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Creator

Siepen, -Biography Biography
Active 1873-1880, draughtsman for Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd

Scope and Content
General arrangement drawing for order 2927, which comprised of16 '2-4-0' tank locomotives for the Egyptian State Railway Progressive numbers 1220-1234 and 1266
Level of description
ITEM
Repository name
Science and Industry Museum

Associated people and organisations

Egyptian State RailwaysBiography Biography
In 1851 the Regent of Egypt and Sudan, Abbas I, contracted Robert Stephenson to build Egypt's first standard gauge railway. Construction began on the line in 1851 and in 1854 a section was opened from Alexandria to the village of Kafr El-Eiss. In 1856 the entire single track line was opened with 12 stations including the main stations of Cairo (constructed in 1855) and Alexandria (constructed in 1854). In 1919, the railways became entrusted to the Ministry of Communications and in 1953, Egypt became a republic and Egyptian State Railways changed to become Egyptian Republic Railways.

Subject
Railway transport
Railroad locomotive industry
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Open access.
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