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The ECR tracks were originally set to a Gauge of five Feet but between September and October 1844 the gauge was converted to Standard Gauge (4′8½″). At the same time the associated Northern & Eastern Railway was also converted. In 1846 , the ECR was linked to the Eastern Union Railway at Colchester and in 1862 the two companies amalgamated along with a number of other East Anglia n railways to form the Great Eastern Railway . The ECR 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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