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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 (L&MR), held in October 1829 to show that improved locomotives would be more efficient than stationary steam engines .
Stephenson's Rocket, the first 0-2-2 locomotive.This is the condition after rebuilding, with the cylinders lowered from their original position. An 0-2-2, in the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement, is one that has two coupled driving wheels followed by two trailing wheels, with no leading wheels.
British LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 Locomotive no. 44767 showing experimental Stephenson valve gear unusually mounted outside the frames A simple Stephenson gear in partial cutoff. The Stephenson valve gear or Stephenson link or shifting link [1] is a simple design of valve gear that was widely used throughout the world for various kinds of steam ...
Stephenson's Rocket 0-2-2 steam locomotive with tender [104] 1829 15 kW (20 bhp) 4,320 kg (9,520 lb) 3.5 W/kg / 0.002 hp/lb Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Zephyr streamliner diesel locomotive with railcars [105] 1934 492 kW (660 bhp) 94 t / 208,000 lb 5.21 W/kg / 0.003 hp/lb Pennsylvania Railroad Q2 class 4-4-6-4 steam locomotive with tender: 1944
Diagram and lot no. Built Location Object Number Image Grand Junction Railway: 282693 1838 Travelling Post Office replica Wolverton (LMS) 1938 Shildon [190] [191] 1975-7043/1 West Coast Joint Stock (LNWR) 186 TPO: Wolverton: Dia No. 87 1883 York [192] 1975–7042 GNR: 948 Six-wheel full brake Doncaster: 1887 York [193] 1975–7044 ECJS: 82 ...
Outside cylinders, on Stephenson's Rocket; In the 19th and early 20th centuries, inside cylinders were widely used in the United Kingdom, but outside cylinders were more common in Continental Europe and the United States due to their larger loading gauge. From about 1920, outside cylinders became more common in the UK but many inside-cylinder ...
Drawing of Blücher by Clement E. Stretton. Blücher (often spelled Blutcher) was built by George Stephenson in 1814; the first of a series of locomotives that he designed in the period 1814–16 which established his reputation as an engine designer and laid the foundations for his subsequent pivotal role in the development of the railways.
Diagram of a locomotive blast pipe. The Blast Pipe (a) directs exhaust steam into the smokebox (b). The steam entrains the smoke from the firebox (c), creating more draft which helps speed the smoke out the chimney (d).