List of Fireless Steam Locomotives Preserved in Britain

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To fire the same with Love: for Love I would.
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“Now that the steam engine rules the world, a title is an absurdity, still I am all dressed up in this title. It will crush me if I do not support it. The title attracts attention to myself.”
—Stendhal [Marie Henri Beyle] (1783–1842)

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And the prairie flowers lie low:—”
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In a great pool a swan’s nest.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)