Apparently the driver had been using a mouthblown horn to try to prevent the accident to no avail. The suggestion came from a Midlands stationmaster, after a heavy collision with a horse and cart. With such a high profile death at his grand opening, one would think that improving signalling would be on Stephenson’s mind, but the suggestion of a audible signaling device came a quite a few years later. Unfortunately he wasn’t the fittest of gentlemen, and ended up clinging to a swinging door. At the last minute he panicked, and tried to enter the carriage of the stationary train. The man was sufficiently distracted that he saw the Rocket very late approaching on a second track. The party of dignitaries disembarked at one of the water stops along the way, and Huskisson took the moment to reconcile with the Duke, who he had fallen out with in Parliament a few years ago. And pretty high tech it was too with seven locomotives in a showcase for the whole service, led of course by George Stephenson. George Stephenson’s amazing Rocket locomotive brought together several innovations to produce the most advanced locomotive of its day and was built specifically for the purpose – the first passenger carrying railway in the world. Occre 54000 Stephenson Rocket Locomotive kit 1:24 Scale.
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