#stephenson's rocket (engine)

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Honestly, I can imagine Lion and Stephenson's Rocket meeting. They're so old, they'd probably have a lot of catch up on.

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The Rainhill Gang

There's so much untapped characterization potential for the locomotives of the Rainhill Trials, or as @northbritishatlantic and I have dubbed them, the "Rainhill Gang."

Like imagine this: Stephenson's Rocket, Sans Pareil, Novelty, Perseverance, and Cycloped. Bitter rivals, because:

"Someone's winning this thing, and it's going to be me!"-Stephenson's Rocket

"It'll be me, actually. I am without equal, after all."- Sans Pareil

"What about me? I could win too!"- Novelty

"Barley and I could take you all on easily."- Cycloped

"I could snag the first place, if I wanted."- Perseverance

And then after the Rainhill Trials, everyone's utterly exhausted, there are no hard feelings toward Stephenson's Rocket, who has won. And then the five become firm friends ever since.