THE FAMOUS I.OrOMOTlVKS "HOCKKT AND "SANS PAKKII,. 



Stevenson's celebrated "Rocket" is known to everyone as the winner of the compt'ti- 

 lion for the prize of 500 pounds offered in 182Q by the Directors of the Livcrf>ool and Man- 

 chester Railway. The "Sans Pareil," which, like the " Rorkct." is still prescrvetl al the 

 South Kensini^on Museum in Ix)ndon, conipclctl unsu( rcssfully for the prize. Though 

 not eaual to the "Rocket" it was in many res|K*cts a wril-made locomotive. It was pur- 

 chased by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company and saw many years of active 

 service. 



