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Rail transport and Rainhill Trials

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Difference between Rail transport and Rainhill Trials

Rail transport vs. Rainhill Trials

Rail transport is a means of transferring of passengers and goods on wheeled vehicles running on rails, also known as tracks. The Rainhill Trials were an important competition in the early days of steam locomotive railways, run in October 1829 for the nearly completed Liverpool and Manchester Railway.

Similarities between Rail transport and Rainhill Trials

Rail transport and Rainhill Trials have 8 things in common (in Unionpedia): George Stephenson, Liverpool and Manchester Railway, Robert Stephenson, Robert Stephenson and Company, Steam locomotive, Stephenson's Rocket, Stockton and Darlington Railway, Wales.

George Stephenson

George Stephenson (9 June 1781 – 12 August 1848) was a British civil engineer and mechanical engineer.

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Liverpool and Manchester Railway

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was a railway opened on 15 September 1830 between the Lancashire towns of Liverpool and Manchester in England.

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Robert Stephenson

Robert Stephenson FRS (16 October 1803 – 12 October 1859) was an early railway and civil engineer.

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Robert Stephenson and Company

Robert Stephenson and Company was a locomotive manufacturing company founded in 1823.

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Steam locomotive

A steam locomotive is a type of railway locomotive that produces its pulling power through a steam engine.

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Stephenson's Rocket

Stephenson's Rocket was an early steam locomotive of 0-2-2 wheel arrangement.

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Stockton and Darlington Railway

The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863.

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Wales

Wales (Cymru) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain.

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Rail transport and Rainhill Trials Comparison

Rail transport has 395 relations, while Rainhill Trials has 38. As they have in common 8, the Jaccard index is 1.85% = 8 / (395 + 38).

References

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