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The first railway line in England, a wooden-railed, horse-drawn tramroad was built at Prescot, near Liverpool
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William Murdock demonstrated a steam carriage powered by a high pressure engine
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The first public railway in the United States
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Robert Davidson built the first electric locomotive
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The Wilmington and Weldon Railroad in North Carolina becomes the longest railroad in the world with 161.5 miles (259.9 km) of track
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A railway line from Athens to the port of Piraeus
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The world's first diesel locomotive was operated in Switzerland
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The world's first diesel locomotive was operated in Switzerland
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World speed record for an electric train is set in France by a TGV, reaching a speed of 515 km/h
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Alstom Coradia hydrogen-powered train enters service in Germany