Rail Roads

By ethschroeder2004
  • 1500

    1500s

    Hand propelled cars, known as “hunds” started being used in Germany and later on in UK. It was most often used in mines for transporting coal.

  • 1603

    Huntingdon Beaumont created first recorded wagonway in England. Soon after that similar railways/wagonways started appearing across England.

  • 1774

    Scotsman James Watt managed to build first stationary steam engine. Over the next few years he and his associates improved their design, enabling machine to produce enough power slow 6-8 mph train movement.

  • 1800-1804

    American Oliver Evans created first working non-condensing high pressure stationary steam-engine. This engine was first implemented on a boat.

  • 1807

    First passengers started traveling on trains between Swansea tom Mumbles.

  • 1830

    Americans built their first steam engine. It worked great until 1931 when it exploded.

  • 1881

    First public electric tram line opened in Berlin.

  • 1888

    First electric tram system opened in Richmond, Virginia, United States.

  • 1890

    London underground trains switched to electrical engines, starting the era of modern rapid transit systems.