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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, in October 1829 .................
Found this little bug on my last Biking Tour - the perspective almost looked to me like he is on his way on an rocket ramp to get ready for a lift off :)
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This is taken on the veranda of the Rocket Cafe Cromer. Scared of heights, forty foot drop but no camera shake ! Note robust fence! It was a beautiful bright day after two days of driving rain.
I grew up with cats. Even when I was a baby they were always around and I observed early on how different their personalities were. And that is why, when I found out that much of the food I was eating was animals, I realized I had to stop that. Going vegetarian at 13 always made sense to me, though I am not sure why I didn't start even sooner. Why would I eat a cow, a chicken, or a pig if I wouldn't eat a cat or a dog?
Rocket is very different from his brother, Ollie (who I posted a photo of last week) even though they share both nature/ genetics (they are brothers from the same litter) and nurture (adopted as kittens by my neighbors). Rocket is one of those cats that is an observer and needs additional time to warm up to you. Once he decides you are safe, he is loyal and affectionate but he lets Ollie be the charming life of the party right away.
Basically, Ollie is the cat who is instantly intoxicated and dancing on top of the countertops with a shrimp cocktail in his hand/paw while Janelle Monae blasts out of the speakers while Rocket prefers to listen to Tom Waits and think about life and his place in existence. You're going to dance with Ollie first and let him take you up to the rooftop to dip you below the moon but you're going to talk to Rocket at 3am about why is it we are all still here after Ollie has collapsed into an exhausted heap to dream about swimming with fishes and flying with seagulls (I think that's what cats dream about).
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Britney jumping down from the perch like a rocket :-)
Coffee, the dog, watches the scene in astonishment :0)
We just got to fly! The daily Huron and Eastern train from Bay City to Durand and return is of course the Rocket. As it enters downtown Saginaw, it crosses the namesake river on the former Grand Trunk swing bridge from 1914.
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Steam Locomotive and tender, Liverpool & Manchester Railway, replica, 0-2-2 "Rocket" 0-2-2, designed by Robert Stephenson, built 1979 to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Rainhill Trials.
Credit : National Railway Museum, Yorkshire, UK
The Real Deal...
Rocket was built to run on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, the world’s first inter-city passenger railway line. In 1829, Rocket won the Rainhill Trials, which was a competition to decide on the best mode of transport for the railway.
Rocket was the only locomotive to successfully complete the trials, averaging 12 mph and achieving a top speed of 30 mph.
Designed by Robert Stephenson, Rocket’s win proved once and for all that locomotives were better at pulling trains along the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, rather than stationary winding engines.
The technology applied to the design of Rocket was soon extended across the entire railway network, paving the way for the modern rail network and shaping the course of the history.
This is a once-in-a lifetime opportunity to see an iconic symbol return to the site of the world’s oldest surviving passenger railway, the terminus of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway which is now home to the museum.
(Science and Industry Museum, Manchester)
A replica of Stephenson’s famous Rocket running on an overcast day at Vintage Trains’ Tyseley works near Birmingham. Rocket was the most advanced steam locomotive of its day. It was built for the The Rainhill Trials in October 1829 to test George Stephenson's argument that locomotives would provide the best motive power for the then nearly-completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Five locomotives were entered, but Stephenson's Rocket was the only locomotive to complete the trials and was declared the winner.
at the Queens Zoo...
Peaking over the foliage outside the Hall of Science in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park are two towering metal structures you wouldn’t expect to find in Queens, rocketships. These space-age remnants are relics of the United States Space Park, an attraction created by NASA and the Department of Defense for the 1964 World’s Fair. These vessels aren’t even the first rockets to come to New York City. In 1957, a Redstone rocket was put on display in the main concourse of Grand Central Terminal. While the Redstone rocket was only a temporary fixture, you can still see the World’s Fair’s rockets today in Rocket Park, a playground area outside the Hall of Science.
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The early May air is comfortably warm in downtown Baraboo, as the Reedsburg bound freight (L463), rolls by the former Chicago and Northwestern depot with a pair of good looking WSOR SD's.
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