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Os ingleses, que construíram as primeiras ferrovi- I Brasil 2002 as brasileiras, costumavam batizar suas locomotivas com nomes de personalidades. A primeira locomotiva brasileira inaugurou a Estrada de Ferro Mauá, em 1854, e foi batizada de Baroneza - em homenagem à esposa do Barão de Mauá, construtor da ferrovia. Logo outras surgiriam em diversas regiões do Brasil.
Na década seguinte, as locomotivas norte-americanas dominariam o mercado, tendo o modelo Baldwin Locomotive Works, produzido na Filadélfia, como o mais popular.
 

Baroneza - Atualmente no Museu do Trem do Rio de Janeiro,a primeira locomotiva a vapor do Brasil, 2.2.2., do tipo Sing/e Driver, produzida em Manchester, Inglaterra, inaugurava a Estrada de Ferro Mauá.
 

Zezé leoni - Batizada de Zezé Leoni, em homenagem à Miss Brasil de 1858, a locomotiva norte-americana nO370,4.6.2., do tipo Pacific, rodou pela primeira vez na Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil em 1922. Hoje ela está em Santos Dumont, MG.
 


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