History of Locomotives and rails

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  • Ricard Reynolds created a set of rails

    A set of rails were made for moving coal at Coalbrookdale

  • Start of the Indusial Revolution

    The Industrial Revolution-
    -The time when the world switched from hand making everything to automating everything
    -A time of great technological advancement
  • First Act of Parliament, and first seam locomotive

    First Act of Parliament, and first seam locomotive

    First Act of Parliament-
    -Called for the making of rails
    -Originally made for horses but later changed for steam
    "Puffing Devil"-
    -Made by Richard Trevithick
    -Carried 6 passengers to a local village
    -First locomotive
    -Ran on roads

  • "Puffing Devil" variations

    -Was put on rails
    -Carried 10 tons of iron to a local village

  • fist commercially successful steam locomotive

    "The Salamanca"
    -Built by Matthew Murray

  • "Puffing Billy"

    -Built by William Hedly
    -Used in mines
  • The "Blücher” was made

    The "Blücher” was made

    "Blücher”-
    -Was made by George Stephenson
    -Had eight wagons
    -Could carry 30 tons of coal uphill at 4mph

  • New iron for rails

    -Wrought iron made rails a viable option

  • Stockton to Darlington railway completed, first patented passenger locomotive

    Stockton to Darlington railway-
    -Made by George Stephenson
    -Built for horses, later changed for steam
    first passenger locomotive-
    -Patented by Julius Griffiths

  • "Locomotion No. 1" commissined

    "Locomotion No. 1"-
    -Commissioned by Stockton and Darlington Railway
    -George Stephenson commissioned to build
  • Competition held to find a powerful locomotive

    Competition held to find a powerful locomotive

    -Held by Liverpool and Manchester Railway
    -George Stephenson won with his locomotive, "The Rocket"
    "The Rocket"-
    -is the base for nearly all of the locomotives for the next 100+ years
  • "Locomotion No. 1" finished

    "Locomotion No. 1" finished

    "Locomotion No. 1"-
    -George Stephenson built it
    -First steam locomotive to work in public service
    -Established standard for rail spacing
    Americans built their first steam locomotive, it was good, until it blew up
    First American intercity railway
    George Stephenson-
    -Hailed as the "Father of Railways"
  • Period: to

    "Railway Mania"

    A lot of rails were built

  • Railway Law

    -A law was passed ordering third class travel to be on at least one train a day
  • Period: to

    "Railway Mania"

    A lot of rails were built

  • Gauge Act of 1846

    Gauge Act of 1846-
    -Was passed to make sure all the trains ran on the same size of rails
  • Pullman Sleeping Car invented

    Pullman Sleeping Car invented

    -Was invented by George Pullman
    -made for overnight train journeys
    -Made to increase passenger comfort
    -Was considered to be much better than the previous sleeper cars

  • Steel got cheaper

    Steel replaced wrought iron as it got cheap enough, is much stronger then wrought iron

  • Railway Act passed

    -Passed by President Lincoln
    -Encouraged the growth of rails

  • First undergrounds railway was made

    -Was constructed in London (subway)

  • Transcontinental Railroad finished

    American east and west coast were connected by rail

  • First automatic air brake

    -George Westinghouse patented it
    -it would be used for almost all of the following trains

  • London Underground switched to electric engines

    -Safer
    -Cheaper