Railway Museum, Rainhill
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Railway Museum, Rainhill
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 5 Mar 2013
Rainhill has an important place in railway history, as the location of the Rainhill Trials (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainhill_Trials ) where the proposed designs of locomotives for were tested in competition prior to the opening of the World’s first passenger railway, between Liverpool and Manchester. This replica railway carriage, in the colours of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, houses a small exhibition containing many items of railway history that commemorate the Rainhill Trials of 1829 and the 150th Anniversary Celebrations held in 1979/80. The Museum is open to the public; it is accessed through the library.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.414795
Longitude
-2.764553