![The Rainhill Story: Stephenson's Rocket](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/9jqrcPKdj7JtCBsyB39sUbrbWri.jpg)
Plot
First transmitted in 1979, this programme looks at the Rainhill Locomotive Trials in Rainhill, Lancashire (now Merseyside) in 1829, a competition to find the best passenger steam locomotive in Britain.On the 150th anniversary of the trials, replicas of its famous winner - Stephenson's 'Rocket' - and two of its competitors are rebuilt by modern day designers, and the trials are reconstructed in Hyde Park.
Writer | N/A |
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Director | |
Actor | Anthony Burton |
Country | United Kingdom |
Production | BBC |