1828 and 1830, and why Stephenson's Rocket was so successful

Print Book, English, 2018
AMBERLEY Publishing, [Place of publication not identified], 2018