Toll-gate sign.
Don't walk by.
Sign of the times.
"Over the hills & far away".
Livingston Thompson.
KF 4-8-4 Locomotive.
Euro commemorative coin.
King Arthur (1 of 2).
King Arthur (2 of 2).
Rowan Tree.
Tyne bridge, Newcastle.
"Coppernob", built in 1846.
KF 4-8-4 Locomotive (2 of 2).
UK Euro "Pattern" coin (1 of 2).
UK "Pattern" coin (2 of 2).
Summer flowers.
England expects.
York river boat.HFF
Pendle view.
Union of England & Scotland coin (1 of 2).
Union of England & Scotland coin (2 of 2).
Witches galore. HFF
Buy one, get one free?
York University gardens.
Sunset over Pendle Hill.
Freyja.
Camping in Cumbria.
Vertical elements.
Morrigan (View on black).
Independence of The Bahamas.
Euro commemorative coin (2).
Kids-in-a-box.
York Minster's twin towers.
Middle Britain (HFF).
Isle of Man Silver Angel coin.
Busy Bee.
Posing for the camera.
Ducks by the canal.
Shipwreck silver.
Niue Island crystal coin.
"Freedom Girl". (2 of 2)
Sic Semper Tyrannis.
My four-legged friend.
Orchidaceae.
"Bearded Lady".
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"Rocket" (replica).


Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement, built in 1829 at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in Newcastle Upon Tyne. 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. 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.
It is the most famous example of an evolving design of locomotives by Stephenson and became the template for most steam engines in the following 150 years. The locomotive was preserved and is now on display in the Science Museum in London.
The earliest full-size replica of Rocket seems to have been the one depicted on a London & North Western Railway postcard (therefore pre-1923). A cut-away static replica was built in 1935 and displayed for many years next to the original at London's Science Museum and, in 1979, a further working replica Rocket was built by Locomotion Enterprises for the 150th anniversary celebrations. It has a shorter chimney than the original to the clear the bridge at Rainhill (the trackbed is deeper than in the 19th century, giving less headroom). Both of these replicas are now based at the National Railway Museum, York.
(Wikipedia).
Camera Nikon D90. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.
It is the most famous example of an evolving design of locomotives by Stephenson and became the template for most steam engines in the following 150 years. The locomotive was preserved and is now on display in the Science Museum in London.
The earliest full-size replica of Rocket seems to have been the one depicted on a London & North Western Railway postcard (therefore pre-1923). A cut-away static replica was built in 1935 and displayed for many years next to the original at London's Science Museum and, in 1979, a further working replica Rocket was built by Locomotion Enterprises for the 150th anniversary celebrations. It has a shorter chimney than the original to the clear the bridge at Rainhill (the trackbed is deeper than in the 19th century, giving less headroom). Both of these replicas are now based at the National Railway Museum, York.
(Wikipedia).
Camera Nikon D90. Processed with Nikon Capture NX2.
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