Train Operator Cluster Timeline

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  • First Use of Locomotives

    First Use of Locomotives

  • First Commercial Railroad

    First Commercial Railroad
    On February 28, 1827, the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad became the first U.S. railway chartered for commercial transport of passengers and freight.

  • World's first electric train.

    World's first electric train.
    The first electric passenger train was presented by Werner von Siemens at Berlin in 1879. The locomotive was driven by a 2.2 kW, series-wound motor, and the train, consisting of the locomotive and three cars, reached a speed of 13 km/h.

  • First American Locomotive to exceed 100 mph

    First American Locomotive to exceed 100 mph
    The Empire State Express was recorded traveling at 102.8 miles per hour (165.4 km/h) on May 9

  • 20th Century Limited

    20th Century Limited
    The 20th Century Limited was an express passenger train on the New York Central Railroad from 1902 to 1967, advertised as "The Most Famous Train in the World"

  • First Diesel Locomotive Test

    First Diesel Locomotive Test
    The world's first diesel-powered locomotive was operated in the summer of 1912 on the Winterthur–Romanshorn railroad in Switzerland, but was not a commercial success.[

  • 1913 Staged Locomotive Crash

    1913 Staged Locomotive Crash
    Two locomotives were scrapped in a controlled crash in California in 1913

  • World's Longest Reciprocating Locomotive

    World's Longest Reciprocating Locomotive
    Union Pacific Railroad's 4000-class 4-8-8-4 articulated steam locomotives, commonly known as the 'Big Boys' were built between 1941 and 1945. They measured in at 132 ft, and weighed over 1,250,000 lbs. This Image is one of the 8 surviving examples that can be seen today.