Editing Rainhill trials (section)

=== ''Rocket'' 150 ===
{{Commons category|Rocket 150}}
In May 1980, the ''Rocket 150'' celebration was held to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway and the trials the year before.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.sthelenscommunityarchive.org.uk/item/1504/Rocket_150_Rainhill_event_poster| title = Event poster}}</ref>

A replica of ''Novelty'' was built for the event, which was also attended by replicas of ''Sans Pareil'' and ''Rocket'' (plus coach). On the first day of the Trials, the Rocket came off the rails as it was exiting the [[Bold, St Helens#Economy|Bold Colliery]] sidings and buckled the rim of one of its large drive wheels. That evening, senior staff from a [[St Helens, Merseyside|St Helens]] road transport company met a former colleague of the builder of the Rocket replica at a Liverpool hotel and agreed that, in the early hours of the following morning, they would urgently manufacture some steel parts (wedges) in their nearby workshops, to fix the bent drive wheel before the second day's parade commenced.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=July 1980 |editor-last=Slater |editor-first=J.N. |title=Repairs to "Rocket" replica |magazine=Railway Magazine |location=London |publisher=IPC Transport Press |volume=126 |issue=951 |page=349 |pages=}}</ref> At the same time, British Rail agreed to put a team of staff into the sidings at Bold to straighten the bent rails. Both activities were achieved on time and the Rocket ran successfully on the following two days of the Trials, though ''Sans Pareil'' was pushed by ''Lion'' and ''Novelty'' was on a wagon hauled by [[LMS Stanier Class 5 4-6-0 5000]]. As the line was then not electrified, the [[Advanced Passenger Train]] was also pushed, but by the latest diesel, [[British Rail Class 56#EWS|Class 56]], 077.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kingston |first=Patrick |date=July 1980 |title=An impression of "Rocket" 150 |magazine=Railway Magazine |volume=126 |pages=313–317}}</ref>

The 'Grand Cavalcade' on each of the three days featured up to 40 steam and diesel locomotives and other examples of modern traction,<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.edgehillstation.co.uk/resources/rocket-150-grand-cavalcade/| title = Rocket 150 event leaflet}}</ref> including:
* ''[[LMR 57 Lion|Lion]]'', at the time of ''Rocket'' 150 the oldest operable steam locomotive in existence<br>(The British-built US locomotive [[John Bull (locomotive)|''John Bull'']], seven years older, was steamed again in 1981)
* ''[[LNER Gresley Classes A1 and A3|LNER Class A3]] 4-6-2 No. 4472 [[Flying Scotsman (locomotive)|Flying Scotsman]]''
* [[LMS Jubilee Class|LMS 5XP Jubilee Class]] 4-6-0 No. 5690 ''[[LMS Jubilee Class 5690 Leander|Leander]]''
* ''[[LNER Class A4]] 4-6-2 No. 4498 [[LNER Class A4 4498 Sir Nigel Gresley|Sir Nigel Gresley]]'' 
* ''[[LNER Class V2]] 2-6-2 [[LNER Class V2 4771 Green Arrow|No. 4471 Green Arrow]]''
* [[GWR 2251 Class|GWR 2551 Collett Goods]] 0-No. 3205
* [[LMS Ivatt Class 4]] 2-6-0 No. 43106
* [[BR Standard Class 9F]] 2-10-0 [[BR Standard Class 9F 92220 Evening Star|No. 92220 'Evening Star]]', the last steam locomotive to be built by British Railways
* [[LMS Princess Royal Class]] 4-6-2 [[LMS Princess Royal Class 6201 Princess Elizabeth|No. 6201 ''Princess Elizabeth'']] 

Two [[British Rail Class 86|Class 86]] locomotives 86214 ''Sans Pareil''<ref>{{cite book 
  | last = Marsden | first = Colin 
  | title = Motive Power Recognition :1 – Locomotives 
  | publisher = Ian Allan Ltd | year = 1981 | location = Shepperton 
  | pages = 133 
  | isbn = 0-7110-1109-5
}}</ref> and 86235 ''Novelty''<ref>{{cite book 
  | last = Nixon | first = Les 
  | title = BR Colour Album 
  | publisher = Jane's Publishing Company Limited | year = 1983 | location = London 
  | page = 11 | isbn = 0-7106-0287-1
}}</ref> were painted in a variation of the Large Logo [[Rail Blue]] livery where the BR logo was replaced by the ''Rocket'' 150 motif on a yellow background.