Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 30, 1979
- Original language
- English
- Production
- BBC
- Cast
- Anthony Burton
- Writer
- Anthony Burton
- Producer
- Martin L. Bell
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
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