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  • 41Lemuria (continent) — Lemuria (IPAEng|lɨˈmjʊəriə [OED] ) is the name of a hypothetical lost land variously located in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. The concept s 19th century origins lie in attempts to account for discontinuities in biogeography. The concept of… …

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  • 42William Dean — See Dixie Dean for the footballer in the United Kingdom whose real name was William Dean.William Dean (8th January 1840 4th September 1905) was the Chief Locomotive Engineer for the Great Western Railway from 1877, when he succeeded Joseph… …

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  • 43Chief Mechanical Engineer — and Locomotive Superintendent are titles applied by British, Australian, and New Zealand railway companies to the person ultimately responsible to the board of the company for the building and maintaining of the locomotives and rolling stock. In… …

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  • 441857 in rail transport — EventsJanuary events* January 13 Thaddeus Fairbanks is awarded US patent|16381 for a railroad scale. February events * February 9 The Central Pacific Railroad is incorporated in Nebraska Territory to build a railroad from the Missouri River… …

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  • 45GWR 3252 Class — The Great Western Railway Duke Class 4 4 0 steam locomotives for passenger train work, built in five batches between 1895 and 1899 for express working in Devon and Cornwall. William Dean was their designer, possibly with the collaboration of his… …

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  • 46GWR 3800 Class — Infobox Locomotive name= GWR 3800 County Class powertype=Steam whytetype=4 4 0 railroad=Great Western Railway builder=Great Western Railway cylindercount=2 cylindersize=18in diameter x 30in stroke The Great Western Railway County Class were a… …

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  • 47Vicki Butler-Henderson — Infobox Celebrity name = Vicki Butler Henderson caption = Butler Henderson in 2008 birth date = Birth date and age|1972|2|16|df=yes birth place = Hertfordshire, England occupation = racing drivertelevision presenter spouse = Phil Churchward… …

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  • 48GWR 1361 Class — Infobox Locomotive name=1361 Class caption=1363 preserved at Didcot powertype=Steam whytetype=0 6 0 driversize= 3ft 6in (1.067m) wheelbase= 11ft 0in (3.353m) cylindersize= 16in dia times; 20in stroke (406mm times; 508mm) railroad=Great Western… …

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  • 49Swindon Works — Swindon railway works were built by the Great Western Railway in 1841 in Swindon in the English county of Wiltshire.HistoryIn 1835 Parliament approved the construction of a railway between London and Bristol. Its Chief Engineer was Isambard… …

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  • 50Frederick Hawksworth — Frederick W. Hawksworth (10 February 1884 ndash; 13 July 1976), was Chief Mechanical Engineer of the Great Western Railway (Great Britain) (GWR). Born in Swindon, he joined the GWR in 1898, aged 15, but did not become CME until he was 57, in 1941 …

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