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A group of workers surround the front engine of a steam train to pull and push it on a track into the museum.

Locomotive No. 1

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Locomotive No. 1 hauled the first passenger train in New South Wales on the line between Sydney and Parramatta in 1855. It was designed by James McConnell and built in England by Robert Stephenson & Co of Newcastle-on-Tyne.

It has been in the Powerhouse Collection for more than a century and is one of the most significant objects relating to the history of New South Wales.

Locomotive No. 1 is also an important representation of British railway history, as it is believed to be the only surviving McConnell-designed goods express locomotive from the early 1850s.

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Archival photograph of horses moving a steam train

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Black and white photograph of men standing on a steam train in front of a brick building

Archival photograph of a men moving a large steam train

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Black and white photograph of men moving a train

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A group of workers surround the front engine of a steam train to pull and push it on a track into the museum.

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The front of a large steam engine with a red front bar, black body and gold cylinders.

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