Stephenson's Rocket

    Stephenson's Rocket "Stephenson's Rocket" is an early 0-2-2 steam locomotive built in Newcastle at the Forth Street Works of Robert Stephenson and Company in 1829. "Rocket" is perhaps the most famous engine in the world, launching the steam age at the Liverpool and Manchester Railway's Rainhill trials of 1829. The real "Rocket", now rebuilt, lives at the Science Museum in London while a replica lives at the National Railway Museum in York.

During 2007, the replica was withdrawn because his ten-yearly boiler certificate had expired. In additio this, the Museum plans to fit a new boiler with a riveted copper firebox and more accurate frames. The NRM managed to raise funds for "Rocket's" next overhaul, and now he is currently under refurbishment at the Flour Mill Boiler Works in the Forest of Dean.

Livery
"Rocket" is painted ochre-yellow with a tall white funnel.

Appearance
"Rocket" made a cameo in "Thomas and the Great Railway Show".