Rainhill trials re-enactment

Title

Rainhill trials re-enactment

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

25 May 1980

Year of production

1980

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Duration

00:03:30

Description

Report on the re-enactment of the Rainhill trials in Lancashire, a competition held in Oct 1829 by the Manchester and Liverpool Railway to discover the most appropriate locomotive to use on their tracks. Includes interview with author and railway historian Frank Ferneyhough. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Frank Ferneyhough

Keywords

Anniversary celebrations; British Rail; Railways; Lancashire; Rainhill; History; Trains; Contests; Victorian period; Anniversaries; Steam engines; Locomotives

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