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  2. Steam locomotive - Wikipedia

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    The most-manufactured single class of steam locomotive in the world is the 0-10-0 Russian locomotive class E steam locomotive with around 11,000 produced both in Russia and other countries such as Czechoslovakia, Germany, Sweden, Hungary and Poland.

  3. Retirement of steam locomotives by country - Wikipedia

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    In the European part of the USSR, almost all steam locomotives were replaced by diesel and electric locomotives in the 1960s; in Siberia and Central Asia, state records verify that L-class 2-10-0 s and LV-class 2-10-2 s were not retired until 1985. Until 1994, Russia had at least 1,000 steam locomotives stored in operable condition in case of ...

  4. List of railway pioneers - Wikipedia

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    Arturo Caprotti, [1] [3] Italy, invented rotating cam valve gear for locomotives, the Caprotti valve gear; André Chapelon, [2] [3] France, built the most powerful steam locomotives in Europe; Nicholas Cugnot, France, steam coach; Alfred de Glehn, [1] [2] [3] France, first compound locomotive with 4 cylinders in 1894

  5. History of rail transport - Wikipedia

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    This success led to Stephenson establishing his company as the pre-eminent builder of steam locomotives for railways in Great Britain and Ireland, the United States, and much of Europe. [34]: 24–30 [35] The first public railway which used only steam locomotives, all the time, was Liverpool and Manchester Railway, built in 1830.

  6. History of rail transport in Belgium - Wikipedia

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    Le Belge ("The Belgian"; 1835) was the first steam locomotive built in continental Europe.. Belgium was heavily involved in the early development of railway transport. Belgium was the second country in Europe, after Great Britain, to open a railway and produce locomotives.

  7. Timeline of railway history - Wikipedia

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    1863 – Scotsman Robert Francis Fairlie invented the Fairlie locomotive with pivoted driving bogies, so trains could negotiate tighter track curves. This innovation was rare for steam locomotives, but was the model for most future diesel and electric locomotives. 1863 – First steam railway in New Zealand opened from Christchurch to Ferrymead.

  8. Category:Steam locomotives by country - Wikipedia

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    Preserved steam locomotives by country (14 C) A. Steam locomotives of Albania (5 P) Steam locomotives of Australia (8 C, 4 P) Steam locomotives of Austria (4 C, 11 P) B.

  9. History of rail transport in Great Britain to 1830 - Wikipedia

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    Trevithick's steam circus on which the locomotive Catch Me Who Can ran Salamanca. The first steam railway locomotive was introduced by Richard Trevithick in 1804. [12] He was the first engineer to build a successful high-pressure stationary steam engine, in 1799. He followed this with a road going steam carriage in 1801.