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the year it was invented
Richard Trevithick made the first full-scale working railway steam locomotive in the Welsh mining town of Merthyr Tydfil. -
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the American railroad
started construction in 1826 and finished 1827 -
Americas biggest railroad
it was opened on Christmas day 1830 -
the first homemade train
In 1847, a farmer built a battery locomotive big enough to carry 2 people. -
coal
coal trains were invented in 1870 -
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coal trains
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Sweden's first train
the first diesel locomotive -
the first train in America
the first train in America was diesel