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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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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)
The beautiful lavender colored flowers of Dame's Rocket, growing along the Delaware River in Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area in Pennsylvania. This beautiful area is administered by the National Park Service. Taken on May 16, 2021.
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Another view of one of the F-86s (Okay okay, the Australian CA-27 variant, so you purists will stop yelling at me!) in that location I was asked not to divulge by the owner (that I also respectfully ask you to not divulge) from the "Boneyard" book, but never shown online. Shot a few minutes after yesterday's post, facing the other way, just after midnight in March 2011. Stormy, cold, and camera-killingly windy. 3:13 of broken full moon, with red and white LED flashlight. Someone should put some wheels on it and see how fast it'll do a lap at Daytona.
Reprocessed and replaced, May 2025.
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)
Bumpy Rocket Frog (Litoria inermis) from Mataranka in the Top End of the Northern Territory. Taken with a vintage Yashica 55/2.8 1:2 ML Macro lens for Contax/Yashica from the late 1970's. Shot wide open @2.8 with a 20mm extension tube incorporated for a little added magnification on a Canon 5D Mark III body.
Monstrously huge cubic capacity road rocket...very butch!
Over 300kg when fuelled up...let’s just say you better not drop it!
These Male Common Merganser's are shaped like rockets and just as fast. Peace Valley Park, New Britain Pa.