The Rocket was designed and built by George Stephenson with the help of his son, Robert, and Henry Booth, for the 1829 Rainhill Trials. The Trials were held by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway ...

Stephenson's Rocket ran on the world's first inter-city passenger railway in 1830 The world-famous Stephenson's Rocket is to go on show at the National Railway Museum for at least 10 years.

The pioneer George Stephenson, and the magic of the Rainhill Trials, are central to Susan Brownrigg’s joyous children’s book, ...

With steam engines on wheels, we could travel faster than ever before. Woman 1: This is Stephenson's Rocket. In 1829 it won the Rainhill Trials… a competition to decide on the best mode of ...

HALO Space wants to take people to the very edge of the atmosphere without the economic, social and environmental cost of building a big rocket. Space tourists have been few and far between ... shown ...

A Tyldesley lad who claimed to have driven the world-famous steam locomotive, Rocket, takes centre stage in a new children’s ...

The world-renowned locomotive Rocket has arrived at a County Durham museum. The engine designed by George and Robert Stephenson in Newcastle in 1829 will go on display at Locomotion museum in ...