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===Belgium===
[[File:Stoomloc Le Belge.jpg|thumb|Replica of [[Le Belge (locomotive)|'Le Belge' 1835]]]]
The first steam railway locomotive built in Belgium in 1835, and was built by [[John Cockerill (industrialist)|John Cockerill]] under license to a design by [[Robert Stephenson & Company]] It was built for use on the first main line on the European mainland, the [[Belgian railway line 25|Brussels-Mechelen line]].<ref name="r2">{{cite web|url=http://www.tassignon.be/trains/Vapeur%20Belge/Vapeur_Belge.htm|title=La Construction des LOCOMOTIVES à VAPEUR en Belgique|work=www.tassignon.be|language=fr}}</ref> A replica was built at the workshops of [[Boissellerie Cognaut]] for the 150th anniversary of the formation of [[Belgium]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.scarlet.be/~tsd79548/lebelgevresse.htm|title=La loco à vapeur de Vresse-sur-semois|language=fr|work=home.scarlet.be}}</ref> [[Belgian railway line 25|Brussels-Mechelen line]]
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