Novelty (locomotive)
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Novelty was an early steam locomotive built by John Ericsson and John Braithwaite to take part in the Rainhill Trials in 1829.
Contemporary drawing of Novelty
Replica of the Novelty in the Transport Museum in Nuremberg during the exhibition "Adler, Rocket and Co."
Section through the boiler, firebox to the right
Cylinder on replica of Novelty
Stephenson's Rocket
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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, held in October 1829 to show that imp
A contemporary drawing of Rocket
A replica Rocket and coach at the Rocket 150 event
Rocket as preserved in the Science Museum, London.
A closer view