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Between September and October 1844 the gauge was converted to standard gauge (4′ 8.5″), as was the Northern & Eastern Railway with which it eventually amalgamated with the Great Eastern Railway in 1902 . The railway is notable as the first company to utilise a two-wheel locomotive Leading Bogie or Pony Truck in 1859, using the design of American inventor Levi Bissell . REFERENCES
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