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.

On June 17 and 18, the Fort Wayne Railroad Historical Society’s pride and joy, the 1940s-era steam locomotive No. 765, will serve as the Joliet Rocket taking 700 passengers on a high-speed ride ...

Stephenson's Rocket steam locomotive, the Pilot ACE early computer, the steam engine, the Model T Ford motor car, and the electric telegraph. The 10 are featured in a special section of the museum.

Rocket was designed by Robert Stephenson and ... It is the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive and was used to haul coal wagons from the mine at Wylam to Lemington staiths on the Tyne.

Nearby stands Rocket’s elder sibling ... meaning that Shildon must now boast the best collection of early steam locomotives in the world. “It is incredibly significant for us and the North ...

A MERSEYSIDE school has become home to a replica of the famous Stephenson’s Rocket steam locomotive – 180 years after it triumphed at the Rainhill Trials. The wicker structure, which was built ...