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Iron Duke

The Iron Duke was designed and built by Daniel Gooch for the Great Western Railway in 1847. Gooch's locomotive could haul a large load at 60 mph (96 kph). The Iron Duke was shown at the Great Exhibition in 1851 and by 1855 Gooch had produced twenty-one locomotives in this style.

The Iron Duke
The Iron Duke
© John Simkin, September 1997 - June 2013

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