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Image: Richard Trevithick railway (England)

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Description: Recreated track section for original railway in England (circa 1803) as built by Richard Trevithick. The track was originally used for horse drawn carriages. It has the flanges on the track rather than the wheels, so that it is a flangeway rather than an edgeway.
Title: Richard Trevithick railway (England)
Credit: Photo taken and supplied by Brian Voon Yee Yap.
Author: Yewenyi (Brian Voon Yee Yap)
Usage Terms: Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 truetrue
License: CC-BY-SA-3.0
License Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
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