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Period: 1500 to
Pre train
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1550
1550-First wooden rails made
These rails were used to transport goods in carts pulled by horses, and were first used in Germany. It is important because this was when man first started using rails for transportation. -
1776-Iron rails
This is when the first iron rails were made. This was a great improvement because the rails could now support the weight of future trains and would also take longer to degrade. -
1803-first steam powered locomotive
Samul Homfray created a steam-powered locomotive. This was a great improvement even though it was not the best design, because it could pull more than a horse could for longer distances. -
Period: to
Post train
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1804-First test
Samuel's train was first tested by pulling 10 tons of iron, 70 men, and 9 extra wagons for a distance of 9 miles. This showed that trains could be an effective mode of transportation on a large scale. -
1925-Stockton & Darlington began transportation
Stockton & Darlington began to carry both passengers and goods. This was when the use of trains started to expand greatly. -
1830-American trains
This was when the first train was used in America, known as the tom thumb. This shows that trains were so important that they were being built 3,000 miles from Europe where they were invented. -
1857-comfort cars
The Pullman sleeper car was created by George Pullman. It was the first transportation car meant for the comfort of the traveler but it was not that affective. -
1965-speed trains
In this time now that people have found how to use gas and electricity efficiently they want to make trains faster. These ideas of a fast train shapes the modern train as we know it. -
2023-modern trains
Trains now are greater than they ever have been. There are bullet trains that can move passengers at 200 mph. There are even cargo trains that pull over 3,000 tons on average. That's 6,000,000 pounds. The tracks have even changed with the use of monorails.