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'The Iron Horse Past and Present', c1900. The development of the railway locomotive from George Stephenson's 'Rocket' of 1829, through 'North Star' which worked on the Great Western Railway 1836-1870, to a Great Northern Railway engine of the late 1890s. From Bubbles published by Dr Barnado's Homes for Children. (London, c1900).