The wood-burning steam locomotive, called the Rocket, was built in 1838 and was the first of eight engines imported from England to be put into service on the Philadelphia & Reading Railway.

Concerns were also raised about George and Robert Stephenson's Rocket steam engine which staff said could attract protests because the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Robert's benefactor ...

ONE of the world’s most famous and historic steam locomotives arrived ... a superstar in its own day. “Rocket is arguably the most famous and important locomotive of them all,” said senior ...

Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, a competition held in October 1829 to find the best design of steam locomotive for the recently-formed Liverpool and Manchester Railway. It was built in Newcastle ...