Talk:Rainhill Trials

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was one of the drivers to hold these trials not also that some saw George Stephenson as having a conflict of interest ? (ie he was both advising the Railway about the preferred means of haulage ( steam locomotive) and happened to be closely connected with a company making steam locomotives) (same tale on the Stockton and Darlington, of course, but/and Edward Pease (the S&D chairman) was also a director of Robert Stephenson & Co) Rjccumbria 14:46, 5 Jun 2005 (UTC)

George Stephenson was in the middle of nearly everything to do with the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. A number of other people from the L&MR were also involved with Robert Stephenson & Co. My feeling is through, however much we talk of improper relationships and even foul play over Sans Pareil's castings (I've yet to edit this into the Sans Pareil Page), history has shown Stephenson to be correct!

It also seem to be true to say that there were very few people in the world who could have got the L&MR to where it was in 1830/31 other than George and Robert Stephenson. AHEMSLTD 14:07, 20 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rainhill 150 Anniversary

Should the Rainhill 150 Anniversary Cavalcade (1980) also be mentioned here? - I see the Sans Pareil image was taken at that event... Andywebby 23:13, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

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