£45
Railwayana - a vintage brass Railway interest model of Stephenson's Rocket. The model well detailed, and mounted on a wooden plinth base with engraved plaque to front. Measures approx; 33cm long.
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. Rocket was designed by Robert Stephenson in 1829, and built at the Forth Street Works of his company in Newcastle upon Tyne.
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