When the first steam carriages appeared on the roads the owners of stage coaches reacted violently. The steam road carriage was forced to pay a heavy toll and had to be preceded by a man carrying a red flag.
But the steam railway locomotive caught the public imagination in 1829 when Stephenson's 'Rocket' won a competition with three other steam locomotives. The Railway Age had begun.
Introduced by Arthur Garratt.
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