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[[image:Im0905SM-Columbine1845.jpg|thumb| Built 1845 at Crewe. Exhibit at [[London Science Museum]]. ]] | [[image:Im0905SM-Columbine1845.jpg|thumb| Built 1845 at Crewe. Exhibit at [[London Science Museum]]. ]] | ||
[[Grand Junction Railway]] | "The first entirely new locomotive engine constructed at Crewe was completed on February 20th 1845, and was No. 49 Columbine, a 6ft passenger engine. This engine had been preserved at Crewe and is now to be seen at Wembley (1925), and it bears a plate affixed to it, stating that [[Francis Trevithick |F. H. Trevithick]] was then chief mechanical engineer of the [[Grand Junction Railway]]. From [[The Engineer 1925/06/05]] | ||
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"The first entirely new locomotive engine constructed at Crewe was completed on February 20th 1845, and was No. 49 Columbine, a 6ft passenger engine. This engine had been preserved at Crewe and is now to be seen at Wembley (1925), and it bears a plate affixed to it, stating that F. H. Trevithick was then chief mechanical engineer of the Grand Junction Railway. From The Engineer 1925/06/05
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