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Johann Andreas Schubert
* 1808 in Wernesgrün
+ 1870 in Dresden
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Johann-Andreas Schubert was a German general engineer (Universalingenieur), designer and university lecturer.
On 8 April 1839 at the opening of the first German long-distance railway between Leipzig and Dresden,
Schubert drove the Saxonia, the first effective, working, steam locomotive in Germany, which he had designed.
He drove behind the official train which was hauled by two English locomotives.
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