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This appears to be a photograph of a drawing of the first passenger steam locomotive designed and built by George Stephenson in 1825 in England. It was delivered into service in September of that year for the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company…

Steam engine 18 and crew idle in the railroad yard while posing for this photograph. It is highly likely that this photograph was taken in the Illinois Central yard on South Main Street.