The first train between Brussels and Malines, 1835. The steam locomotive La Belge pulled a 1st Class diligence, 2nd Class char-a-bancs, and two 3rd Class wagons. Premier Train de 183 entre Bruxelles et Malines. Chromolithograph after an illustration by Armand Jean Heins from Edmond Cattier’s Cortege Historique des Moyens de Transport, Historical Cortege of Modes of Transport, Libraire Universelle de Veuve J. Rozez, Brussels, 1886.

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